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Gas pipelines and power plants do not belong at or near the Indian Point nuclear plant site. Closing Indian Point does not solve the radioactive threat to 20 million New Yorkers who live and work within 50 miles of the plant. A gas pipeline explosion adjacent to 45 years of highly radioactive nuclear waste permanently stored on site could make this region uninhabitable for millennia. The Governor must exercise the power of his office to ensure that independent pipeline safety, nuclear and disaster preparedness experts are fully engaged in the plant’s decommissioning plans and that prompt steps are taken to halt the unprecedented location of gas infrastructure this close to the Indian Point facility.
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GIANT HIGH PRESSURE GAS PIPELINES AT INDIAN POINT….
WHAT COULD POSSIBLY GO WRONG?
New York State made a huge mistake by issuing the permits for the AIM and Atlantic Bridge pipelines. Governor Cuomo must listen to independent safety experts’ warnings about the permanent disastrous risks to 20 million New Yorkers and the U.S. economy posed by the giant Spectra AIM gas pipeline, the first phase of the impermissibly segmented Algonquin pipeline expansion, which was constructed only 105 feet from critical safety infrastructure at the Indian Point nuclear plant in northern Westchester located next to two major earthquake fault lines. Even with the closure of Indian Point, a multi-year decommissioning process, the potential explosion of high pressure gas transmission pipelines intensifies the clear and present dangers of the more than 45 years of vulnerable and highly radioactive spent fuel permanently stored there. As if that dangerous scenario were not reckless enough, proposals for the construction of a gas power plant at that location have been reported which would escalate the risks and exacerbate hazardous air pollution already prevalent in the region.
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More background:
Despite repeated warnings from numerous leading national pipeline, nuclear and disaster preparedness experts, Spectra Energy received approval from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to expand their Algonquin pipeline based on a flawed analysis by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). The first phase of that expansion – the 42-inch diameter, high pressure Algonquin Incremental Market (AIM) gas pipeline was completed and became operational in January 2017. It is sited adjacent to critical safety infrastructure at the deteriorating Indian Point nuclear plant. The experts repeatedly warned that a pipeline rupture at Indian Point could result in a nuclear disaster worse than Fukushima threatening more than 20 million people who live in the New York tri-state area. Indian Point’s closure does not resolve the disastrous risks to millions of New Yorkers posed by a pipeline rupture in very close proximity to years of highly radioactive nuclear waste permanently stored on site. The potential explosion from a pipeline rupture at that location could encompass the entire Indian Point site, according to independent experts. Moreover, pipelines and their infrastructure pollute our air, water and soil, are commonly subject to leaks, fires, and explosions and are marked by rising failure rates especially in newly installed pipelines according to the Pipeline Hazardous Material Safety Administration (PHMSA) data. There were 143 accidents in gas transmission lines in 2015 alone. Pipelines are also vulnerable terrorist targets.
Spectra impermissibly segmented its massive Algonquin pipeline expansion into three separate projects: Algonquin Incremental Market (AIM), Atlantic Bridge and Access Northeast to avoid a full evaluation of the cumulative impacts. Spectra’s Atlantic Bridge project was prematurely approved by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and subsequently, New York State issued a water quality permit for the project on May 1st, which would enable construction to go forward. NYS should never have granted permits for the AIM and Atlantic Bridge pipeline projects, which are linked to significant risk of nuclear disaster, pollute our air and waterways and accelerate harm to our health and climate. Any proposal for a gas power plant at or near the site should be rejected.
After great public pressure, in February 2016, Governor Cuomo directed state agencies to conduct a risk assessment of the co-location of the AIM pipeline and Indian Point; however, no further information about the assessment, its progress or findings have been forthcoming despite numerous FOIA requests. It is critical to have independent pipeline safety, nuclear and disaster preparedness experts engaged in a comprehensive assessment included in the plant’s decommissioning plans in order to fully address cumulative hazards and risks. The cooling pools for the highly radioactive nuclear waste and the dry cask storage are vulnerable. A pipeline rupture will generate incredibly high methane gas release rates with extremely high heat fluxes that melt steel and vaporize aluminum at considerable distances. A fire in the densely packed spent fuel pools could release more radioactivity than a reactor meltdown, rendering thousands of square miles uninhabitable. The deeply flawed analysis by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) used incorrect data, false assumptions and prohibited modeling. The NRC staff that conducted the analysis lacked pipeline expertise and failed to consider the risks associated with new pipeline installations, their serious deficiencies and problems during their construction phase observed by PHMSA and highlighted in their data regarding the alarming rise in pipeline failures especially in newly installed pipelines.
