Greene planning commission OKs new compressor station
The Greene County Planning Commission unanimously voted to approve a new compressor station in Wayne Township at its monthly meeting Monday.
Construction at the Mammoth Compressor Station, to be built by natural gas company EQM Gathering Opco, will include a 68-by-260 building on the compressor pad, as well as an access road connecting to Drift Ridge Road.
The state Department of Environmental Protection has approved a permit for the site.
Neil Florentine, engineer for parent company EQT, said the station will include four 5,500-horsepower engines. How long the station remains in operation will depend on the natural gas supply, he said.
“We’ve seen stations that are in operation from the 1950s that are still operating today,” he said. “I’ll also tell you that we’ve built some less than 10 years old that we’re also deconstructing. The gas just isn’t there to move.”
The station will serve the Drift Ridge site and several others, including Whites Ridge and a new development east of the station, said Ashley Merks, senior project manager at EQT.
The buildings will consist of metal walls with rockwool insulation, and will also have insulation on piping and exhaust, Florentine said. The goal is to meet the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission standard of averaging 55 decibels over a full day.