PAGE 12 THE DALLAS POST Sunday, February 27, 2011 town, won his match. Despite this headlock, Ricky Morgan, of Shaver- Wrestling at the Rock Rec Center he Second Annual Rock Rec Center Wrestling Tourna- ment was held on Feb. 20 and attracted wrestlers from several states in the northeast. Many wrestlers from the Back Mountain participated. match. Josh Shefler, of Lehman, also won his CHARLOTTE BARTIZEK PHOTOS/ FOR THE DALLAS POST Adam Shaw, of Lehman, wins a tough contest against this opponent. Before he wrestles, Liam Farrell gets encouragement from his dad, Jim. Adam Goeringer of Dallas High School recently signed his official Letter of Intent to play football for Kutztown University. Shown here during the letter signing are, from left, first row, Jan Goer- inger, mother; Adam Goeringer, Bruce Goeringer, father. Standing, Jeffrey Shaffer, principal, Dal- las High School; Ted Jackson Sr., head football coach, Dallas School District; and Nancy Roberts, athletic director, Dallas School District. Goeringer to play football at Kutztown Adam Goeringer, quarter- back and linebacker for Dallas High School, recently signed his official Letter of Intent to play football for Kutztown Uni- versity. Goeringer will continue his education and football career at Kutztown where he will ma- jor in Business. As a member of the Moun- taineer football team, Goerin- ger accounted for over 2,000 rushing and passing yards in his junior year and over 2,300 yards in his senior year. He has been selected for The Wyoming Valley Confer- ence MVP Coaches Award, named Citizens’ Voice and The Times Leader Player of the Year, PA AAA Football - All State Honorable Mention and, most recently, was chosen for the WNEP Channel 16 Dream Team. He is also a member of the Dallas wrestling team and re- cently reached his 100th career win. Goeringer is the son of Bruce and Jan Goeringer of Dallas. CHARLOTTE BARTIZEK/ FOR THE DALLAS POST Chief Gathering, LLC Operations Manager Steve Hamilton explains the inner workings of a newly- erected 3- unit compressor station on a five-acre site in Hop Bottom. RELOCATE Continued from Page 1 sent through the Tennessee Gas Pipeline, located about 1,000 feet from the site. The facility can handle about 25 million cubic feet of gas each day, but Hamilton said that amount may be expanded to 30 million cubic feet. He said there are two wells on the line that come to the Susquehanna East site, and the pressure of the gas in the line is at about 150 psi (pounds per square inch). Compressing gas The natural gas first comes through what Hamilton called inlet receiving, where the sat- urated gas is purged of liquids and other materials that de- crease the efficiency of the com- pression. The pipes are scrubbed with what Hamilton called a pig, which he said is ba- sically a big “squeegee” that cleans the gas. The gas also runs through a filter coalescer to fur- ther purge it of fine materials. Materials removed from the gas go into a “slop” tank, which Waurfel said contains mostly wa- ter but may also contain some oil and other materials. The tanks, which can hold nearly 9,000 gallons, are pumped every quarter. Hamilton said the tanks at the Susquehanna East site have not been pumped since it was built last year and are not even half full because the station has not been in use. The gas is then compressed with 16-cylinder, 1,365 horse- power Caterpillar engines. The gas comes into the inlet receiv- ers at about 150 psi, enters the compression engines at 450 psi, and goes into the interstate pipe- line at a pressure between 1,000 and 1,100 psi. Hamilton said the engines are noisy, and told the group that the tour would not be audible if the engines were running. Wur- fel said that quieting engines is expensive, but Chief does all it can to comply with zoning re- quirements in municipalities. The gas is cooled because the compression raises the temper- ature of the gas, and then it is dried in a glycol dehydrator. A metering station nearby mea- sures the gas pressure, and just before it is released into the in- terstate pipeline, mercaptan, which gives natural gas its rot- ten egg-like odor, is added to the gas as a safety precaution. Stressing safety Nearly every procedure in the gas compression process has manual and automatic safety equipment. “We are designed to fail in a safe manner,” said Hamilton. Both the inlet receiving pipes and “slop” tanks have safety fea- tures and backup safety fea- tures. The inlet pipes have re- lease valves with measuring sen- sors that emit warnings to sta- tion operators if the pressure or temperature gets to a certain level. The sensors will pick up the reading and send the informa- tion to satellite controlled call boxes throughout the facility, which then update a webpage and send an e-mail and text message to operators and man- agers for quick response to the issue. The automatic shut-down fea- ture will kick into effect if an op- erator cannot get to the station in time, or if the pressure or tem- perature reaches another prede- termined level inside the pipes. The relief valves release natu- ral gas into the air in these sit- uations, which Wurfel said caus- es very little danger. He said nat- ural gas is lighter than air and will dissipate into the atmo- sphere unlike propane, which is heavier than air and could be closer to possible ignition sourc- es. The pipes are also hydro-test- ed regularly to ensure there are no leaks at extremely high pres- sures. Wurfel said the pipes are often tested at one-and-a-half times their capacity. The “slop” tanks are sur- rounded by a corrugated steel fence, and the containment area is lined with leak resistant mate- rial. The tanks are also double lined in the event the outside is pierced so the liquids inside the tanks are still intact. Even the electrical equipment inside the compressor facility is designed to resist any type of ig- nition source. A red gas moni- toring light is also located with- in the building to ensure the safety quality of the air inside. Vents are located above each en- gine to keep a buildup of natural gas outside of the facility. Stanley, who lives within 25 minutes of the location, is the sole operator of the site. Hamil- ton said Stanley has a backup who lives farther away, and that Hamilton is another responsible party. Operators are always the facility’s first responders to emergency situations. “We generally like for emer- gency responders to wait until one of our operators gets on site and then coordinate with them,” said Wurfel. Local emergency crews are in- vited to the site before, ri and after construction to get the lay of the land in the event of an emergency, but Wurfel said the operator should most often fol- low the chain of command in the company, depending on the emergency. He said this is be- cause those with knowledge of the site and its procedures have less of a chance of injuring them- selves. “There have been instances at different kinds of facilities, gas processing plants which are dif- ferent than this, but there are in- stances where emergency re- sponders would run in and not know the facility, and we want to make sure that the emergency responders don’t injure them- selves,” he said. Dallas Township plans The tour was originally in- tended for the Dallas Township Zoning Hearing Board, but Chief has decided to review the application it has submitted and resubmit it at a later date. The company announced Wednesday that it is searching for alternate locations for the compressor station, but still plans to submit an applicatio for zoning exceptions to build : metering station near the dis- trict campus off of Hildebrandt Road. . “We want the community to know we listened to all their concerns and we will find a new site, which will be farther away from the school, which we are hopeful will be more accept- able,” Wurfel stated in the re- lease. The press release issued by the company stated that the compressor station can be moved to a more rural area, but the metering station must be in close proximity to the Transco pipeline. The zoning hearing board will need an additional two weeks to review the amended application before a hearing date will be set. Waurfel said the board will be in- vited to visit one of Chief’s com- pressor stations at a later date. PUZZLE ANSWERS -—'Go Figure! ———— answers — King Crossword — Answers Solution time: 21 mins. 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