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/2 The three wells drilled to support the ill-fated Alton gas underground storage project will soon be capped and the site decommissioned.
The cavern site was partially constructed on 80 hectares of property in a residential area of Brentwood Road, near Alton and between
The cavern site was partially constructed on 80 hectares of property in a residential area of Brentwood Road, near Alton and between
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The property was purchased by Alton Natural Gas Storage LP, a subsidiary of AtlaGas, several years ago, the wells were drilled and a building was constructed at the site to facilitate industrial, mechanical and electrical
The property was purchased by Alton Natural Gas Storage LP, a subsidiary of AtlaGas, several years ago, the wells were drilled and a building was constructed at the site to facilitate industrial, mechanical and electrical
/4 equipment, a nitrogen generator and compressor, three large water tanks and a brine storage tank, all surrounded by a chain-link fence.
The cavern site was partially constructed but underground cavern development did not occur and the site was never put into operation.
The cavern site was partially constructed but underground cavern development did not occur and the site was never put into operation.
/5 Restoration includes seeding the dike and regrading areas to promote natural reclamation and return the site to its original use as much as possible per the approved plan to decommission the Alton project.
That plan, unveiled by the company in December 2021, included an
That plan, unveiled by the company in December 2021, included an
/6 overall approach to “remove above-ground structures, leave buried components in the ground and reclaim land to equivalent land capability.”
The 16-hectare site (roughly the size of 40 football fields) on the Shubenacadie River estuary consisted of two buildings, a
The 16-hectare site (roughly the size of 40 football fields) on the Shubenacadie River estuary consisted of two buildings, a
/7 large pumphouse and a smaller electrical building, a channel dug in 2014 to divert river water, a replacement dike on leased Crown land, a gabion wall for water intake, two storage ponds and buried piping.
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