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 PennEast 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.