Residents in Carbon County have many questions about a pipeline proprosed by PennEast Pipeline Company LLC that slice through the county, on the way from Dallas in Luzerne County and ending in Mercer County, New Jersey.

A number of informational tools are available.This week the company added an online interactive map for the 108-mile, 36-inch diameter natural gas pipeline that will carry 1 billion cubic feet of gas per day.The pipeline could be built as early as 2017 and be in service later that year pending regulatory approval.The map, available at

www.penneastpipeline.com, allows users to type their address into the search box to determine the proximity of the proposed pipeline route to their property.Currently, the map shows the 400-foot survey corridor.The preferred route and permanent right of way will be selected following field surveys and data gathering within the survey corridor, as well as through consultation with property owners and regulatory agencies.The company has also sponsored an informational session from 5:30-7:30 p.m. Nov. 18 at the Aquashicola Volunteer Fire Company, 290 Little Gap Road.On the day before that session, Rep. Doyle Heffley (R-Carbon) will host a meeting for landowners and residents on their rights.The meeting will be held from 5:30-7:30 p.m. Nov. 17, at Penn Forest No. 1 Volunteer Fire Company's Whispering Pines Banquet Hall, located at 1387 Pennsylvania 903 in Jim Thorpe.Guests at the seminar will include Penn State Extension educator Dave Messersmith, who will provide details on the upcoming PennEast Pipeline project. Attorney Carl Engleman will address questions regarding eminent domain."The goal of this meeting is to help property owners understand their rights under the law in regard to this project," Heffley said. "This isn't intended to sway anyone for or against the project, but to give them as much information as possible before it gets started."The routeThe pipeline is expected to slice through Towamensing, Lower Towamensing, Penn Forest and Kidder townships, according to a map released by the developer. According to documents filed with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission by the PennEast Pipeline Company on Oct. 7, the route of the proposed 108-mile Penn East natural gas pipeline from Luzerne County to Hunterdon County, New Jersey, will run the entire length of Carbon County from north to south, and cross through privately owned land in Lower Towamensing, Towamensing, Penn Forest and Kidder townships.The proposed PennEast Pipeline will enter Carbon County through Lehigh Gorge State Park on the east bank of the Lehigh River in Kidder Township and continue through State Game Land 40 and Hickory Run State Park. Leaving Hickory Run State Park, the proposed pipeline is routed through State Game Land 129 adjacent to the Jack Frost and Big Boulder ski resorts, and then through a section of Weiser State Forest in Penn Forest Township.About 15 miles south of Hickory Run, the proposed pipeline would slice through Beltzville State Park just east of the confluence of Wild Creek and Pohopoco Creek near the inlet to Beltzville Lake.Leaving Beltzville State Park, the pipeline would continue southeast, crossing watershed lands of the Aquashicola Creek in Lower Towamensing Township.It then would cross the Aquashicola Creek at the base of Blue Mountain just west of the Monroe County border, heading into State Game Land 168 and over the Kittatinny Ridge.Just below the summit of Blue Mountain in State Game Land 168, the proposed PennEast Pipeline would slice through the Appalachian National Scenic Trail before leaving Carbon County and entering Northampton County on the southern slope of the ridge.Detailed maps of the pipeline route are available on the FERC website,

www.ferc.gov, where residents can also submit public comments about this project.