Equipment at construction site of gas compressor station sabotaged and stolen

Equip­ment at the build­ing site of a $43 mil­lion nat­ur­al gas com­pres­sor sta­tion has been sab­o­taged and stolen, accord­ing to the devel­op­er, Mil­len­ni­um Pipeline Co.

Equip­ment at the build­ing site of a $43 mil­lion nat­ur­al gas com­pres­sor sta­tion has been sab­o­taged and stolen, accord­ing to the devel­op­er, Mil­len­ni­um Pipeline Co.

Mil­len­ni­um spokesman Steve Sul­li­van said the dam­age hap­pened post-Hur­ri­cane Sandy, some­time between Oct. 28 and Oct. 31, when con­struc­tion was halt­ed. Sev­er­al machines — includ­ing a bull­doz­er, an exca­va­tor and a large vibra­to­ry roller — were dam­aged, Sul­li­van said. High-pow­ered hydraulic hoses were pulled out of the equip­ment, elec­tron­ics at the site were stolen and oth­er minor dam­age was done, he said.

The Mil­len­ni­um project has caused acri­mo­ny in the com­mu­ni­ty for more than a year. A cit­i­zens group has fought the con­struc­tion, say­ing it isn’t appro­pri­ate for the Jacobs Road neigh­bor­hood. Mul­ti­ple com­plaints have been filed with the Fed­er­al Ener­gy Reg­u­la­to­ry Com­mis­sion since con­struc­tion began.

FERC spokesman Craig Cano said the com­mis­sion is look­ing at rehear­ing requests, but no deci­sion has been made and there’s no time­line as to when a deci­sion could come. The sta­tion will increase the amount of nat­ur­al gas to the east­ern end of the 168-mile pipeline run­ning from the South­ern Tier to the Town of Ramapo.

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