Timeline Issued For Proposed Compressor Station

WEYMOUTH, MA — Deadlines have been set for the permit process for the proposed Weymouth compressor station.

The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection will have until January 2019 to complete a health impact assessment and make a decision on the air quality permit. If the permit is granted, Weymouth has until June to complete the appeals process.

The timeline was good news for state Senator John Keenan, who represents nearby Quincy and Braintree.

“The timeline established for a decision, as I understand it, is consistent with the length of time that Governor Baker had already allotted for a thorough Health Impact Assessment (HIA). I look forward to working with the Governor and the state officials leading this process, to ensure that residents get a thorough, transparent, and scientifically sound HIA, and I remain confident that this process will show that the compressor station project cannot be allowed to move forward,” he said in a release.

Spectra Energy-Enbridge subsidiary Algonquin Gas Transmission is hoping to build the station in North Weymouth near the Fore River, as part of the Atlantic Bridge Project.

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