Gas industry in Berks: What’s in the pipeline
” The path of the MARC 1 pipeline required digging a swath through farms, secluded vacation properties and state game lands. The builders obtained Federal Energy Regulatory Commission approval to use eminent domain, if necessary,…
Legislature should step back from eminent domain bill
“The oil spill in Mayflower does confirm my concern with gas and oil pipelines and the need to ensure that the appropriate studies are completed and the right level of oversight is in place. Obviously…
Eminent domain bill survives close vote
” A legislative measure to grant eminent domain and condemnation rights to oil companies has finally made it out of its first committee, more than two months after beginning the process. Senate Bill 13-191 survived…
Eminent domain oil bill gets out of committee Senate Bill 13-191 out on party line vote
“Senate Bill 13-191 survived a close vote in the Senate Local Government Committee Thursday, passing on a party-line 3-2 vote. But the bill did not leave the local government committee unscathed. Two amendments were added…
Eminent Domain Comes to the Texas Legislature
“As property owners challenge the company’s use of eminent domain, the project to bring crude from the Canadian tar sands to refineries on the Texas Gulf sparked litigation all down the line. One of those…
Property rights issues abound along Keystone’s path
“Allpress is just one property owner affected by the pipeline, a 36-inch oil conduit slated to run from eastern Alberta, Canada, to southern Texas oil refineries. He lives on more than 900 acres, ground he…
Bill turns into battle over eminent domain rights
“A bill that began as a simple, technical change to a 19t-century statute has turned into a much bigger battle over whether the state should grant eminent domain rights to oil and petroleum companies. Sponsors…
Upcoming Eminent Domain Bills in Legislature
“On January 23, Sen. Bill Avery introduced LB533, an eminent domain bill pertaining to oil and gas pipelines in Nebraska. While the hearing was originally scheduled for Thursday, February 21, that date has been cancelled…
Technical change turns to eminent domain battle
“A bill that began as a simple, technical change to a 19th-century statute has turned into a much bigger battle over whether the state should grant eminent domain rights to oil and petroleum companies. Sponsors…
Appeals court to determine eminent domain powers of TransCanada Keystone Pipeline
“n a few weeks, an appeals court will hear arguments on whether a Beaumont judge erred by granting a foreign company’s petition to condemn land for the construction of a crude oil pipeline. In June…