The State finally released Executive Summary of the risk assessment on June 22, 2018. The State agencies’ letter to FERC accompanying the full risk assessment (not released to the public) raises many questions and concerns regarding unresolved risks posed by the co-location of the Algonquin pipelines at Indian Point and calls for further investigation and action by FERC including re-evaluating whether the NRC and Entergy analyses relied on by FERC during the review of the AIM project were sufficient. Numerous risks confirmed by state agencies echoed repeated warnings over the last several years by various pipeline, nuclear, medical and disaster preparedness experts. In their letter, the NYS agencies acknowledged the likely need for shutting gas operations during excavations in the decommissioning process that could jeopardize pipeline integrity.
Governor Cuomo banned fracking in New York State to protect our water resources and public health yet, the massive Algonquin pipeline expansions are sited within sensitive watersheds including the New York City watershed, the drinking water supply for more than eight million New Yorkers in the metropolitan area. He recently stated that New York “must double down by investing in the fight against dirty fossil fuels and fracked gas from neighboring states” yet, New York continues to grant permits for dangerous, polluting and climate exacerbating fossil fuel pipelines and power plants in our communities polluting our air and water supplies and harming our health and climate. New York must stop approving fracked gas pipelines and other fossil fuel infrastructure like Spectra Energy’s massive Algonquin pipeline expansion (AIM, Atlantic Bridge and Access Northeast) and instead fast track to 100% renewable energy.
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* Excerpts from documents by leading independent safety experts:
Paul Blanch, leading nuclear power safety expert, stated, “The NRC has underestimated the probability of a gas line accident impacting the Indian Point nuclear plant by at least a factor of 1000. Moreover, the NRC and Entergy have failed to provide any supportable documentation that Indian Point 2 can safely shut down the plant in the event of a gas line rupture, and Entergy has no emergency procedures in place at Indian Point to respond to a gas line rupture. The blast radius from a gas line rupture would likely encompass the entire Indian Point site, disabling all vital equipment required to prevent core damage and major radioactive releases to the environment. It is my expert opinion that once gas is introduced into the AIM pipeline there will be a grave and imminent danger to the surrounding area and residents. The consequences of a nuclear event at Indian Point may impact millions of lives in the Hudson Valley and New York City and cause social and economic impacts in the trillions of dollars range.”
Dr. Irwin Redlener, Director, National Center for Disaster Preparedness and Professor of Health Policy and Management, Earth Institute, Columbia University stated, “Given the population density surrounding the Indian Point nuclear facilities and the potential catastrophic consequences of a major disaster from the installation or malfunction of the AIM pipeline, it is imperative that these plans be aborted now. To make matters worse, plans to repair a developing problem in the pipeline and plans to safely evacuate at risk populations are entirely inadequate. From a public health point of view, this project should not be allowed to proceed… There is too much at stake, too much risk to permit the construction and operation of a high pressure gas pipeline at this place, at this time – no matter what economic upside might be envisioned for Spectra and Entergy.”
Richard Kuprewicz, President of Accufacts and national pipeline safety expert stated, “I have yet to see a steel pipeline that cannot be damaged by third party threat activities, especially damage that could result in delayed pipeline rupture. I have seen similar misguided arguments presented in the Analysis that steel pipelines can be made difficult to puncture, reflected in some very poor pipeline risk management approach studies and safety analyses trying to improperly convey the impression that pipelines cannot be made to rupture. Delayed pipeline ruptures generating massive explosions and flames are caused by damage that seldom punctures the pipe, but the pipe is weakened to where it eventually fails in time as a rupture, a large pipeline fracture that occurs in microseconds during operation resulting in full bore pipeline releases.”
“After a careful review, Accufacts has concluded that the above referenced Entergy Safety Evaluation and Analysis (“Analysis”), which includes enhanced pipeline measures proposed by the pipeline operator for the 42-inch pipe segment near IPEC fails to adequately capture the threat and, more importantly, prudently demonstrate that rupture of the new 42-inch higher MAOP pipeline will not markedly impact IPEC facilities, including IPEC’s ability to “failsafe” shutdown from such a pipeline rupture.”
