Properties in Plainfield Township, Northampton County, and Huntington Township, Luzerne County, have been chosen for native tree and shrub plantings. It also plans to provide wetland enhancements at two other sites “to provide sufficient compensation to offset unavoidable wetland impacts” from the expansion project. Transcontinental’s application says that it will restore stream banks, stream beds and wetlands after construction and use a riparian seed mix to replant buffer zones. “Given the linear nature of the pipeline component of the Project, total avoidance of wetlands, streams, and floodways is not feasible and therefore installation of the proposed pipelines will result in temporary and permanent impacts to wetlands and watercourses,” the company acknowledges in its Chapter 105 application (Chapter 105 deals with water obstructions and encroachments.) “We have documented damage from past pipelines using similar crossing and cutting techniques, so we urge the PADEP to deny the application based upon evidence of past harms.” “If Transco’s application is approved, it would allow harmful open cuts across sensitive high quality and exceptional value streams, destroying riparian buffers and floodplain habitats across the watershed,” saidDelaware Riverkeeper Maya van Rossum in a press release from the Delaware RiverkeeperNetwork. In Monroe County, the proposed addition - called the Effort Loop - would largely run next to existing pipeline Tunkhannock, Chestnuthill and Ross townships, except for an approximately 3-mile section in the Brodheadsville area.
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