Real Estate & Property Law

Pipeline Intrastate or Interstate?

By Alan Ackerman

The attached article on the Windsor gas pipeline raises issues not covered in the pressconnects' article of Jon Campbell.

The pipeline involved is less than 10 miles and therefore relatively minor as to length. However, the pipeline crosses through two states, being New York and Pennsylvania.

The pipeline company is seeking powers to acquire via the State Public Service Commission rather than the FDRC. One has to wonder whether this is an interstate pipeline rather than an intrastate pipeline. 

Ithaca Journal

Some speakers pointed to the necessity of pipelines for natural gas development, while others asked the Public Service Commission to put the project under a stronger microscope.

Because the New York portion is less than 10 miles long, it faces a streamlined approval process from the PSC. The pipeline could service wells in New York if the state starts approving Marcellus Shale drilling permits.

"This application is not about a 9.82-mile pipeline," said Evan Romer, a Windsor resident. "It's about a much more extensive system with a much bigger environmental impact."

Full post as published by National Eminent Domain Blog on October 21, 2010 (boomark / email).