Tonight is a monthly meeting for @frracs (Fore River Residents Against the Compressor Station) aka the opposition to the Enbridge #gas transmission #compressor station in Weymouth, MA (my town). The Fore River Basin includes these towns/cities in the immediate area: #Quincy, #Braintree, #Weymouth.
For those who have not heard of this facility and our fight against it (haha), here is my linktree with a lot of info: https://linktr.ee/anhonore
2/ Slightly new news:
The Mass #DEP found Algonquin/Enbridge filing was deficient in the remand order's request to Algonquin/Enbridge for their info. haha wtf with all this process
If Algonquin/Enbridge loses argument that compressor is ancillary... Algonquin/Enbridge made that "ancillary" assumption from the very beginning & DEP never fought it.
#mapoli #NoWeymouthCompressor
3/ Jeezus H that's a lot for the uninitiated. Sorry. Reading some of the stories in the linktree will help.
We are still waiting waiting waiting for the 1st circuit case we have against FERC for turning over a 2-year extension in 2018 in the space of 32 minutes. Unheard of.
4/ Ah, recent changes in MassDEP's Ch 91 req's *might* allow a variance that Algonquin/Enbridge could take advantage of. We don't know if they will seek a variance— if they DO seek one we will object. If a variance request becomes a new topic, our lawyer will immediately update us.
5/ As a closing note:
This week, we mark the 2-year anniversary of TheBoston Globe Spotlight investigation publication as well as a 3-year anniversary of 6 arrests made on site in protest of the compressor construction in freezing snow.
6/ LOL, I lied, there's MORE
There is NO comprehensive emergency plan for the fore river basin. Gov Baker's state agencies have left us to rot, our mayor (who sold us out to Enbridge a couple of years ago) has a nothingburger plan, Braintree has a lame plan... no specifics to the actual region... just unacceptable!
I'm just going to leave these hurricane inundation pics here. Don't mind all of the flammable facilities concentrated in the Basin:
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