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IP pipeline gets Vt. green light
Saturday, April 19, 2014
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ADDISON, Vt. Ñ International Paper (IP) passed a major hurdle towards developing a new energy source for their mill in Ticonderoga on Wednesday, April 9 when the Addison County Regional Planning Commission (ACRPC) voted to support a pipeline that would direct natural gas to the plant. The decisive 15-11 vote came after a period of public outcry from Addison County towns who argued that the pipeline would serve little benefit to their communities. Ò I donÕ t believe that it was an easy decision for any of our delegates,Ó said ACRPC Director Adam Lougee in a written statement. Ò However, I believe they read the plan in its totality, considered the comments of our citizens and of our neighbors in New York and Rutland, weighed the costs and benefits of the project and used their best judgment to arrive at a vote where a majority felt the project conformed to the Addison County Regional Plan.Ó Prior to IPÕ s involvement, the proposed line stretched from Burlington to Middlebury. If approved by another agency this fall, a new 19-mile-long offshoot would redirect gas from Vermont Gas through a spur in Addison County to Ticonderoga. IP representative Donna Wadsworth said the company will pay for a portion of the CONTINUED ON PAGE 5
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Ahead of tax auction, Moriah nabs property By Pete DeMola pete@denpubs.com
MORIAH Ñ Within spitting distance of this townÕ s water treatment plant at the edge of Bartlett Pond is a sprawling half-acre abandoned eyesore that the supervisor of this rural town says is a threat to public health. In contrast to the tidy-looking treatment facility with beige tin siding that filters water for several thousand community residents, the adjacent property, which straddles an embankment and Bartlett Pond
Road, contained three moldering wooden structures in a muddy yard strewn with rusty detritus and piles of trash. Several tattered signs Ñ Beware of Dog! No Trespassing! — flapped against the wet birch trees last week. Supervisor Tom Scozzafava made an argument to the board of supervisors last week that the county should hand over the neglected lot to the town as a safeguard of public health. After some sparring, they gave it to him. Ò We want to protect the water supply that protects
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a few thousand people,Ó he said. Ò This is critical.Ó Scozzafava said his town couldnÕ t afford the minimum $23,000 bid at the county tax auction scheduled at the end of the month on top of the estimated $13,000 that it would cost to clean up the Ò disastrousÓ compound. Ò We canÕ t even gate it off because we have an easement going into the plant,Ó he said. Some lawmakers questioned the precedent that giving towns county-owned land would set. CONTINUED ON PAGE 14
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