Working closely with the Utility, Entech established a hierarchy of routing preferences and concerns to set a baseline for the pipeline routing exercise. With tie-in locations identified, Entech’s team of civil, pipeline, and environmental professionals established multiple routing options, outlining the pros and cons along with summaries and KMZ alignments for each option. This provided critical information for determining the optimal route. Entech evaluated the following:

Right-of-Way (ROW) Analysis – providing review of existing ROWs as well as identifying property owners, acquisition requirements and land use designations.

Route Analysis – desktop and field review of proposed routes to identify/verify constructability of the potential routes. Considerations included estimations of rock construction due to potentially challenging geological databases and road/stream crossings.

Environmental Impacts - This included endangered species and impacts to sensitive environmental and cultural resources. PNDI searches were completed and required environmental permits were summarized and presented.

Roadways, Rail and Utility Crossings - such as high voltage power lines, were identified along with crossing methods and costs. Preferred crossing locations of were selected and recommendations for pipeline approach was presented in a final report.

Permits - Required federal, state, and municipal permits were identified along with projected permitting schedules.