Columbia
Gas Resumes
Cutting in Reston
Public Safety at
Work?
Environmental
and quality of life concerns clash against gas line safety
plan.
Columbia
Gas: Half Truths ... Half Trees
In the
News
Corroded pipe blamed in fatal Delhi
explosion
[07/12/19
]
"We are
looking at external corrosion as a strong factor," said
Kelly Merritt,
spokesman for pipeline owner Columbia Gulf Transmission....
Corbin Fawcett, 47, of Haleyville, Ala., was killed in the
explosion...
...(of)The 30-inch underground pipe, installed in
1954..
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link is broken go here.
Blast on interstate near Delhi kills one,
injures one
[12/15/07]
A fiery explosion
at a natural gas pipeline Friday afternoon
shut down Interstate 20 for
Pipeline Explosion,
Illinois
What if your neighbor ................
.......... ignore your rights,
.......... not compensate you for damages,
.......... and was immune to local and state laws.
You might be living next to a Columbia Gas Transmission easement.
In September 2006, contractors hired by Columbia Gas Transmission began cutting limbs from trees in Herndon, Virginia. They cut from earth to sky at the edge of their pipeline easement, without regard for the health of the trees, the safety of neighborhood children playing at an adjacent school playground, or the concerns of local residents and public officials.
This is our neighborhood before.
This is our neighborhood afterwards.
Channel 4 News called it a "Hack Job". Virginia Senator Janet Howell referred to it as the Herndon Chainsaw Massacre.
For Columbia Gas it was called business as usual.