“My extensive experience in pipeline rupture investigations, spanning many decades, indicates that Entergy, the NRC, and others making statements that a 42-inch pipeline rupture can be quickly isolated and implying that the pipeline operator can quickly remotely recognize and isolate the pipeline rupture within minutes (such as shutdown in three minutes) are misleading and downright false. A transient pipeline rupture analysis for the proposed 42-inch, 850 psig MAOP pipeline in the vicinity of IPEC needs to be properly performed, subject to independent verification of key assumptions, and gas pipeline rupture possible impacts to IPEC reviewed to confirm that such a rupture event near IPEC and its associated key facilities would not prevent the facilities from safely shutting down and/or place the public at great risks…”
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References:
Stony Point & Southeast compressor stations monthly amounts of blowdowns/vented/gas loss and contaminants totals
- Southeast Gas Loss Including Number of Monthly Blowdowns 2020
- Stony Point Gas Loss Monthly Blowdowns 2020
- Southeast Contaminants Totals 2020
- Stony Point Contaminants Totals 2020
- Southeast Contaminants Totals 2019
- Stony Point Contaminants Totals 2019
- Southeast monthly blowdowns of gas loss 2019 – no July
- Stony Point monthly blowdowns of gas loss 2019
- Southeast Contaminants Totals 2018
- Stony Point Contaminants Totals 2018
- Southeast Gas Loss Including Number of Monthly Blowdowns 2018
- Stony Point Gas Loss Monthly Blowdowns 2018
- Southeast Gas Loss Including Number of Monthly Blowdowns 2017
- Southeast Emissions Contaminants Totals 2017
- Stony Point Gas Loss Monthly Blowdowns 2017
- Stony Point Algonquin Emissions Contaminants Totals 2017
- Southeast Gas Loss Including Number of Monthly Blowdowns 2016
- Southeast Emissions Contaminants Totals 2016
- Stony Point Gas Loss Monthly Blowdowns 2016
- Stony Point Algonquin Emissions Contaminants Totals 2016
- Southeast Gas Loss Monthly Blowdowns 2015
- Southeast Gas Loss Monthly Blowdowns 2014
- Southeast Gas Loss Monthly Blowdowns 2012 and 2013
- Corrective Action Order to Shut the Gas in the Algonquin Gas Transmission Pipelines at the Indian Point Nuclear Facility – November 1, 2021
- Senators Schumer and Gillibrand and Rep. Jones letter to Secretary Buttigieg and PHMSA – July 28, 2021
- Indian Point Spent Fuel Fire Maps_Article_Alvarez Cesium_PHMSA Pipeline Graph_Calcs
- NYS Senator Shelley Mayer letter to the NRC – June 18, 2020
- A peek into Biden’s climate task force – May 28, 2020
- Join the virtual People’s Public Hearing Thursday, May 28, 2020 at 2pm to work on preventing two major gas expansions slated for New York – May 28, 2020
- Decommissioned nuclear reactor will be heavy load for Nevada roads – May 26, 2020
- Justice March for People and Planet Monday – May 25, 2020
- Cornell to Effectively Divest from Fossil Fuels, Trustees Vote – May 22,
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- ‘The Corruption Is on Full Display: Trump Executive Order Directs All Agencies to Gut Business Regulations Amid Covid-19 – May 20, 2020
- North Brooklyn Community Calls National Grid’s Decision to Restart Construction of Controversial Fracked Gas Pipeline “Reckless” during Pandemic and Demand Immediate Halt of Construction – May 20, 2020
- Tree Deaths in Urban Settings are Linked from Natural Gas Pipelines below Streets – May 20, 2020
- WHITE HOUSE: Executive Order on Regulatory Relief to Support Economic Recovery, White House, Executive Order – May 19, 2020
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- Letter to the Editor: Danskammer protects shareholders, not residents – May
18, 2020 - Andrew Cuomo Rejects Controversial Gas Pipeline, Handing Climate Activists A Victory – May 15, 2020
- Enbridge to impose pay cuts, seek voluntary early retirements – May 13, 2020
- Tracking the Environmental Rules Reversed Under Trump – May 13, 2020
- The Trump Administration Is Reversing Nearly 100 Environmental Rules. Here’s the Full List – May 6, 2020
- Indian Point’s shutdown will help Lower Hudson Valley population grow healthier – April 30, 2020
- The Syrian Job: Uncovering the Oil Industry’s Radioactive Secret – April 29, 2020
- Feds Demand Court Reinstate Key Corps of Engineers Project Permit – April 29, 2020
