Any pipeline company engaging in its said business in this state shall file with the board its verified petition asking for a permit to construct, maintain and operate its pipeline or lines along, over or across the public or private highways, grounds, waters and streams of any kind of this state. Any pipeline company now owning or operating a pipeline in this state shall be issued a permit by the board upon supplying the information as provided for in section 479.6.
Any pipeline company engaging in its said business in this state and proposing to engage in underground storage of gas within this state shall file with the board its verified petition asking for a permit to construct, maintain and operate facilities for the underground storage of gas to include the construction, placement, maintenance and operation of machinery, appliances, fixtures, wells, pipelines, and stations necessary for the construction, maintenance and operation of such gas underground storage facilities.
As conditions precedent to the filing of a petition with the board requesting a permit, and not less than thirty days prior to the filing of such petition, the person, company, or corporation shall hold informational meetings in each county in which real property or rights therein will be affected. A member of the board, the counsel of the board, or a hearing examiner designated by the board shall serve as the presiding officer at each meeting and present an agenda for such meeting which shall include a summary of the legal rights of the affected landowners. No formal record of the meeting shall be required.
The meeting shall be held at a location reasonably accessible to all persons, companies, or corporations which may be affected by the granting of the permit.
The person seeking the permit shall give notice of the informational meeting to each person determined to be a landowner affected by the proposed project and each person in possession of or residing on the property. For the purposes of the informational meeting, "landowner" means a person listed on the tax assessment rolls as responsible for the payment of real estate taxes imposed on the property and "pipeline" means a line transporting a solid, liquid, or gaseous substance, except water, under pressure in excess of one hundred fifty pounds per square inch and extending a distance of not less than five miles or having a future anticipated extension of an overall distance of five miles.
The notice shall set forth the name of applicant; the applicant's principal place of business; the general description and purpose of the proposed project; the general nature of the right of way desired; a map showing the route of the proposed project; that the landowner has a right to be present at such meeting and to file objections with the board; and a designation of the time and place of the meeting; and shall be served by certified mail with return requested not less than thirty days previous to the time set for the meeting; and shall be published once in a newspaper of general circulation in the county. Such publication shall be considered notice to landowners whose residence is not known.
No person, company, or corporation seeking rights under this chapter shall negotiate or purchase any easements or other interests in land in any county known to be affected by the proposed project prior to the informational meeting.
[C31, § 8338-d3; C35, § 8338-f18; C39, § 8338.26; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, § 490.5; C77, 79, 81, § 479.5]
88 Acts, ch 1074, §29
Referred to in § 479.30
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