Concerned neighbors packed a meeting over the proposal of a gas compressor coming to their community.
Dozens of people came together Wednesday night in Nashville at the Metro Public Health Department's public hearing to stop the compressor from coming to Joelton.
The planned gas compressor station is part of Kinder Morgan’s push to expand transportation capacity from an existing pipe line that goes from West Virginia to the Gulf Coast.
The facility would take up 26 acres of land. It would also be gated and surrounded by vegetation to provide a natural buffer from air, noise and visual impacts.
“It is no different than the gas you cook with and that you heat your home with in the winter,” said Stephanie Kendregan with Kinder Morgan. “Hazardous pollutants that may have been present at the well head are removed prior their entry into the system.”
Yet, community members weren’t sold.
“The Paradise Ridge Park - it backs up to that. We have our walking. I wouldn't want to go and listen to that noise, and think I’m going to get blown up today,” said resident Norma Harvison.
No decisions were made during the meeting. Rather, the Metro Public Health Department will review the comments that pertain to air pollution and necessary changes made to the draft permits.
It will then be sent to the Environmental Protection Agency, which would have the final say.
If the permits are approved, Kinder Morgan plans to start construction in December.
