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Resident warns CO2 pipeline risks to aquifer, urges county action
Summary
A public commenter warned Tazewell County board members that proposed carbon dioxide pipeline projects and storage could threaten local aquifers and called for county-level limits or moratoria.
Elton Rokey, a resident and representative of a pipeline opposition group, told the Tazewell County Board that recent federal guidance on carbon dioxide pipeline safety is too weak and that proposed projects pose risks to local groundwater supplies.
Rokey said federal rules recently issued by the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration were largely voluntary and ‘‘full of fluff,’’ and that companies would be left to self-monitor compliance. He…
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