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A pipeline, slated to run into the Back Mountain, received its Federal Energy Regulatory Commission certificate of public convenience and necessity authorizing the project.

Williams Partners announced Friday it received the certificate on its Atlantic Sunrise pipeline. The pipeline is an extension of the existing Transco pipeline and will transport about 1.7 billion cubic feet of natural gas from Susquehanna Country to Choctaw County, Alabama.

“While we are still reviewing details of the certificate order, we are pleased FERC has approved this much-needed energy infrastructure project which will leverage existing infrastructure to help millions of Americans gain access to affordable Pennsylvania-produced natural gas,” said Rory Miller, senior vice president of Williams Partners’ Atlantic-Gulf operating area.

According to previous Times Leader reports, the project will cost $3 billion. The route will begin in Lenox, Susquehanna County, run south through Wyoming County into the Back Mountain before heading west paralleling Route 118 to Grassmere Park and turning south passing the Benton, Bloomsburg and Shamokin regions.

The pipeline has received three-years of review and the order concludes the project will serve the public interest.

On Dec. 30, 2016, FERC published its final Environmental Impact Statement for the project, concluding that environmental impacts would be reduced to “less than significant levels” with the implementation of mitigation measures proposed by the company and FERC.

A press release from Williams maintians the beginning of construction will happen in mid-2017. The full project capacity is expected to be placed into service in mid-2018.

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By Melanie Mizenko

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