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<idAbs>&lt;DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;This is 1 of 5 GIS data layers disseminated by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) representing the Transcontinental Gas Pipeline Co. – Northeast Supply Enhancement Project.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;On November 7, 2025, the NJDEP Division of Land Resource Protection approved permits for the Transco NESE project. Specifically, the Division approved a Freshwater Wetlands Individual Permit, Coastal Wetlands Permit, Flood Hazard Area Individual Permit, Flood Hazard Area Veri cation, In-Water and Upland Waterfront Development Permits and a Water Quality Certi cate. &amp;lt;a href="https://dep.nj.gov/wp-content/uploads/nese/transco-nese-permit-approval-dlrp-file-no.-0000-25-0012.1-lup-250001.pdf"&amp;gt;View the permit decision&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;The NESE Project is a proposed expansion of Transco’s existing system from Pennsylvania through New Jersey to New York, to provide 400,000 dekatherms per day (Dth/d) of incremental capacity to Transco’s existing Rockaway Transfer Point located approximately three miles offshore of the Rockaway Peninsula in Queens Borough, New York. The regulated portions of the proposed NESE project would involve the construction and installation of three components in New Jersey: (1) construction of a new gas- red compressor station (CS 206) with connecting discharge piping (2) the Madison Loop, and (3) the Raritan Loop (offshore). Please see below links for the permit plan cover sheets depicting the Project facilities. For awareness, in Pennsylvania, the Project includes 10.1 miles of 42” diameter pipeline as well as upgrades to Transco’s existing compressor station 200.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;NOTE: These GIS data were downloaded by the MARCO Portal from the NJDEP website, 11/25/2025, for visualization purposes on the Portal and are presented as-is. For the original NJDEP GIS data and official permit information, documents, and notices, please go to the NJDEP Transcontinental Gas Pipeline Co. – Northeast Supply Enhancement Project webpage: &amp;lt;a href="https://dep.nj.gov/nese/#gis-site-plans"&amp;gt;https://dep.nj.gov/nese/#gis-site-plans&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;</idAbs>
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On November 7, 2025, the NJDEP Division of Land Resource Protection approved permits for the Transco NESE project. Specifically, the Division approved a Freshwater Wetlands Individual Permit, Coastal Wetlands Permit, Flood Hazard Area Individual Permit, Flood Hazard Area Veri cation, In-Water and Upland Waterfront Development Permits and a Water Quality Certi cate. &lt;a href="https://dep.nj.gov/wp-content/uploads/nese/transco-nese-permit-approval-dlrp-file-no.-0000-25-0012.1-lup-250001.pdf"&gt;View the permit decision&lt;/a&gt;.
The NESE Project is a proposed expansion of Transco’s existing system from Pennsylvania through New Jersey to New York, to provide 400,000 dekatherms per day (Dth/d) of incremental capacity to Transco’s existing Rockaway Transfer Point located approximately three miles offshore of the Rockaway Peninsula in Queens Borough, New York. The regulated portions of the proposed NESE project would involve the construction and installation of three components in New Jersey: (1) construction of a new gas- red compressor station (CS 206) with connecting discharge piping (2) the Madison Loop, and (3) the Raritan Loop (offshore). Please see below links for the permit plan cover sheets depicting the Project facilities. For awareness, in Pennsylvania, the Project includes 10.1 miles of 42” diameter pipeline as well as upgrades to Transco’s existing compressor station 200.
NOTE: These GIS data were downloaded by the MARCO Portal from the NJDEP website, 11/25/2025, for visualization purposes on the Portal and are presented as-is. For the original NJDEP GIS data and official permit information, documents, and notices, please go to the NJDEP Transcontinental Gas Pipeline Co. – Northeast Supply Enhancement Project webpage: &lt;a href="https://dep.nj.gov/nese/#gis-site-plans"&gt;https://dep.nj.gov/nese/#gis-site-plans&lt;/a&gt;.</idPurp>
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