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Pipeline of conflict
Butler County residents are invited to a meeting Wednesday, Sept. 24, to discuss the proposed Rockies Express natural gas pipeline across the county with the Ohio EPA.
Rocky Express Pipeline, LLC, plans to build a 1,678-mile pipeline from Colorado to Ohio with the capacity to deliver 1.8 billion cubic feet of natural gas per day to customers in the upper Midwest and Eastern United States. The proposal includes the construction of a 39-mile stretch of pipeline through Butler and Warren Counties. Before moving forward, the company must secure a water quality certification from the Ohio EPA.
The proposed pipeline is very controversial and some say only made possible by company ties to the Bush administration.
Here’s the meeting details:
Wednesday, September 24, 2008 at 6:30 p.m. at Edgewood High School, 5005 Oxford State Road in Trenton.
And here’s state Sen. Gary Cates, R-West Chester Twp., on the meeting:
“This project could have a major impact on our communities and our area’s natural resources, so it is important that all local residents have the opportunity to share their thoughts and concerns on the issue. I look forward to hearing the opinions of my constituents and will work to monitor the situation going forward.”
Here is the rest of a comprehensive piece our own Tom Beyerlein did on the pipeline, including claims that local residents’ concerns were being ignored.
What do you think? Do critics of the pipeline have valid points? Or is the need for the pipeline too great to be hampered by individual concerns? Do the safety and environmental concerns trump any need?
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