PRINTER'S NO. 1813
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE RESOLUTION
No.
375
Session of
2018
INTRODUCED BY BARTOLOTTA, WHITE, SCHWANK, VULAKOVICH, BREWSTER
AND RESCHENTHALER, JUNE 4, 2018
REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY, JUNE 4, 2018
A RESOLUTION
Urging the President and Congress of the United States to enact
legislation that advances the development of an Appalachian
storage hub for petrochemical feedstock.
WHEREAS, The Appalachian region consisting of Kentucky, Ohio,
Pennsylvania and West Virginia contains world class supplies of
natural gas and natural gas liquids (NGL) that contribute to the
country's energy dominance; and
WHEREAS, Harnessing those supplies by constructing an
Appalachian storage hub constitutes a major infrastructure
investment in storage caverns and pipelines and a jobs program
for residents of the Appalachian region; and
WHEREAS, Natural gas liquids are the major feedstock of the
chemical industry and the region contains enough feedstock to
attract $35 billion in new chemical and plastics industry
investment; and
WHEREAS, Chemical and plastic industry investments of this
scale could create 100,000 new jobs, $28 billion in new economic
output, more than $6 billion in annual payroll and nearly $3
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billion annually in new Federal, State and local tax revenue;
and
WHEREAS, A petrochemical feedstock storage hub located in the
heart of Appalachia could support major energy, infrastructure
and manufacturing job creation opportunities; and
WHEREAS, Supporting the Appalachian Energy and Manufacturing
Infrastructure Revitalization Act proposed in S. 1340 would
improve the infrastructure permitting process by directing the
Secretary of Energy and the Secretary of Commerce to approve the
project as an Appalachian ethane storage hub, identify the lead
Federal and State agency liaisons and coordinate with them on
designating the project; and
WHEREAS, S. 1340 directs the Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission (FERC) to consider relevant licenses and permits for
the requisite pipeline infrastructure and requires the other
Federal agencies to complete consideration of their respective
permits within 60 days of the completion of the FERC licensing
or have their jurisdictional permits deemed approved; and
WHEREAS, Supporting the Capitalizing on American Storage
Potential Act proposed in H.R. 3143 and S. 1337 would make a
regional NGL storage hub eligible for the Department of Energy's
successful Title XVII loan guarantee program; and
WHEREAS, Supporting the Appalachian Ethane Storage Hub Study
Act proposed in S. 1075 and H.R. 2568 would help assess the
feasibility and potential benefits of establishing a
subterranean ethane storage and distribution hub in central
Appalachia; therefore be it
RESOLVED, That the Senate of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
urge the President and Congress of the United States to enact
legislation that advances the development of an Appalachian
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storage hub for petrochemical feedstock; and be it further
RESOLVED, That the Secretary of the Senate of Pennsylvania
distribute a copy of this resolution to the President of the
United States, the United States Secretary of Energy and the
Pennsylvania delegation of the United States Congress.
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