[Green] Fw: Save the Date! Mountaineer Underground NGL Storage Hub Meeting

Thu Aug 6 07:30:56 CDT 2020

Thank you for sharing, Rebecca.  I think this is something we need to
become more aware of, and consider voicing our concerns.

Kelcey

On Wed, Aug 5, 2020 at 1:25 PM Rebecca Phillips via Green <green at fuusm.org>
wrote:

> This August 12 meeting seems like something many of us would be
> interested in. I had no idea that a natural gas storage hub was being
> planned for Monroe County.
>
> Rebecca
>
> "If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need."--
> Cicero
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> *From:* Concerned Ohio River Residents via ActionNetwork.org <
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> *Sent:* Wednesday, August 5, 2020 12:55 PM
> *To:* bennphil at hotmail.com <bennphil at hotmail.com>
> *Subject:* Save the Date! Mountaineer Underground NGL Storage Hub Meeting
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> Dear neighbor and Concerned Ohio River Resident,
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> This email is to invite you to an upcoming virtual meeting regarding the
> Mountaineer underground natural gas liquid storage project proposed for
> Monroe County, OH. Read on to learn when the meeting is and why it is
> important.
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> Communities in Appalachia are at risk due to the planned development of
> the petrochemical and plastic production industry. The Mountaineer NGL
> storage project would develop underground caverns for the storage of
> natural gas liquids (“NGLs”) in the Salina formation. The liquids would be
> stored adjacent to and potentially beneath the Ohio River in Salem
> Township, Monroe County, Ohio. The approximately 200-acre site is one mile
> north of Clarington, OH, whose groundwater wells are only a mile away from
> the proposed storage site. The three solution mining wells are proposed to
> be built on the narrow strip of land between Route 7 and the Ohio River,
> which formerly consisted of coal washing ponds that have since been filled.
> The project would have a working storage capacity of 3.25 million barrels
> for storing ethane, butane, and propane. We know that at least one of the
> three pipelines connected to the facility would have to go under the Ohio
> River. Risks to the project involve explosions, sinkholes, fires, air
> pollution, and groundwater contamination.
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> Join us for a virtual informational meeting to learn more. Save the date!
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> *Wednesday, August 12th 6:30 - 8pm Link to access meeting (just type into
> browser at time of meeting): bit.ly/MountaineerMeeting
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> **Presented by Concerned Ohio River Residents and Ohio Valley
> Environmental Coalition. Our exert attorney, as well as some advocates who
> have spent a considerable amount of time at the site and researching these
> topics will be on hand to present and answer questions. We will discuss the
> status of the project as well as what we can do as community to protect the
> Ohio River Valley from these threats. If you have been following our
> website, you know that we have good sources to back the reasoning behind
> why these projects are a non-starter. We must, however, continue to educate
> the public on these threats.
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> To create the first storage cavern, Mountaineer would need to withdraw
> 1,728,000 gallons of water from the Ohio River each day for use in
> dissolving salt in the Salina formation. An enormous reservoir is also
> included in the project plans to hold the brine that would be used to
> offset the pressure from the natural gas liquids removed from the caverns.
> There would also be three pipelines- at least one would be going underneath
> the Ohio River from the storage facility. According to radioactivity
> experts, NGL storage facilities and associated infrastructure such as
> pipelines and storage equipment, concentrate radioactive material.
> Migration of radioactive toxins from this storage facility and other toxic
> elements into the air and water are of great concern.
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> NGLs are highly flammable and costly to manage, store, and transport. A
> plume of NGLs poses a particular risk because the vapor is heavier than
> air, and hence, releases from the storage facility would hover in the
> Valley and could impact communities along the Ohio River. The Mont Belvieu
> NGL storage hub in Texas has been plagued with evacuations, industrial
> accidents, repeated chemical leaks and drinking water contamination issues
> and explosions, with one occurring* as recently as last week, July 29th,
> 2020.* Hazardous conditions have been so severe that they have caused
> fatalities and forced the evacuation and even permanent relocation of local
> residents.
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> NGL storage facilities and related petrochemical processing plants can
> have significant flaring episodes with excessive emissions that can cause
> negative health impacts. In many petrochemical plants and storage systems,
> flaring is used to burn off gases released by pressure relief valves when
> over-pressuring conditions occur in plant equipment. Researchers note that
> gas flaring is a prominent source” of carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide,
> sulfur dioxide, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, smog-forming volatile
> organic compounds (“VOCs”), nitrogen oxides and soot. Appalachians must
> look carefully at the history of the Mont Belvieu storage complex before
> they support a similarly dangerous project, the Mountaineer planned for
> their region.
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> Here are some photos for the proposed location along with some maps that
> we will discuss at the meeting:
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> Reach out to us with questions!
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