County staff asks for local notice on two Albany pipeline replacement referrals

The Albany County Planning Board reviewed two natural‑gas pipeline replacement referrals affecting the City of Albany at its April 17 meeting.

County staff described a National Grid application (Niagara Moabaugh d/b/a National Grid) to replace roughly 2,100 linear feet of 16‑inch pipeline along an existing right‑of‑way and an Eastern Gas Transmission and Storage Inc. application to replace a section of the TL‑470 pipeline near 55 Mill Road. In both cases staff recommended modified local approval that includes notification to the town of Bethlehem and the required notices under General Municipal Law section 239‑n (as stated in the transcript).

Board members asked no substantive questions and the board recorded motions and concurrence to adopt staff recommendations; the transcript does not record a roll‑call tally. Staff flagged that the National Grid work occurs within existing rights‑of‑way and recommended sending the modification to the town of Bethlehem for required municipal review and notice.

These referrals will return through municipal review processes and any required permitting; the county action was procedural to ensure affected municipalities receive notification under GML section 239‑n.