PennEast Pipeline Technical Details
The PennEast pipeline is planned to be approximately 108.8 miles and 36 inches in diameter, originating in Luzerne County, PA, and terminating in Mercer County, NJ. The Hellertown lateral pipeline was added in the final draft of PennEast’s Resource Report 01 (2014) that was posted on November 10th. It is planned to be approximately 2.1 miles and 24 inches in diameter located in Northampton County, PA. The proposed right-of-way (ROW) corridor will be 100 feet during construction with a 50-ft permanent easement. According to the final draft of PennEast’s Resource Report 01 (2014), 30 feet of the 50-ft permanent ROW will remain cleared in non-wetland resource areas while a 10-ft cleared corridor will be maintained in wetland resource areas. The system is rated for a maximum allowable operating pressure (MAOP) of 1,480 pounds per square inch gauge. The gas in the PennEast pipeline will be pressurized by the UGI HAZ compressor station, which will be located on a 47.7 acre property near Blakeslee in Kidder Township, Carbon County, PA. The compressor station will include 3 Taurus 70 units rated at 10,915 horsepower each under ISO conditions for a total of 32,745 available horsepower. The pipeline will have a total of 51 access roads with a total length of 22.1 miles, 11 of which will be located in Northampton County, PA. The PennEast pipeline will have four major waterbody crossings, meaning greater than 100 feet, including the Susquehanna, Lehigh, and Delaware rivers and the Beltzville Lake.