York County landowner among three suing state
“Susan Dunavan of rural York County stood with two other Nebraska landowners, Friday, in the first court hearing regarding their lawsuit against the governor, the director of the DEQ and the state treasurer in reference to the controversial Keystone XL pipeline.
Dunavan, along with Randy Thompson (a landowner from Lancaster County), Susan Luebbe (of Holt County), say Nebraska lawmakers cut an illegal deal with TransCanada in 2012.
They appeared in the Lancaster County District Court where their attorney, David Domina of Omaha, argued that lawmakers illegally handed over their authority to the governor, allowing him to decide a matter of public importance on a “whim.”
The Nebraska landowners sued last year over the law that permitted the state to conduct its own environmental review of the Keystone XL. After that review concluded that the pipeline represented little threat to water resources, Gov. Dave Heineman approved the route.”
Wilkenson, Melanie. YorkNewsTimes.com 28 September 2013.