Nov 6, 2013 3 min read

WAYNESBURG – Greene County Planning Commission gave preliminary approval Monday to plans for the construction of buildings at two compressor stations, one in Center Township and the other in Gilmore Township.

EQT Gathering has proposed constructing two buildings at its Halo Compressor Station off Pine Road in Center Township.

One building – 1,960 square feet in size – will house motor controls and equipment and the other – 12,555 square feet in size – will house the compressors.

The compressor building will be specially designed to reduce noise from the compressors, said Cordell Pierce of EQT. The type of building that will be built was used at another EQT compressor station and it “really helped with sound,” he said.

The only house on Pine Run in the area of the station is being purchased by the company, he said.

The company hopes to begin construction in February. It must still obtain a driveway permit from Center Township and receive approval of a storm water management plan from the commission and an erosion and sedimentation control plan from the state.

PVR NEPA Gas Gathering LLC also plans to construct a building to house a compressor at its Rice meter pad off Jollytown Road in Gilmore Township.

The company will construct a 663 square-foot building to house a compressor to serve a nearby Chevron well pad. The building will protect the equipment and reduce noise from the compressor.

The developer must receive approval of a storm water management plan before it receives final approval from the commission.

County planner Jeremy Kelly also gave the commission updates on the status of other projects that have been brought before the board.

He reported Sheetz Inc. continues to move forward on plans to construct a new store at the site of its existing store and service station at the Paisley Intersection in Cumberland Township.

The company is now working out details regarding road improvements that must be completed in the area of the store with the state Department of Transportation. A meeting with the company and others involved in the project will be held next week, Kelly said.

Sheetz plans to build a store almost twice the size of the existing store that will feature an inside dining room, drive-through window and an expanded food menu.

Kelly reported BFS Foods Inc. has withdrawn its application to build a new convenience store at the site of its existing store on the west side of Interstate 79 at the Mt. Morris interchange because of a problem involving the property lease.

He also spoke of a change in storm water reporting requirements that requires any permanent storm water structure now be recorded on the property’s deed as a covenant and restriction.

The requirement took effect last December. The commission reviewed all plans it had reviewed with such structures during the past year and made sure the property owners were aware of the requirement, he said.

The board approved adding the Richard Phillips property to the Cumberland Township Agricultural Security Area and reappointed Tom Headlee and Greg Hopkins to the Greene County Conservation District board.