Eminent Domain Documentary. Landowners vs. Pipeline. Top 5 Arguments from all sides.
A new documentary details the plight of landowners that oppose the Bluegrass Pipeline. Top 5 complaints from landowners:
- companies misled landowners over the type of product in the pipeline by alleging the pipeline was for natural gas instead of natural-gas liquids.
- natural gas liquids are highly flammable
- the pipeline serves no public use
- surveyors enter property without permission
- Oil companies deny trying to mislead or intimidate residents
What was the end result?
- Landowners won. The pipeline project was cancelled.
- Kentucky Court of Appeals upheld a lower court’s decision that the pipeline partnership cannot use eminent domain because it neither serves a public use nor is it regulated by the Public Service Commission.
Documentary Information: selluswilder.com
WEKU Documentary Chronicles Grassroots Struggle Against Bluegrass Pipeline