- Satellite images reveal huge amounts of methane leaking from U.S. oil fields – April 25, 2020
- Oil and gas methane emissions in US are at least 15% higher than we thought – An unprecedented analysis from Pennsylvania uncovers flaws in national data – “Another 15 percent of methane going into the atmosphere that we didn’t know about is very significant for climate change in the short term,” Tony Ingraffea, professor emeritus of engineering at Cornell and the study’s lead author” – April 23, 2020
- Bongar Rosmarin Weininger Williams letter to PSC re Notifications to PHMSA – April 21, 2020
- Groundbreaking Climate Lawsuit Challenges Commission’s Failure to Factor Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Fossil Fuel Approvals – April 21, 2020
- Planet of the Humans – April 21, 2020
- Assemblymembers Buchwald and Galef letter to DOT OIG – April 17, 2020
- Methane Levels Reach an All-Time High – April 12, 2020
- Paul Blanch letter to Department of Transportation Office of Inspector General – April 8, 2020
- PSC ltr to NRC and FERC – March 26, 2020
- Paul Blanch letter to David Skeen, NRC, re Concerns Pertaining to Gas Transmission Lines at Indian Point – March 23, 2020
- Petitioners Cortlandt, Buchanan, and Hendrick Hudson School District reply memo in further support of Petition for leave to intervene and hearing request – March 20, 2020
- Office of Attorney General Letitia James letter to NRC, FERC & PHMSA re AIM interim safety measures – March 19, 2020
- Wind, solar and storage take up 95% of ISO-New England interconnection queue, marking ‘dramatic shift’ – March 9, 2020
- PSC John Rhodes ltr to NRC and FERC chairs – March 9, 2020
- Natural gas firms scale up conversion of methane from animals (and humans) – March 9, 2020
- Sen. Peter Harckham letter to FERC to shut down Algonquin gas at Indian Point – March 8, 2020
- Paul Blanch statement on Chair Svinicki statement to US Senate EPW committee – March 4, 2020
- Statement on NRC Inspector General Report on Failures of Indian Point Gas Pipeline Safety Assessment – March 2, 2020
- Sen. Chuck Schumer on social media: “The Inspector General’s report on the NRC was outrageous. And showed malfeasance and manipulation to grease the skids to approve the unwanted AIM pipeline. We need an independent review of NRC’s methods, reevaluation of the pipeline’s safety, and NRC and FERC community meetings.” He included the link to the OIG letter and report https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML2005/ML20056F095.pdf – February 28, 2020
- Schumer, Gillibrand call for Independent Review of NRC Analysis following Report of Agency’s Failure to Properly Analyze Pipeline Risks at Indian Point – Damning NRC Inspector General Report Details Faulty Analysis that Led to Approval of Natural Gas Pipeline; Schumer, Gillibrand Had Originally Called For Independent Review – February 28, 2020
- Lowey: Nuclear Reg Commission Inspector General Report Reveals Dangerous Failings by Federal Agency – February 27, 2020The Coronavirus and Carbon Emissions Drop – February 26, 2020
- NRC Memo re Concerns of Gas Transmission Lines at Indian Point in NRC OIG report, reply in 45 days – February 24, 2020
- Guest Commentary: Work now against climate change – February 22, 2020
- NRC Office of Inspector General report Concerns Pertaining to Gas Transmission Lines at the Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant confirming calculations used by NRC to claim Algonquin pipeline sited at Indian Point nuclear plant posed no additional risk were fabricated and far from accurate – February 13, 2020
- NY Attorney General Letitia James Files Motion to Intervene in NRC License Transfer and Decommissioning Proceeding – February 12, 2020
- New York Attorney General James’ press release – Takes Action To Ensure Safe, Rapid, And Complete Dismantling Of Indian Point – February 12, 2020
- Concentration of Carbon Dioxide in the Atmosphere Hits Record High – Feb. 12, 2020
- Study: Methane emissions in central U.S. twice EPA estimates – Jan. 30, 2020
- Airborne measurements point to low EPA methane estimates in south central US – Jan. 27, 2020
- Commentary: On climate, Cuomo talks a good game. Now it’s time for action – January 24, 2020
- NYState AG: ‘Grave concerns’ over Indian Point nuclear plant decommissioning – Jan. 23, 2020
