Project Background

National Gas & Oil Cooperative (NGO) recently completed the construction of a 12-inch diameter, high-pressure, steel natural gas pipeline and meter station for the Clover Valley Pipeline Project (the “Project”) near New Albany, Licking County, Ohio. The distribution class, natural gas pipeline is approximately 26,059 feet (4.94 miles) in length and was designed and tested for a Maximum Allowable Operating Pressure (“MAOP”) of 540 psig. The Project will provide natural gas service to a proposed power plant and allow for future expansion of NGO's distribution system in the area. 

The 12-inch natural gas main was installed within private easements and road right-of-way (ROW) starting at the existing TC Energy Tap along Duncan Plains Road and head southeast before crossing U.S. 62 and paralleling Clover Valley Road before terminating at the proposed meter station located at the intersection of Jug Street and Clover Valley Road. Approximately 18,811 feet of pipeline is proposed to be installed in private easements and 7,248 feet of pipeline is proposed to be installed within road ROW. Horizontal directional drilling (HDD) and traditional bores of approximately 3,334 feet are planned at each public road crossing, and to avoid wetlands, streams, and forested areas, as much as practicable, while meeting the Project need.

This Project met the requirements of the Letter of Notification as it falls under Ohio Administrative Code 4906-1-01 Appendix B (1) which states “New construction, extension, relocation, upgrade, or replacement… of gas pipeline or pipeline segments, as follows: …(b) Pipeline or pipeline segments greater than one mile in length but not greater than five miles in length”.