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Indiana Code Title 8. Utilities and Transportation § 8-1-22.6-10

Current as of January 02, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

Sec. 10. (a) The pipeline company shall provide the division with a list of landowners that will be affected by the proposed construction of a pipeline or a segment of a pipeline in Indiana.  The list must include all affected landowners that the pipeline company must provide notice to under IC 32-24-1-3(g).

(b) The division shall send, by certified mail, the following to each affected landowner:

(1) A copy of, or reference to, the guidelines adopted by the division.

(2) A notice that includes the following:

(A) A statement that the division has adopted the pipeline construction guidelines included with, or referenced in, the notice.

(B) A statement indicating that the pipeline construction guidelines have been mailed to the pipeline company.  The statement required by this clause must specify a date after which the affected landowner may contact a toll free telephone number established by the division to provide information on the status of any construction guidelines agreed to by the pipeline company.

(C) A statement indicating that any guidelines agreed to by the pipeline company shall not be binding on the pipeline company or affected landowners but may be used by the pipeline company and an individual landowner to simplify negotiations involved in establishing a price for any:

(i) easement;  or

(ii) other interest in land;

needed by the pipeline company to construct the pipeline.

(D) A statement encouraging the affected landowner to agree to any construction guidelines that the pipeline company agrees to follow, to the extent that the landowner determines that the guidelines are not contrary to the landowner's best interests.

(E) A statement including:

(i) contact information for the one (1) or more project coordinators designated by the division under section 12 of this chapter;

(ii) contact information for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, including a local or toll free telephone number;  and

(iii) the commission's website address.

(c) The division shall mail the information required under subsection (b) not later than twenty (20) days after the division is notified by the pipeline company of the proposed route and is provided with a list of the affected landowners as required by subsection (a).

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