Paul Shinsec reported to the Towamensing Township board last week about the PennEast pipeline.

He cited instances where problems have occurred.The first was the earthquakes in western Pennsylvania and nearby Ohio.In Oklahoma earthquakes ended when fracking was stopped for three months and resumed when fracking was restarted.There was an explosion near Pittsburgh that destroyed one house and damaged three others with one man burned as he ran away. Inspectors found many of the pipes were from 1981 but no specific reason for the explosion has been found yet.Shinsec said 200 of 300 landowners in New Jersey affected by the pipeline each contributed $5,000 so there is $1 million available to fight it."If they win, we win," he said.When a land agent came to Albertine Anthony, she asked if he had the authority to change the route of the pipeline. When he said he didn't she refused to talk to him. People are getting ultimatums, not discussions, Shinsec said.The Delaware River Basin Commission will hold independent hearings in 2017. One pipeline in New York has been stopped and two in New England were stopped for economic reasons. The Army Corps of Engineers will have a public comment period for the project and will urge the Department of Environmental Protection to hold hearings on the Clean Air Act for the proposed Kidder Compressor Station.Shinsec does not consider the turbines proposed for Penn Forest as a problem because there will be tax revenue generated. There is no benefit from the pipeline, Shinsec said.