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Board refers renewable gas pipeline proposal in Acadia Parish to legal review and appraisal
Summary
The Budget & Finance Committee recommended, and the board approved, referral of a Renewable Gas Natural Gas Partners LLC proposal to construct an 8½-inch natural gas pipeline in Section 16, Township 9 South, Range 2 West (Acadia Parish) to the full board pending legal review and a fair-market appraisal.
The Acadia Parish School Board received and approved a committee recommendation to refer a proposal from Renewable Gas Natural Gas Partners LLC for construction and maintenance of an 8½-inch natural gas pipeline on Section 16, Township 9 South, Range 2 West in Acadia Parish to the full board. The motion, made by James Higginbotham and seconded by Glenn Quibbeau in the meeting record, directed staff to obtain legal review and a fair-market appraisal before any further board action.
The referral is procedural: the action recorded at the meeting was to send the proposal for legal and appraisal work, not to grant any construction permits or easements. The transcript records the pipeline diameter and the specific survey description read into the record; it does not include engineering plans, environmental assessments or a timetable for construction. Board members explicitly framed the vote as a referral pending legal review and appraisal rather than final approval.
Next steps stated in the motion are legal review and a market appraisal; the motion passed by voice vote. Any substantive approval, contract award or land-use decision would require later board action after the requested reviews are completed and reported back to the board.
Provenance: the pipeline description and referral motion are read in the meeting transcript and voted on by the board.
