{"id":3325,"date":"2014-06-25T08:39:47","date_gmt":"2014-06-25T12:39:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/grangehallpress.com\/Enbridgeblog\/?p=3325"},"modified":"2014-06-25T08:59:22","modified_gmt":"2014-06-25T12:59:22","slug":"breaking-news-frackers-follow-enbridge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/grangehallpress.com\/Enbridgeblog\/2014\/06\/25\/breaking-news-frackers-follow-enbridge\/","title":{"rendered":"Breaking News: Frackers Follow Enbridge"},"content":{"rendered":"

We’ve just\u00a0gotten some\u00a0terrible news. Some already battered Line 6B landowners have received letters\u00a0this week from\u00a0a company called\u00a0ET Rover Pipeline (a division of Energy Transfer<\/a>) announcing a natural gas pipeline project that,\u00a0if the company has its way, will traverse some Line 6B properties– snuggled up cozily, evidently, right alongside the shiny new Line 6B (and, in some cases, other pipelines already in place).<\/p>\n

It’s a deeply disturbing letter, not least because of its triumphant tone, which describes the project as if it is already a done deal– even though it’s at the very beginning of the process. One can only assume this is a deliberate strategy to make landowners feel helpless; it has almost certainly further demoralized them.<\/p>\n

And make no mistake about it, this pipeline project is the result of one thing: fracking. Here’s how the letter describes it:<\/p>\n

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Ple<\/span>ase join <\/span>ET R<\/span>o<\/span>v<\/span>e<\/span>r P<\/span>ipel<\/span>i<\/span>ne <\/span>LL<\/span>C (<\/span>ET R<\/span>o<\/span>ver<\/span>) <\/span>f<\/span>o<\/span>r a<\/span>n <\/span>i<\/span>nformational Open <\/span>H<\/span>ouse reg<\/span>ar<\/span>ding <\/span>the <\/span>construction and o<\/span>pe<\/span>ration of the Ro<\/span>v<\/span>e<\/span>r P<\/span>ip<\/span>e<\/span>line <\/span>P<\/span>roject<\/span>. T<\/span>he Ro<\/span>v<\/span>er <\/span>P<\/span>ipel<\/span>i<\/span>ne <\/span>P<\/span>roject will be a n<\/span>ew <\/span>interstate natural gas pipeli<\/span>n<\/span>e that recei<\/span>v<\/span>es gas <\/span>fr<\/span>om the Marcellus <\/span>an<\/span>d <\/span>U<\/span>t<\/span>i<\/span>ca sh<\/span>a<\/span>le gas formations i<\/span>n <\/span>Pennsylvania, West Vi<\/span>r<\/span>g<\/span>i<\/span>nia<\/span>, <\/span>and Ohio and t<\/span>rav<\/span>e<\/span>rs<\/span>es th<\/span>r<\/span>ough Ohio and <\/span>M<\/span>ichigan<\/span>, <\/span>and <\/span>t<\/span>ermi<\/span>n<\/span>ates <\/span>a<\/span>t <\/span>t<\/span>he <\/span>U<\/span>nion Gas Dawn <\/span>H<\/span>ub in Ontario<\/span>, <\/span>Canada (<\/span>R<\/span>ov<\/span>er P<\/span>ipeline). <\/span><\/p>\n

T<\/span>he Rover Pipeline wil<\/span>l <\/span>consist of approx<\/span>i<\/span>m<\/span>a<\/span>tely 200 miles <\/span>of pipeline laterals <\/span>fr<\/span>om the tailgate of natural gas processi<\/span>n<\/span>g plants and approximately 365 miles of mainline pipe i<\/span>n <\/span>Ohio and Michigan<\/span>, <\/span>and 15 miles of mainlin<\/span>e <\/span>pipe <\/span>a<\/span>c<\/span>r<\/span>oss the border to the U<\/span>n<\/span>ion <\/span>G<\/span>as Dawn <\/span>H<\/span>ub i<\/span>n <\/span>O<\/span>n<\/span>tario, <\/span>C<\/span>anada<\/span>. ET R<\/span>ove<\/span>r <\/span>will also need to build compression and meter<\/span>i<\/span>ng st<\/span>a<\/span>tions along it<\/span>s <\/span>route. Because of significan<\/span>t <\/span>increases in the d<\/span>o<\/span>mestic natural gas suppl<\/span>y d<\/span>u<\/span>e <\/span>to shale gas production, the U.S. is no longe<\/span>r <\/span>dependent on fo<\/span>r<\/span>eig<\/span>n <\/span>sources. The const<\/span>r<\/span>uction of th<\/span>e R<\/span>over Pipeline wil<\/span>l <\/span>p<\/span>r<\/span>o<\/span>v<\/span>ide new natur<\/span>al g<\/span>a<\/span>s <\/span>pipeline infrastructure for <\/span>y<\/span>our area.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Natural gas pipelines are regulated by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), which requires companies to hold these open houses prior to filing their applications for a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity. So despite the letter’s attempt to pretend that this project is inevitable, it’s really only at the very beginning of the process. What that means, however, is that it’s time to speak up and speak out before already abused and demoralized Michigan landowners have to endure a replay of the Enbridge nightmare from which, if they’re lucky, they have only just now awoken.<\/p>\n

At this point, information is quite scarce. But we’re working on it. Rest assured we will keep you informed as more details become available. We’re preparing for action.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We’ve just\u00a0gotten some\u00a0terrible news. Some already battered Line 6B landowners have received letters\u00a0this week from\u00a0a company called\u00a0ET Rover Pipeline (a division of Energy Transfer) announcing a natural gas pipeline project that,\u00a0if the company has its way, will traverse some Line 6B properties– snuggled up cozily, evidently, right alongside the shiny new Line 6B (and, in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3326,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3325","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-beyond-6b","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/grangehallpress.com\/Enbridgeblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3325","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/grangehallpress.com\/Enbridgeblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/grangehallpress.com\/Enbridgeblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/grangehallpress.com\/Enbridgeblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/grangehallpress.com\/Enbridgeblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3325"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/grangehallpress.com\/Enbridgeblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3325\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3328,"href":"http:\/\/grangehallpress.com\/Enbridgeblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3325\/revisions\/3328"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/grangehallpress.com\/Enbridgeblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3326"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/grangehallpress.com\/Enbridgeblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3325"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/grangehallpress.com\/Enbridgeblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3325"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/grangehallpress.com\/Enbridgeblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3325"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}