CLINTON TWP — Township officials are working with a natural gas company to fix what many residents are calling a noisy natural gas compressor station.

Nearly a dozen residents at the township’s meeting Tuesday night voiced concerns about the EQT Gatherings Bass Compressor Station on Westminster Road, claiming the station exceeds the decibel limits in place through township ordinances.

Township officials are asking the company to correct the problem.

“There have been noise issues since it was first built (in 2014),” said Kathy Allen, chairman of the township supervisors. “Many residents are very frustrated.”

The station operates four natural gas-fired compressor engines.

The township’s code says the station cannot exceed 60 decibels.

Allen said the township had studies on the compressor station done this summer, and they showed the station was in compliance with the ordinance.

However, she said that informal readings done since August show the station has hit 75 decibels while at its loudest.

“The noise can be very acceptable then all of a sudden it starts blaring,” she said. “That’s where the confusion comes from. We know it can be at an acceptable level.”

Natalie Cox, a spokesman for EQT, said the company had a third party do a sound test on the station in December.

“The initial results of that evaluation showed the sound level was in compliance with the township’s guidelines,” she said.

Cox added the company is continuing to work with officials and residents to ease their concerns.

Residents told township officials that the station is also causing “vibrations and rumblings.”

“They said it was as if half a dozen 18 wheelers were outside their house, idling,” Allen said.

The sudden spikes in noise come at all hours of the day and night, Allen said. She estimated more than 100 people live near the station.

Allen said the residents are not against the station, but want it to operate in compliance with the township’s ordinance.