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Still Free! More than just an advertisement Inside Welcome to Road projects in Tyler County Marble Festival! Page 5 INNformer Publication of The Wells Inn Volume 4, No. 19 The Wells Inn, 316 Charles St. Sistersville, WV 26175 September 21, 2017 Sistersville connection to Tyler County PSD to cost $4.5M By Christopher Selmek ber, then design and coordination with regulatory agen- SISTERSVILLE – The cost of connecting Sistersville’s cies would take an additional four to six months. Actual bidding on the project will probably not begin until water system to the Tyler County Public Service Dis- next fall and will have to be coordinated between Sis- trict will be roughly $4.5 million, senior engineer tersville and the Tyler County PSD. Ashok Sanghavi, PE, DEE, QEP, of S&S Engineers Edwards also said it will also be necessary to build a Inc. told those attending Sistersville’s Sept. 6 Water Board meeting at the city building. booster station somewhere near Maple Lane. Sanghavi said that number was based on the estimated Mayor Bill Rice sought to clarify whether Sistersville would have to treat the water once it comes up from $2,152,000 cost of connecting to the Tyler County PSD, the actual cost of which will be open for bids next Friendly. Project coordinator Tim Meeks of the Mid- Ohio Valley Regional Council said there was no need year. City Recorder Chad Edwards estimated the city Continued on page 4 would have their funding recommendation by Decem- Permits delay OIL & GAS Mountaineer HONOREES NGL storage – PAST & PRESENT project 2017 West Virginia Oil & Gas Man CLARINGTON, Ohio – While it had of the Year Charlie been hoped that construction on the pro- Burd stands next to posed $150 million underground natural festival queen Emily gas storage facility, slated for just north Wigal, along with of Clarington, would have started by three former Oil & now, the project has been delayed until Gas men of the year next year. who attended this The company is still waiting for all of year’s event: Michael McCown, the required permits to be issued for the Benjamin Hardesty 200-acre project located along Ohio and John B. Route 7, according to David Hooker, Simonton. Burd is managing director of Mountaineer NG L executive director of Storage LLC. the Independent Oil “As expected,” Hooker told The INN- and Gas Association former, “Ohio regulators are being very of West Virginia. For cautious, because our facility will be the more photos from first ‘permitted’ NGL storage facility in the 2017 Oil & Gas salt caves in the state.” Festival see page 3. When Phase 1 and 2 are completed, the project will feature underground storage for up to 3.25 million barrels of liquid petroleum gasses in subterranean cav- SGH receives Dominion grant for decon unit erns carved out of the Salina salt forma- tion some 6,700 feet below ground. Salt SISTERSVILLE – Sistersville General Hospital will caverns have been successfully used for be buying a new decontamination unit, thanks to a $1,900 grant from the Dominion Energy Foundation. bulk storage of liquids for more than 50 years and are considered safer and more The new set up, which will be installed near the ambu- economical than using above-ground lance service door as a semi-permanent fixture, will be tanks. used when noxious chemicals have to be removed from “Typical caverns developed in salt and patients before they can safely enter the hospital’s Emergency Department. designed specifically for LPG are imper- meable to liquid migration and the salt is “The decontamination unit will be used when someone self-healing over time if ever fractured,” Hooker stated previously. has been exposed to chemicals such as pepper spray, bear repellant and diesel fuel,” Todd Strickler, SGH’s interim director of nursing, explained. As part of the project, Mountaineer will be constructing a brine pond with a 3 million barrel capacity as well as a load- Following the Sept. 12 check presentation, Christine Mitchell, Dominion Energy’s external affairs represen- in, load-out facility. tative, told The INNformer: “Dominion Energy always “We believe it’s still going to hap- tries to be a good neighbor and is happy to support the pen,” Hooker said. “Interest re- areas in which we do business. We’re happy to help mains high with both the state and Sistersville General Hospital acquire the decon unit burgeoning chemical markets in the needed for their ER.” tri-state region.” INDEX Friendly town council 6 DEP permits 10-11 Crime & courts 13 Letter to the editor 2 News of Newport 6 Structure fire in Alma 11 Events 14-23 WV Oil & Gas Festival 3 County commission 7 Tribute to George Thomas 12 Football schedules 19 Sistersville city council 4 Regional roundup 7 Water-saving tips 12 Classified ads 20 Road program & Tyler County 5 Back Roads: Cameron 8-9 Heroes Day 13 ArtsLink schedule 23
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