- Officials, Residents Grill Company Chosen to Decommission Indian Pt. – January 21, 2020
- America’s Radioactive Secret – Oil-and-gas wells produce nearly a trillion gallons of toxic waste a year. An investigation shows how it could be making workers sick and contaminating communities across America – January 21, 2020
- Is The Company Poised To Dismantle Indian Point Too Radioactive? – January 15, 2020
- VIDEO: Expert engineer details concerns over dry-cask storage at Pilgrim Station – Jan. 22, 2020
- Paul Blanch Pilgrim Presentation re Holtec Inferior Casks – January 16, 2020
- Holtec faces tough questions about Indian Point teardown at first public meeting in Buchanan – Jan. 16, 2020
- Paul Blanch presentation on Pilgrim and Holtec’s plan for long term storage facility in Plymouth MA – January 16, 2020
- Former SNC-Lavalin executive Sami Bebawi sentenced to 8½ years in prison for fraud, corruption – January 10, 2020
- SNC-Lavalin pleads guilty to fraud charges, agrees to pay $280-million fine – December 18, 2019
- New Satellite Data Reveals One of the Largest Methane Leaks in U.S. History – Dec. 17, 2019
- A Methane Leak, Seen From Space, Proves to Be Far Larger Than Thought – Dec. 16, 2019
- It’s a Vast, Invisible Climate Menace. We Made It Visible – December 12, 2019
- Natural Gas Boom Fizzles as a U.S. Glut Sinks Profits, New York Times – Dec 12, 2019
- Laura Flanders Show: Naomi Klein on the Case for a Green New Deal – December 9. 2019
- Climate emergency has already begun as earth systems collapse – Dec. 6, 2019
- Climate Change is Accelerating: ‘Things Are Getting Worse’ – Dec. 4, 2019
- Oil and Gas Industry Tries to Rehabilitate Fracking Amid Calls for National Ban – Dec. 1, 2019
- Fracked Gas Blowout in Louisiana Could Burn for Two More Months – October 8,
2019 - Community Groups, Faith Leaders and Residents Accelerate Action on Green New Deal with Momentum from Recent Global Climate Strikes – October 3, 2019
- Letter to PSC for a gas moratorium – October 3, 2019
- Capital District to Join September 20 Student Climate Strike – March to Start at 11:00 AM at 79 Sheridan Ave., Albany; Rally West Capitol Park 1 – September 20, 2019
- Fracked Gas Well Blowout in Louisiana Likely to Burn for the Next Month – September 12, 2019
- The building is probably totaled’: Columbia natural gas explosion destroys part of shopping center – August 25, 2019
- U.S. Seen as Climate Risk With Two-Thirds of New Oil and Gas – August 20, 2019
- Study: Fracking prompts global spike in atmospheric methane – August 14, 2019
- Guest Commentary: Expansion of NYSEG pipeline not needed – August 9, 2019
- Explosions in Three States Highlight Dangers of Aging Fossil Fuel Infrastructure – August 6, 2019
- 1 Dead, 5 Injured in Second Enbridge Pipeline Explosion This Year – August 2, 2019
- Deadly Enbridge gas pipeline explosion in Kentucky, fire felt “like an atomic bomb went off” – August 1, 2019
- A gas explosion rocks a community and leaves one dead in Kentucky – August 1, 2019
- GE gas plant to close 20 years early, become battery storage site — sign of the times? – June 24, 2019
- Massive Fire and Series of Explosions Rock South Philadelphia Refinery When Vat of Butane Ignites – June 2019
- Day of Reckoning coming to frackers – June 2019
- Total Ban on Fracking Urged by Health Experts: 1,500 Studies Showed ‘Damning’ Evidence of Threats to Public Health, Climate – June 2019
- Compendium of Scientific, Medical, and Media Findings Demonstrating Risks and Harms of Fracking (Unconventional Gas and Oil Extraction) Sixth Edition – June 2019
- New Mexico governor says no to high-level nuclear waste, MYNorthwest – June 2019
- Halting Holtec – A Challenge for Nuclear Safety Advocates – June 2019
- Holtec Tax Break Application Had a False Answer. Now NJ Has Put the Break on Hold – June 2019
- All Holtec nuclear waste thin-wall canisters likely damaged from inferior Holtec downloading systems – May 2019
- The secretive role of SNC-Lavalin in the Site C dam – May 2019
- Justin Trudeau Faces Calls To Resign Re: Snc-Lavalin Scandal – May 2019
- Governor Cuomo Has Just Weeks to Embrace a Real Green New Deal for New York – May 2019
- Your Gas Stove Is Bad for You and the Planet – May 2019
- CCPA Loopholes That Need To Be Removed – May 2019
