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Monday, November 29, 2004
Environment - Location of odorization station at issue
The Gary Post Tribune is reporting today that Jackson Township (Porter County) "Neighbors battle NIPSCO over location of odorization station." More:
The group, Neighbors Opposing NIPSCO’s Odorization Station, or NONOS, is fighting hard to keep Northern Indiana Public Service Company from putting an odorization station in their residential neighborhood.Natural gas is odorless and colorless. Utility companies add a chemical to the gas to give it the characteristic rotten egg smell so leaks can be detected.
“We’ve been battling NIPSCO for about two years now,” spokesman Joe Swisher said. “If NIPSCO gets away with putting this facility into a residential neighborhood this time, every neighborhood is fair game.” * * *
NIPSCO purchased some property on one of Jackson Township’s most heavily populated streets — Burdick Road. The 2.3-acre lot even had a home on it.
“The site NIPSCO chose is between two homes,” Eric Suchak said. “This would destroy our way of life, our property values and could endanger our health and our children’s.”
NIPSCO tried to get a suit dropped that NONOS filed through the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission. The IURC denied NIPSCO’s request and it will be heard downstate on Jan. 13.
Posted by Marcia Oddi on November 29, 2004 07:42 AM
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