Comments of Katherine Bowers re the Millenium Pipeline Company's Hanock Compressor Station under CP14-497.

20141128-0012 FERC PDF (Unofficial) 11/28/2014 November, 21, 2014 751 Basket Rd, Long Eddy NY 12760 Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary "i r 1(!"t Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 888 First Street NE, Room 1A I'"!", 20 I-"i I":: jb ORIGIN~I Washington, DC 20426 Comments for Docket Number CP14-497-000. My name is Kathleen Bowers. I live 4 miles from the 15,000 hp Millenium Pipeline Company (MPC) Hancock Compressor Station (CS) in Long Eddy Ny. I could comment on the Methane leaks, air pollution and health risks associated wth CS but instead i will submit those facts in paper form and comment here about the experiences of a family with 2 young children who live across the street from this CS. Approx. 650 feet. Remember MPC commented at hearings about being a "Good Neighbor". The timeline for these impacts the family has experienced is Oct. 2013 to the present. all these complaints can be seen on the reports to FERC, your angencyl Docket CP13-14-000 When MPC was granted permission to start construction they paid for a full home inspection before construction for this family. This included radon, water and integrity of the house and foundation. Once the blasting started the family lost water for several days. MPC offered to drill a new well and then backed out of that deal. The foundation of the home was damaged with many cracks in the foundation. one of which water leaks through. Workers at the project used their private drive while they were not home. The main road to the home was damaged from the ware and tear of the large trucks coming and going 24/7. Pot holes and sink holes as well as mud that would cause an average sadan to bottom out and get stuck. When winter came these frozen ruts made it almost impossible to get to work or for an emergency vehicle to pass. 18 wheel trucks would park in front of the home with engines running sometimes for several hours. This caused desul fumes to enter the home. Loud noise and bright lights would shine on the house all night. On 2 occations the family was evacuated. Once was an emergency evacuation due to an accident while working on the pipeline. of the methane A blowdown in the pipeline needed to happen ASAP and the family was told to leave right away at 10pm at night. The second time was a scheduled blowdown for the connection of the CS to the pipeline. ...