National Grid is proposing an approximately 11-acre Natural Gas Transfer Station off of Spring Avenue, situated in a residential area of Brunswick, NY. The planned facility poses significant concerns for local residents.

This petition highlights just some of the concerns regarding this proposed facility. By signing it you are helping to highlight the number of individuals against this proposed National Grid Natural Gas Transfer Station being constructed next to so many homes and the safety concerns of a facility such as this being located in such close proximity to neighborhoods and residents.

The proposed route for the tanker trucks (hauling compressed natural gas) involves traveling through the city of Troy, from Ferry Street to Congress Street to Pawling Avenue, before reaching their final destination on Spring Avenue. This route will introduce increased amounts of large vehicle traffic to residential streets.

This site will not only affect the homes it is near, but the route these trucks will travel. Once in Troy, these trucks are proposed to travel on roads with pedestrian traffic and little to no shoulder in many areas.  The region that will house this facility is not industrial, but surrounded by homes and small quiet neighborhoods with nearby farms. The proposed facility will need to be lit while in use and there will be increased noise to residents during times of use. 

The proposed National Grid Natural Gas Transfer Station will be home to approximately 26 compressed natural gas tankers (it was advised up to 32 tankers could be housed at this location at different times). These compressed natural gas tankers store gas at 3,000-3,600 PSIG. While incidents are rare, there are risks with compressed natural gas tankers at this level of PSIG including explosions. 

When in use, there is potential for increased tank truck traffic when one tanker is depleted and must be removed and possibly replaced. National Grid advised it takes approximately four hours to deplete - how many tanks are needed in an extreme cold weather temperature situation is based on the length of extreme cold. This questions how many tanker trucks could be back and forth during an extreme cold cycle? 

It was advised that this site would utilize the compressed natural gas tankers (being held in the proposed facility from Fall to Spring) during times of extreme cold. At an information meeting, a National Grid representative advised that the need for something like this only occurred two to three times in the last 10 years.  However, these tankers will be present regardless of the need for their use or not. 

What is prohibiting the use of this facility beyond what is currently being advised? Is there a potential for increased use not in extreme cold temperature conditions in the future? There are many what if's surrounding this type of facility.

Please see the images to better understand the proposed project. Thank you for your time!