Regional labor leaders, eager to create more construction jobs, have tried to raise support for a gas liquefaction plant and export terminal along the Delaware River.
A screen capture of Zulene Mayfield, an activist with Chester Residents Concerned for Quality Living, speaking against a proposal to build a liquified natural gas facility in Chester City, Delaware County.
“If this is such an economic plus for communities, why aren’t members, task force legislators fighting tooth and nail to have this economic development in their communities?” asked Zulene Mayfield, a longtime activist who testified Tuesday. “Why would you deny your communities all of this well?”is comparable to the facility Penn LNG proposes.
“This committee is stacked with individuals that would have the most benefit financially from a proposal such as this,” Mayfield testified, also suggesting the Chester location was part of a plan to keep the facility out of Philadelphia.» READ MORE:Mayfield said the plant would pose a risk in densely populated Chester City with about 33,000 residents. She said the Penn LNG plan would span 100 acres, including a buffer, that would displace homes, businesses and churches.
Stefan Roots, a Chester council member, also testified, stating, “we’ve got a history here in Chester with industry that isn’t very flattering.” Carl Marrara, executive director, Pennsylvania Manufacturers’ Association, said the facility would bring needed jobs to the city and county, while boosting tax revenue. His organization used software by IMPLAN to understand the economic impact a terminal could have given that LNG is “a fuel source that the world is craving.” The study used the Cove Point facility in Lusby, Md., as a model.
After the terminal is built, he said, it would support 514 permanent jobs and 1,280 indirect jobs. Ongoing operations would generate $52 million in tax revenue to the state, $85 million to the federal government, and $47 million to county and local coffers.
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