- House Democrats Voted for a Natural Gas Future in H.R. 1616, and Nobody Noticed – April 2019
- Roll Call for H.R. 1616
- Environmental Group Asks New Yorkers to Press for Climate Bill – April, 2019
(from Westchester-Putnam Natural Awakenings, p. 12) - Con Edison Seeks Expanded Natural Gas Capacity to Encourage Orderly Transition to Clean Alternatives & to Support Growth – April 2019
- Holtec Has Reached an Agreement with Entergy to Acquire Indian Point Energy Center After the Last of the Three Reactors Shuts Down – April 2019
- Sustainable Energy Comes to Westchester, Eliminating the Need for More Gas Pipelines – April 2019
- Both Indian Point Reactors Down For First Time In 10 Years – March 2019
- Con Ed Cuts Off New Gas Hookups in New York Suburb – March 2019
- Pressed by Climate Activists, Senate Democrats Plan to ‘Go on Offense’ – March 2019
- Youth climate strikers: ‘We are going to change the fate of humanity’ – March 2019
- Proposed sustainable energy policies discussed – March 2019
- Hearing asks officials, Con Ed to hold off on natural gas moratorium – February 2019
- Underground Explosion Closes Route 202 – February 2019
- Elected Officials and Renewable Energy Advocates Call Con Edison’s Gas Moratorium a Manufactured Crisis – January 2019
- MA Gov Baker approves air permits for Weymouth compressor (Atlantic Bridge) following HIA – January 2019
- State to hold hearings on ConEd’s Westchester natural gas moratorium – January 2019
- Natural gas leak determined to be cause of Carmel High School explosion that hurt 2 – December 2018
- Man dies after suspected gas explosion destroys house – December 2018
- Fourth National Climate Assessment assessing the science of climate change and variability and its impacts across the US, now and throughout the century – November 2018
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- Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Report on Global Warming of 1.5 degrees Centigrade above pre-industrial levels and related global greenhouse gas emission pathways – October 2018
- Preliminary report by National Transportation Safety Board regarding gas explosions in Massachusetts – October 2018
- Fiery Explosions Erupt at Dozens of Homes in Massachusetts – September 2018
- ‘It looked like Armageddon’: Massachusetts governor declares state of emergency after deadly blasts – September 2018
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- Natural gas pipeline blast in Beaver County prompts evacuation – September 2018
- Pipeline that exploded in Pennsylvania part of push to build fracking-reliant petrochemical network – September 2018
- Gas Leak Knocks Out Power To Homes In Croton-On-Hudson – September 2018
- Updated pipeline closure statement from Dr. Irwin Redlener, Director, National Center for Disaster Preparedness at Columbia in response to the NYS agencies letter to FERC and Executive Summary of risk assessment – September 7, 2018
- Letter from Paul Blanch to Governor Cuomo, Commissioners of DEC, DOH, DHS and PSC in response to Enbridge/Spectra letter to FERC regarding NYS agencies’ letter and Executive Summary – August 2018
- Letter from NYS Assembly Members Galef, Buchwald, Otis and Abinanti to FERC calling for action – July 24, 2018
- Declaration from Paul Blanch, nuclear expert, to FERC in response to the NYS agencies letter to FERC and the Executive Summary of risk assessment – July 20, 2018
- Letter from Congresswoman Nita Lowey to FERC calling for action – July 18, 2018
- Letter from Richard Kuprewicz, President of Accufacts, pipeline expert, to FERC in response to the NYS agencies letter to FERC and Executive Summary of risk assessment – July 11, 2018
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- Algonquin Incremental Market Pipeline Risk Analysis Report – Summary – June 22, 2018
- Riverkeeper statement regarding AIM pipeline/Indian Point risk assessment – June 22, 2018
- NYS agencies letter to FERC calling for action regarding newly released risk assessment of the Algonquin pipeline at Indian Point – June 22, 2018
- TransCanada Pipeline Explodes in West Virginia – June 2018
- Gas Odor Kept Kids Inddoors – April 2018
- Recommended Oil & Gas Regulations – March 27, 2018
- Sign the Petition to Demand Governor Cuomo release the risk assessment of co-locating Algonquin’s AIM gas pipeline at Indian Point nuclear power plant!
