The new gas pipeline compressor station was set to open this month, but now faces a full safety review.John Tlumacki/Globe Staff/File 2020
A controversial natural gas compressor station in Weymouth will not start pumping natural gas this week, as the operator had previously indicated, and the start date now depends on the resolution of a full safety review that is not expected until January.
Max Bergeron, a spokesman for Enbridge, told the Globe last week that the company was planning to put the compressor station into operation this week, shipping gas north to Maine and Canada. On Wednesday, however, Bergeron cited a federal agencyâs safety review and said the compressor wonât begin operations until the agency âhas lifted the remaining restrictions.â