Deny Pipeline request for Eminent Domain
Deny Dakota Access Pipeline and Energy Transfer Partners request for Eminent Domain
Energy Transfer Partners, a subsidiary branch of Energy Transfer Partners, has filed an application with the state of Illinois Commerce Commission to claim eminent domain from Illinois property owners to construct a 30" pipeline and transport Canadian petroleum products and Bakken crude oil from North Dakota to Patoka, IL, where it will connect with an older pipeline that runs through the middle of the Shawnee National Forest, cross the Ohio River and head south towards a Sunoco refinery in Nederland, Texas.
Energy Transfer Partners is a corporation that has a net worth over $35 billion dollars and will profit from the transport of Canadian petroleum products and Bakken Crude Oil to the Gulf coast refinery and export terminal.
Eminent domain should be exercised when it is the for the benefit of all citizens of Illinois, not corporations that are beholden to shareholders for oil exported to foreign countries for profit.
We ask the Illinois Commerce Commission to deny Energy Transfer Partners, their subsidiary companies Dakota Access and Energy Transfers Company, their request for eminent domain (Dockets #14-0754 & #14-0755)
Additional reasons we request the ICC deny the applications:
Unrefined Bakken Crude oil and Canadian tar sands are toxic, and highly explosive. A recent Wall Street Journal review found that there were 1,400 pipeline spills and accidents in the US 2010-2013. According to the Journal review, four in every five pipeline accidents are discovered by local residents, not the companies that own the pipelines.
Public comments can be made online:
Dakota Access, LLC #14-0754
Energy Transfer Crude Oil, LLC #14-0755
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