Bill to limit pipeline companies use of eminent domain passes House
“A much-watched bill to limit the use of eminent domain by pipeline companies easily passed the House Friday while some other controversial bills remained in a holding pattern.
The House passed Hopkinsville Democratic Rep. John Tilley’s bill which would prohibit companies seeking to construct a natural gas liquids pipeline across parts of Kentucky from invoking the power to take private property against the owner’s wishes for its route.
The Williams Company and Boardwalk Pipeline Partners want to connect parts of an existing natural gas pipeline with new construction to transport NGLs, ethane, propane, butane and other by-products of natural gas.
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Ellis, Ronnie. The INdependent Online 21 March 2014.