PRINTER'S NO. 3597
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
952
Session of
2018
INTRODUCED BY CHRISTIANA, BERNSTINE AND SAYLOR, JUNE 5, 2018
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY,
JUNE 5, 2018
A RESOLUTION
Urging the Congress of the United States to support legislation
advancing the development of an Appalachian storage hub for
natural gas.
WHEREAS, The Appalachian region, which includes 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 supplies of natural gas by constructing
an Appalachian storage hub constitutes a major infrastructure
investment, including storage caverns and pipelines, and a job
program for residents of the Appalachian region; and
WHEREAS, Natural gas liquids are the major feedstock of the
chemical industry and the Appalachian region contains enough
feedstock to attract $35 billion in new chemical and plastics
industry investment; and
WHEREAS, Chemical and plastic industry investment 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 the Appalachian region 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 House of Representatives of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania urge the Congress of the United
States to support legislation advancing the development of an
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Appalachian storage hub for natural gas; and be it further
RESOLVED, That copies of this resolution be transmitted to
the President of the United States, the United States Secretary
of Energy and each member of the Pennsylvania delegation to
Congress.
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