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Gas Pipeline Operators Set Sights on New York By Mary Esch ASSOCIATED PRESS
Vill age Finds Solution to Pricey Biosolids Problem…8
UTCA Holds 47th Annual Convention…14
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) With a decision expected soon on whether to allow hydraulic fracturing in New York state, natural gas pipeline operators are already looking at setting up shop and opponents are predicting environmental dam-
age, safety problems and land seizures through eminent domain. There’s already a proposal for a pipeline to carry low-cost natural gas from Pennsylvania to major northeast markets, such as New York City and Boston. A $750 million pipeline proposed for southwestern New York also would provide a route from wells in New York if Gov. Andrew
Cuomo lifts a 4-year-old ban on hydraulic fracturing and lets drillers use the technique. Opponents claim that’s the real motive for the pipeline plan. “The only reason they’d spend $750 million would be to get the infrastructure in place for a hoped-for future based on Gov. Cuomo’s decision,” said pipeline opponent Mark Pezzati, a resident of Andes, along the proposed pipeline route in rural Delaware County. “They’ll be sitting pretty to control all the gas flow” from New York wells. But the company proposing the pipeline said New York wells aren’t factored into current plans and additional capacity would said Stephen E. Sandherr, the association’s chief have to be added to accommodate executive officer. “This isn’t the kind of economic them. recovery most contractors spent the past few years Vast reserves of natural gas lie praying for.” in the Marcellus Shale formation The producer price index for inputs to construcbeneath Pennsylvania, New York tion — covering materials that go into every type of and nearby states, and advances in project, plus items consumed by contractors such as drilling have created an energy diesel fuel — increased 0.9 percent in August and 1.0 industry boom, with Pennsylvania percent from a year earlier, Sandherr noted. The price one of its earliest benefactors in
Key Construction Material Prices Increase in August, Year-to-Year The cost of key construction materials increased in August and year-to-year, resuming a trend that has forced contractors to pay more for materials even as competitive pressures restrain prices for finished projects, according to an analysis of federal figures released today by the Associated General Contractors of America. “After years of depressed construction activity, the last thing contractors need is to see materials price increases further erode their already slim margins,”
see MATERIALS page 134
see PIPELINE page 130
Clark Rigging Plays Part in Wallenda Walk Li nk-Bel t Hold s Cran eFest 2 012…22
By Mary Reed
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It was a unique event gaining worldwide attention, yet it began in the ordinary way with a visit from a potential customer. However, this particular client was planning an extraordinary event. Steve Clark, vice president of Clark Rigging & Rental Corporation of Lockport, N.Y., recalled one day that Nik Wallenda of the famous Flying Wallenda aerialist family “walked into our office and said ‘I’m going to walk a wire over Niagara Falls’.” “Being prudent and cautious managers that we are, we scratched our heads and thought ‘OK, good luck!’” Clark said. The immensity of the proposed project Clark Rigging became part of the historic walk. Such a feat had never been attempted before
Truck & Trailer Section ..61-69 Recycling Section ............73-97 Attachment Section ....109-113 Snow & Ice Section ....114-115 Parts Section ................116-117 Auction Section ..........122-140 Business Calendar ..............136 Advertisers Index ................138
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at the widest part of the Horseshoe Falls and involved a walk of more than 1,000 ft. from Goat Island in America to the Visitor’s Center on the Canadian side.