BAYONNE AND JERSEY CITY — The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission will seek requests for comments from the public on the proposed expansion of a natural gas line through Bayonne and Jersey City.
Spectra Energy based in Houston, Texas, is seeking to extend a natural gas pipe line from Staten Island through Bayonne and Jersey City to service customers in Manhattan.
As part of the need to prepare an environmental impact statement for the project, FERC will hold public sessions in Bayonne, Jersey City and elsewhere to gather information.
The first session will be held on Aug. 2 at 7 p.m. at the Knights of Columbus Hall, 669 Avenue C in Bayonne. On Aug. 4, a hearing will be held at the James J. Ferris High School Auditorium, 35 Colgate St. in Jersey City starting at 7 p.m.
As originally proposed, the pipe line would come into Bayonne across the Kill Van Kull through the Texaco/Chevron site near West First Street and Avenue A, travel under West First Street to the industrial areas on the city’s eastside near Lexington Avenue, then to Second Street and Fifth Street, eventually ending up at Route 440, at which point it goes north into Jersey City.