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- Protestors Rally Outside Cuomo’s House, Demand Pipeline Risk Study – March 2018
- Governor must reveal risks of fracked gas pipeline near nuclear storage – February 2018
- Earthwork’s NY’s Energy Crossroads – How the State’s climate goals clash with natural gas infrastructure – February 2018
- Galef letter to Cuomo re Risk Assessment – January 19, 2018
- Government Contractor Monitoring Enbridge’s Atlantic Bridge Gas Project Works Extensively for the Company – January 2018
- Talking points for Algonquin Pipeline – January 2018
- Sen. Harckham support for improvement recommendations in Proposed Rulemaking for Oil and Gas Sector Emissions, 6 NYCRR Part 203 – January 2018
- NYISO Indian Point Generator Deactivation Assessment: Only a few hundred megawatts of energy would be needed to address energy short fall in first few years following Indian Point’s closure and could be met by energy efficiency, demand response measures and transmission upgrades – December 2017
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- SWPA EHP NYS Compressor Report Brief – October 2017
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Video: Living with Compressor Stations – A Presentation by Southwest Pennsylvania Environmental Health Project on December 11, 2017 based on its report: Health Effects Associated with Stack Chemical Emissions From New York State Natural Gas Compressor Stations 2008-2014 (December 2017)
Part 1 (25 minutes): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLsuJyVka2U
Part 2 (10 minutes): https://youtu.be/G4Rc8hFSsCI - Video of Dr. Courtney Williams presentation on December 4, 2017 in Somers about the Algonquin Pipeline expansion
- Health Effects Associated With Stack Chemical Emissions from New York State Gas Compressor Stations: 2008-2014 – Released October, 2017
- Cuomo’s Office Ordered to Release Records Sought by Times in Graft Inquiry July, 7, 2017
- America’s nuclear safety plans are based on ‘flawed analysis’ and a single waste fire could spread radioactive material throughout an area twice the size of New Jersey, researchers warn
- Governor Cuomo’s letter to FERC to Request Reconsideration of March 2015 Order providing certificate of public convenience and necessity to construct and operate the Algonquin Incremental Market (AIM) pipeline project in order to commence immediate independent safety risk analysis (February 29,2016)
- Senators Keep Heat on FERC, Raise New Concerns Over Conflicts of Interest in Spectra Gas Pipelines – January 10, 2017
- FERC approval to put AIM in service issued January 9, 2017
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- The Nuclear Power Plant and The Gas Pipeline – December 22, 2016
- Presentation by Paul Blanch at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, December 15, 2016:
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- Clearwater Files Article 78 seeking judicial relief re NY nuclear subsidy – Nov. 30, 2016
- Spectra confirms new flow of 245,000 Dth/d effective Nov. 2, 2016 out of 342,000 Dth/d total AIM capacity – Nov. 14, 2016
- FERC hastily OKs Spectra new AIM plan for gas in aging pipelines under Indian Point without safety analysis; Obama must halt AIM; another major FERC conflict of interest – Nov. 4, 2016
- Map of Indian Point, AIM and Algonquin Gas Transmission pipelines – Nov. 4, 2016
- Exposed: Husband of FERC Official Responsible for Reviewing New Spectra Energy Pipelines Consults For Spectra on Related Project – Nov. 1, 2016
- Spectra Gas Pipeline Days From Operation – Opponents warn of catastrophic safety risk – Oct. 28, 2016
- Urgent national security and safety alert regarding imminent threat from Spectra AIM pipeline at Indian Point nuclear power plant – Oct. 26, 2016
- Vaughey letter to NRC – October 25, 2016
- 3 minute video showing aerial views of AIM next to critical emergency structures of Indian Point – Oct. 20, 2016
- FERC Chairman Used Not-Yet-Published Guidelines to Deny Wrongdoing in Hiring of Contractor for Spectra Pipeline – October 19, 2016
- Medical and Disaster Experts Investigate Pipeline Construction Next to Indian Point and Call to Immediately Halt Construction and Operation – October 18, 2016
- Spectra Weekly Report to FERC for AIM showing HDD second attempt mid-November – Oct. 18, 2016
- Disaster expert Irwin Redlener, MD, issues dire warning of AIM near Indian Point – October 18, 2016
- Video of Dr. Irwin Redlener Press Conference Statement October 18, 2016
- Malatras set to leave Cuomo administration for HANYS – October 7, 2016
- Comment re HDD from SEnRG and SAPE to FERC – October 5, 2016
- Ex-Ally of Christie Links Cuomo to Cover-Up of Lane Closings – October 5, 2016
- Anti-fracking group accuses Cuomo of yielding to pipeline lobbyists – October 4, 2016
- Cuomo administration backed away from pipeline nuclear safety study after lobbying blitz – October 4, 2016
- Public officials, secret emails – Private emails kept exchanges clandestine in bribery, bid-rigging case – October 2, 2016
- Riverkeeper and coalition call for immediate halt to AIM pipeline because of catastrophic consequences for Indian Point – Sept. 22, 2016
