The permission is given to frack Chelsea and West Village, NYC
I kid you not. And right on time, defenders of the right to drill and pump natural gas from any and everywhere are saying there's no proof that anything could go wrong.
http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20131021/chelsea/controversial-natural-gas-pipeline-gets-federal-approval-start-pumping
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission granted permission Thursday for the pipeline, built by Texas-based Spectra Energy, to be put into service on Nov. 1, according to a letter from commission director Lauren O'Donnell.
The companies behind the pipeline have "adequately stabilized areas disturbed by construction" and "restoration is proceeding satisfactorily," O'Donnell wrote.
However, residents have raised safety concerns about the pipeline, which will pump about 800 million cubic feet of Marcellus Shale natural gas into the city each day. The pipeline stretches from New Jersey under the Hudson River and enters Manhattan at 10th Avenue and Gansevoort Street, stretching up to 15th Street.
"It's so disappointing," Bill Borock, president of the Council of Chelsea Block Associations. "The gas companies say don't worry, but we don't have any assurances when big weather and flooding happens."
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[font color="navy" face="Verdana"]Too many cats underfoot will do it every time. 
