[QUOTE=jcb;521066]Just ones that aren't noticeable?
This is from the anti-pipeline website. Would you call these noticeable environmental problems?
August 2013 - A 10-inch NGL pipeline operated by Enterprise Products exploded in Erie, IL, and residents in a 1 mile radius were evacuated. The flame persisted overnight until the liquids between shut-off valves had burned away.
August 2013 - A Markwest NGL pipeline leaked in Wetzel County, WV due to a landslide, killing minnows, smallmouth bass and other species of fish in Rocky Run, a tributary of Fish Creek. The West Virginia Department of Environment Protection cited Markwest for "conditions not allowable in the waters in the state."
December 2012 - December 2012, a natural gas liquids leakbegan at a facility in Parachute, Colorado operated by William's subsidiary Bargath, and went unnoticed for 14 days. William's spokesman Tom Droege was quoted saying, "it's actually a good thing they found it.” An estimated 10,000 gallons of hydrocarbons reached soil and groundwater. According to the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, complete remediation of residual contamination in the soil or aquifer material may take many years. Six months after the spill, benzene levels in Parachute Creek doubled the federal standard limit for drinking water.
August 2011 - An Enterprise Products Partners pipeline carrying natural gas liquid leaked approximately 140,000 gallons of natural gasoline (an NGL) into an Iowa section of the Missouri River.
November 2004 - A 4-inch diameter NGL pipeline leased and operated by Markwest exploded in a housing division in Ivel, Kentucky. A State Trooper was severely burned while rescuing a 3-year old girl, and 8 others were injured. The neighborhood was evacuated and five homes were destroyed. The pipeline, which was 65 miles long, had 13 previous leaks. An insurance claim dispute related to the incident ended up in the U.S. Court of Appeals, 10th district.
I live in Franklin County. What are the major economic benefits we'll receive if the pipeline comes through?[/QUOTE]
None, it will create some temproary jobs but then they disapear. Any tax benefit is negligible, all this natural gas liquids will be piped to the gulf and then exported to China. There is no benefit to Kentucky and this company has a pretty bad safety record. Property values will go down anywhere this pipeline runs.
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