Eminent Domain: Freestone County Landowners Affected by Pipeline Easements
“Seaway Crude Pipeline Company, LLC is in the process of laying a 30-inch pipe over 702 miles from Cushing, Oklahoma to the Texas Gulf Coast. The pipeline, which will carry 850,000 barrels of crude oil…
Landowners plan to fight pipeline work
“Sunoco Logistics Partners LP took action in Common Pleas Court last week to force three families to give up rights of way in Hempfield, Penn and South Huntingdon townships. The Philadelphia company wants to pipe…
Senate urges pipeline project to avoid eminent domain in property negotiations
“The Senate on Friday supported a resolution urging companies involved with the Bluegrass Pipeline to negotiate acquisitions with landowners without using the threat of eminent domain. Sen. Jimmy Higdon, a Lebanon Republican who sponsored the…
Legislature needs pipeline oversight: Do companies have eminent domain?
“If you think a pipeline transporting flammable natural gas liquids through Kentucky would be risky, consider a pipeline that’s transporting flammable natural gas liquids through Kentucky and is not paying for itself. Or, worse, two…
Court OKs Sunoco petition to use eminent domain in Penn Township
“A Westmoreland County judge has given Sunoco Logistics Partners LP a court order to acquire an easement from a Penn Township property through eminent domain for its Mariner East pipeline project. In an order dated…
Pa. pipeline’s Delaware stretch spurs land grab
“Several property owners could lose land from a pipeline company’s use of eminent domain — all because of William Penn and the Duke of York. Sunoco Logistics Partners LP has notified landowners in several communities…
Sunoco set to take land for pipeline
“Several property owners could lose land from a pipeline company’s use of eminent domain — all because of William Penn and the Duke of York. Sunoco Logistics Partners LP has notified landowners in several communities…
Gas utility seeks land in Lafayette, Litchfield townships
“About 100 residents in Lafayette and Litchfield townships have received letters in the last week from Columbia Gas Transmission seeking to store natural gas beneath their property. Columbia owns and operates 11 gas storage fields…
FISCAL COURT VOTES AGAINST PIPELINE
“Magistrates passed a resolution Thursday opposing a natural gas liquids pipeline planned to run through Franklin County, citing environmental and safety concerns and unanswered questions from company representatives. The move carries no legal power, but…
Attorney Says There’s No Precedent for Eminent Domain for Bluegrass Pipeline
“Officials from a company that wants to build a natural gas liquids pipeline across Kentucky have been holding public meetings in several counties along the proposed route. One lawyer says he doesn’t see examples of…