Pa’s Potter Township Oks $6 billion ethane cracker plant

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Workers prepare a site in Beaver County for Shell’s multi-billion dollar ethane cracker. (Photo by Reid Frazier/The Allegheny Front).
The Associated Press report today:
Supervisors of a western Pennsylvania township have granted a conditional use permit for a $6 billion ethane cracker plant proposed by Shell Chemicals.
A 10-hour hearing last month ended without a decision because the Potter Township supervisors wanted Shell and the Clean Air Council, an environmental group that opposes the plant, to file legal arguments about the permit.
At Wednesday night’s two-hour meeting the supervisors imposed noise limits, and pledged to investigate any complaints of light pollution or traffic disruptions that could occur once construction begins in the next two years.
Shell has said the plant will create 6,000 construction jobs and 600 permanent jobs once the plant opens.
Shell still needs state environmental regulators to modify two pollution permits held by the property’s former owner, and get federal permits, before construction begins.

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Did Christie snooker us when he squashed the rail tunnel?

Commission reveals administration planned to use funding for ARC commuter tunnel to finance infrastructure fixes long before governor canceled project citing concerns about cost overruns

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A legal settlement between the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and the federal Securities and Exchange Commission blows a hole in Gov. Chris Christie’s original version of why he canceled a long-planned commuter-rail tunnel during his first year in office.
Announced just before the governor delivered his State of the State speech, the SEC’s order makes clear that Christie administration officials were eyeing money the authority had earmarked for the commuter tunnel, hoping to use it instead to solve state transportation funding problems. Ultimately, that’s exactly what happened.

See John Reitmeyer’s full NJ Spotlight story here

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NJ Senators in active roles at Trump appointee hearings



Cory Booker made history yesterday as the first sitting senator to testify against a colleague when he spoke out against Jeff Sessions becoming the U.S. attorney general.


On the same day, Sen. Bob Menendez questioned Rex Tillerson, Donald Trump’s pick to be secretary of state, at the former Exxon/Mobil CEO’s confirmation hearing. Menendez accused Tillerson of lobbying hard against on Russia’s behalf against sanctions imposed by the U.S. 


Brenda Flanagan has the video story above for NJTV News
and the written story here.


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NJ enviro, energy bills in committee – Jan. 12, 2017

ASSEMBLY TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND UTILITIES
1/12/17 10:00 AM
Aide: (609) 847-3840
Committtee Room 9, 3rd Floor, State House Annex, Trenton, NJ
A-441  Eustace, T. (D-38); Benson, D.R. (D-14);
Zwicker, A. (D-16)
Establishes solar power incentive program.
Related Bill: S-2691
     
A-2401  McKeon, J.F. (D-27); Wimberly, B.E. (D-35);
Benson (D-14)
Expands programs in BPU to include low-interest loans
and grants to municipalities for energy efficient programs and innovative
energy technologies.
     
A-2828  McKeon, J.F. (D-27); Wimberly, B.E. (D-35)
Establishes financial incentives for certain energy
providers to conduct energy audits.
     
ACR-151  Diegnan, P.J. (D-18); Eustace, T. (D-38);
Wimberly (D-35)
Urges construction of microgrids at municipal
facilities in New Jersey.  Related Bill: SCR-108

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ASSEMBLY COMMERCE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
1/12/17  1:30 PM
Aide: (609) 847-3875
Committee Room 16, 4th Floor, State House Annex, Trenton, New Jersey
A-4274  Houghtaling, E. (D-11); Andrzejczak, B. (D-1)
Requires EDA, in consultation with Department of
Agriculture, to establish loan program for certain vineyard and winery capital
expenses.  Related Bill: S-2727
     
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ASSEMBLY HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
1/12/17  2:00 PM
Aide: (609) 847-3875
Committee Room 9, 3rd Floor, State House Annex, Trenton, NJ
A-4304  Conaway, H. (D-7); Wimberly, B.E. (D-35)
Requires compilation of, and public access to, tests of
soil lead levels.
     
A-4305  Conaway, H. (D-7); Wimberly, B.E. (D-35)
Requires soil testing to determine lead content prior
to certain home sales.
     
A-4306  Conaway, H. (D-7); Wimberly, B.E. (D-35)
Requires DEP to adopt Statewide plan to reduce lead
exposure from contaminated soils and drinking water.
     

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