Paul Bain: Help for owners facing land grab for natural gas pipeline
“Following a July 26 announcement by Florida Power & Light Co. to build two natural gas pipelines totaling 590 miles, hundreds of property owners may face the unwanted taking of their land. FPL’s pipeline will begin in west Alabama, cross Florida, and end at the utility company’s plant in Martin County.
FPL has had attorneys, agents, and experts all working to build its billion-dollar pipeline, long before the plans were drawn and the project was publicly announced. As a public utility, FPL will be using the power of eminent domain to take property for its pipeline project. To take private property, FPL will issue a notice to an owner, prepare a real estate valuation report, make a written offer, and then file an eminent domain lawsuit.”
Bain, Paul. Sun Sentinel 1 August 2013.