The dishonest noise studies at compressor
stations. All the noise studies
completely ignore the thundering noises of the safety valves, the compressor
blowdown valves and all other opening and closing of valves: Safety valve triggers loud noise at Wyoming
County gas plant, summoning emergency responders to the compressor site.
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Published: January 5, 2015
WASHINGTON TWP., Pennsylvania — A safety valve at the
Hirkey Compressor Station in Wyoming County worked as it was intended to Sunday
night, but the loud noise from whooshing gas still summoned emergency workers
to the scene.
Around 9 p.m., crews from Tunkhannock and Wyoming County
Emergency Management Agency were called to the plant, EMA Director Gene Dziak
said.
The valve had released the gas and then closed as it was
designed, he said. Mr. Dziak said he was not certain gas had escaped into the
atmosphere. Much of the compressor station is enclosed.
Employees from Regency Energy Partners LP, the Dallas,
Texas, company that operates Hirkey, were on the scene to check the entire
plant, Mr. Dziak said