Eminent Domain Denied to Pipeline.

To use eminent domain in Georgia, a pipeline company must have approval from the Governor and the Department of Transportation. In this case, a pipeline company wished to build a 210-mile pipeline to move gasoline and ethanol across Georgia to terminals near Augusta, Savannah and Jacksonville.  For this pipeline, wishes and dreams did not come true. 

What stopped the pipeline from getting eminent domain?

• The Governor had said the pipeline is not good for the state.
•  Land owners were opposed.
• The agency received 3,000 public comments.
• Ultimately, the agency found the pipeline didn’t meet the requirements for a common carrier to receive eminent domain authority for the project.

Jacksonville News