Federal court can’t decide pipeline easement in Hancock, says attorney general

by Kate Shunney

In a June 17 filing to the U.S. District Court, Maryland Attorney General Brian Frosh claims that the federal court has no power to hear an eminent domain gas between Columbia Gas and the Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR).

Columbia Gas has proposed a 3.4-mile transmission line from Fulton County, Pa. through the Hancock area, and under the Potomac River to reach a new gas pipeline in Morgan County, W.Va.

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