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York Dispatch - York,PA,USA

... A proposed biodiesel production plant ... Mary Jo White, R-Venango. Improving the municipal system will allow the biodiesel fuel plant to move ahead, she said. ...

 

Residents of Tyrone Township, Adams County, expressed concern over plans by a natural-gas pipeline company to install a compressor station. Duke Energy Corp. officials who spoke with residents at a local fire company Wednesday night were met with complaints and safety concerns.

 

Compressor stations are needed every 50 to 70 miles to boost pressure and deliver natural gas from Texas to numerous sites throughout the Northeast, the company officials said. They said the pipelines are losing pressure because of friction and because there are more businesses tapping into the pipes.

 

Company officials tried to assure residents the company could handle any emergencies and would help train local firefighters.

 

Duke Energy operates more than 100 natural-gas compressors in the United States, including 16 in Pennsylvania.

 

--- A proposed biodiesel production plant at a former Pennzoil refinery got a boost when a state lawmaker said $2.3 million has been earmarked for infrastructure for the municipality.

 

The money -- a $1.78 million grant and a $594,000 loan -- will be used to improve and expand Rouseville borough's wastewater system, said state Sen. Mary Jo White, R-Venango.

 

Improving the municipal system will allow the biodiesel fuel plant to move ahead, she said.

 

The money will be used to build a system that will disinfect 240,000 gallons of wastewater daily. It will serve 244 homes and businesses, as well as the biodiesel plant.

 

New Castle-based Enviro-Bi odiesel plans to operate the plant that will convert soy to fuel. Officials expect construction to begin before year's end and production to begin in the summer of 2007.

 

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Posted by Vince to Biodiesel News at 9/22/2006 11:50:00 AM