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Remember the idea of providing royalties to landowners from pipelines or toll roads? New hampshire has a new spin on this concept.
If a pipeline traverses and the product is sold elsewhere, then levey a 12.5% fee on the sale. Where does the 12.5% go? The fee is to be additional compensation for landowners who had property seized for right-of-way for pipeline construction.
Why does this matter in Texas? Bonjour Pecos Pipeline that is moving product from Texas to Mexico. There is a group…
Where is this trend emerging? New Hampshire. The Granite State. Home to Presidential hopeful foot traffic.
What is this anti-easement idea all about? If a pipeline seeks an easement, the land owner can require that the entire piece of land be purchased.
What’s the rational behind this ideaof requiring all the land be bought and not just a right of way? Landowners believe that pipelines negatively impact the value of their property. If the landowners no longer want to live on the…
Eminent domain tops the headlines for 2015 in South Carolina.
What’s the eminent domain issue in South Carolina? A pipeline that caused private proeprty right activist snd environmental activists to join forces.
What’s the legislative and regulatory impact? The issue with the pipeline is whether a public benefit occurs in South Carolina. The pipeline has hit hiccups with the regulatory agency and the legislature.
The Augusta Chronicler | Top 10: Palmetto Pipeline creates stir in 2015
Where is this happening? Vermont
Why does this matter in Texas? Because 2015 saw emient domain protestors stop public meetings for transportation projects in Texas
Who is the opposition to eminent domain in VT? 98% of a VT Gas project has agreed-to sales for land, but 3 landowners have not come to an agreement with VT Gas.
What does the opposition want from the pipelines? Landowners and their supporters are calling on a shorter pipeline project & are concerned baout pipeline safety
The usual suspects- Ted Cruz, Rand Paul, Rubio talk eminent domain reform on the campaign trail. Now Bernie Sanders has joined the fray by saying :
“Iowans shouldn’t have their land forcibly taken through eminent domain for use in the proposed Bakken oil pipeline.”
“”The idea of using the power of eminent domain to increase private profits does not make a lot of sense to me,” he said.”
Sounds just like the right’s – no private gain from eminent domain- mantra.
Art to stop eminent domain, who came up with that? eco-artist Aviva Rahmani’s Blued Trees
What’s the goal of using art to stop eminent domain? To prevent private corporations from gaining eminent domain for natural gas pipelines on private property
How will art stop eminent domain? 1990 Visual Artists Rights Acts (VARA) may provide extra protection to landowners
Cornell Daily Sun | Aviva Rahmani’s Blued Trees & the Fight Against Pipelines
A documentary about a pipeline that would start in Belton, South Carolina, run through Georgia and end in Jacksonville is in the works. The top 3 concerns that emerged from landowners are:
Trib Talk Bracewell & Giuliani | Obstacles to pipeline development highlight Texas’ conservative split
What’s the brouhaha? California Appellate Courts have split on how much pre condemnation access to property is permitted.
What’s the case awaiting oral argument in California? Property Reserve, Inc. v. Dep’t of Water Resources, No. S217738 Its about whether a water commission could enter lands for soil testing to further a water line.
Which way did the appellate court rule? The Court of Appeals sided with land owners that the pre-condemnation access was so extensive so as to trigger an…
In the 1990s, Georgia wants to protect wealthy quail plantation owners from a new oil pipeline, so it passed new laws related only to oil pipelines.
What does an oil pipeline have to do that a natural gas pipeline doesn’t have to do for eminent domain approval? A pipeline that carries gasoline, diesel and ethanol must:
Has this been a hurdle? yes, it has stopped a pipeline by Kinder Morgan. The…