BROOKFIELD — Residents have the chance to share their thoughts on Iroquois Gas’ proposed expansion of a natural gas compressor station, located just 1,900 feet from Whisonier Middle School. The state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection is holding a virtual public hearing about expanding the Brookfield compressor station — which has drawn opposition for its potential negative health impacts from town leaders residents and the Sierra Club — at 5 p.m. on Thursday. Some residents, conservationists and town and state officials have worked for years to try to stop the expansion of Brookfield’s natural gas compressor station, which is on an 80-acre property at 78 Meadow Lane owned by Iroquois. The expansion plan would involve two steel pipelines that enter and exit the station: The Algonquin pipeline, built in 2008, comes in from the southwest, and the Iroquois pipeline, built in 2009, comes down from the north.
DEEP hearing set on Brookfield natural gas compressor station expansion near middle school
