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Farmers tell Senate agriculture culture committee shallow burial, rising cover threaten fields near Addison pipeline
Summary
Nate and Jane Palmer told the senate agriculture culture committee that portions of the Addison Natural Gas Project in agricultural areas are not buried to the 4-foot depth required by the permit, that depth-of-cover measurements since construction show the pipeline has become shallower in places, and they asked the committee to request testimony from Vermont Gas Systems and the Department of Public Service.
Nate and Jane Palmer told the senate agriculture culture committee that parts of the Addison Natural Gas Project were not buried to the four-foot depth required on agricultural land and that in many places cover has since risen toward the surface, creating hazards for farm equipment and long-term soil damage.
The Palmers said the route was moved off their property in 2013 so the pipeline is now about 300 feet from their house rather than within 60 feet of it. They said an agreement negotiated by the Vermont Department of Agriculture and Markets — later made part of the project permit — required a minimum 4-foot burial depth in agricultural areas. During 2016 construction they learned the pipeline was not buried to that depth in some locations and say the problem persisted when measured again in 2019 and in later reports.
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