ELDRED, NY — A new organization, SCRAM (Sullivan County Residents Against Millennium) has been formed with the stated goal of halting the proposed compressor station on the Millennium Pipeline in the Town of Highland. A post on its website (www.nyscram.org) says, “The compressor station presents a danger to the health, environment, and property values of all of us who live nearby. Highland and surrounding towns have already passed laws forbidding this type of facility, but without action from all of us, these laws will not be enough to stop it.”

Compressor stations on pipelines that run through multiple states are permitted by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), and since the 1980s, FERC has approved 100% of the projects submitted to it. Some 165 environmental groups recently called for an investigation of FERC by the Congressional General Accountability Office because of FERC’s record.