- Ex-Cuomo Aides Charged in Federal Corruption Inquiry – Sept. 22, 2016
- Motion of Stay filed September 22, 2016
- Paul Blanch Declaration (affidavit) – September 21, 2016
- Richard Kuprewicz Declaration (affidavit) – September 21, 2016
- Coalition letter to FERC re failed Spectra HDD attempt that requires halt to construction – September 22, 2016
- Letter from Delaware Riverkeeper Network to Congressional leaders to investigate FERC – September 21, 2016
- PHMSA Chart – September 21, 2016
- Indian Point Energy Center Correspondence – September 21, 2016
- NRG Conflict of Interest Correspondence – September 21, 2016
- Timeline showing segmentation of AIM, Atlantic Bridge and Access Northeast – September 21, 2016
- Letter from Congressman Engel to President Obama – September 19, 2016
- Letter from Congresswoman Lowey to Secretary Moniz – September 16, 2016
- “Spectra response to FERC re HDD mishap, September 16, 2016”
- NYS HDR Risk Analysis Work Order – September 9, 2016
- “FERC letter to Algonquin re wetland violation of Horizontal Directional Drilling under Hudson River” September 9, 2016
- “AIM FERC Third Party Compliance Monitoring Reports of severe wetland violation” August 30, 2016
- “Exclusive Documents Show FERC-Hired Contractor Did Not Disclose Work-Related Spectra Pipeline”, August 9, 2016
- Senators Schumer and Gillibrand ask FERC to halt AIM and conduct a risk assessment, August 3, 2016
- “Following DeSmog’s Revelations on Spectra Pipeline, MA Senators Demand More Answers from FERC on Alleged Conflict-of-Interest”, July 31, 2016
- While Reviewing Spectra Energy Gas Pipeline Project, FERC Contratctor Did Not Disclose Its Hiring by Spectra for FIve Other Projects – July 19, 2016
- Former Inspectors Describe Dangerous Flaws in Construction of Major East Coast Gas Pipeline – July 19, 2016
- “Cuomo work order to contract HDR for risk assessment” July 13, 2016
- Senators Demand New FERC Environmental Review for Spectra Energy Project After DeSmog Revelations – June 14, 2016
- Former FERC Official Hired By Company With $1.8 Million Stake In Spectra Energy Pipeline Project He Had Reviewed – June 6, 2016
- SAPE Atlantic Bridge EA, June 6, 2016
- Revealed: Contractors Hired by FERC to Review a New Spectra Energy Pipeline Work for Spectra on a Related Project – May 26, 2016
- Senators Schumer and Gillibrand call for Spectra AIM pipeline construction to be halted. Journal News, May 20, 2016: NY Senators want Algonquin pipeline shut down
- Press release on Sen. Schumer’s website: SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND URGE FERC TO SUSPEND CONSTRUCTION ON AIM PIPELINE EXPANSION UNTIL INDEPENDENT HEALTH AND SAFETY STUDIES ARE CONDUCTED
- Concerned Health Professionals of NY 4th edition of Compendium of Scientific, Medical and Media Findings Demonstrating Risks and Harms of Fracking – April 20, 2016
- NYS Office of the State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli report on Public Safety Oversight, Public Service Commission – March 2016
- Could nuclear disaster come to America? March 31, 2016
- Nuclear Power Plants: Pre-Deployed WMDs, March 28, 2016
- Natural gas infrastructure lobby ramps up spending in New York State, March 2016
- “FERC Denies Cuomo’s Request to Halt Pipeline Expansion,” Patch, Mar. 25, 2016
- FERC denies Cuomo’s request for AIM stay March 25, 2016
- Cuomo to Feds: Stop Algonquin Pipeline for More Safety Review, Times Union, 2/29/16
- NYS four agencies letter to FERC to Reconsider 2015 Order of AIM at Indian Point in order to conduct an immediate independent safety risk analysis – February 29, 2016
- Plan to Expand a Pipeline at Indian Point Raises Concerns, New York Times, 2/28/16
- Exxon’s Own Research Confirmed Fossil Fuels’ Role in Global Warming Decades Ago – September 16, 2015
- Paul Blanch Allegation of Wrongdoing by NRC staff ltr to NRC Office of Inspector General – February 25, 2016
- SNC-Lavalin Inc. 2013. World Bank Debars SNC-Lavalin and its Affiliates for 10 years, World Bank press release – April 2013
- Exxon internal memo on CO2 “Greenhouse” Effect – November 12, 1982
- Are you willing to resist the pipeline through non-violent direct action or to provide support for direct action? If so, join and sign The Pledge to Resist.
- Overview for Westchester County Algonquin Pipeline Expansion – April 2019
- Talking points for Algonquin Pipeline – January 2018
- Summary of Spectra Energy Algonquin Incremental Market Project – September 16, 2016
- Letter from Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., Chief Prosecuting Attorney for Riverkeeper, to FERC and NRC Chairmen, December 1, 2015
Mission Statement
Stop the Algonquin Pipeline Expansion (SAPE) is a grassroots organization with a mission to educate our fellow citizens and elected officials about the negative impacts associated with Spectra Energy Corporation’s Algonquin Incremental Market (AIM) Project. SAPE opposes the AIM gas expansion project because it may exacerbate climate change, endanger our safety and quality of life, contaminate water, air and soil, cause harm to domestic animals and wildlife, and threaten farmland and property values.