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Austin challenges pipeline's progress
Austin challenges pipeline's progress
Austin American-Statesman
Wednesday, December 19, 2001
The City of Austin is threatening to issue a stop-work order and take legal action against Longhorn Partners Pipeline LP.
At issue is Longhorn's plan to replace a section of its 51-year-old pipeline with new, thicker-walled pipe. The company, which contends that the city has no jurisdiction over pipelines, has nevertheless applied for city approval to install the new pipe. But Longhorn says it will proceed with or without the city's blessing.
The city says it will issue a stop-work order if Longhorn does not first obtain approval of its spill-control measures. Longhorn says it will ignore any such order.
A mediation session is scheduled for Thursday, but the two sides are so far apart that a court battle seems likely. Such a case could test how far cities may go in overseeing interstate pipelines, whose regulation generally has been the sole province of the federal government.
Austin American-Statesman
Wednesday, December 19, 2001
The City of Austin is threatening to issue a stop-work order and take legal action against Longhorn Partners Pipeline LP.
At issue is Longhorn's plan to replace a section of its 51-year-old pipeline with new, thicker-walled pipe. The company, which contends that the city has no jurisdiction over pipelines, has nevertheless applied for city approval to install the new pipe. But Longhorn says it will proceed with or without the city's blessing.
The city says it will issue a stop-work order if Longhorn does not first obtain approval of its spill-control measures. Longhorn says it will ignore any such order.
A mediation session is scheduled for Thursday, but the two sides are so far apart that a court battle seems likely. Such a case could test how far cities may go in overseeing interstate pipelines, whose regulation generally has been the sole province of the federal government.
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