SC is considering a bill that would prevent the use of eminent domain for the Palmetto Pipeline petroleum line. A state Senate subcommittee approved a bill barring the use of eminent domain by a “private, for-profit pipeline company, including a publicly traded for-profit company, that is not a public utility.” The bill would also create a study committee to consider a number of issues raised that property owners.
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Last Updated: March 1 2016
Article by David B. Snyder
Fox Rothschild LLP