Pennsylvania environmental groups are heading to court to block a preliminary federal permit for revived plans to build a hydroelectric storage facility on the Susquehanna River.
If constructed, the York Energy Storage Water Power Project would result in the flooding of 580 acres along the river, including protected farmland and forested areas key to the ecosystem, the Lancaster Conservancy and other local groups warned in their challenge.
“This project would leave a permanent scar on our natural and historic Susquehanna River landscape and should be stopped at all costs,” said Fritz Schroeder, president and CEO of the Lancaster Conservancy, in a statement.
The project includes a 225-foot, 1.8-mile dam and power turbine pumped storage facility at Cuffs Run in York County, located in southeastern Pennsylvania.
