How do I find my gas pipeline?

Pipeline Maps The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) provides online maps to help you locate pipelines in or near your community through the National Pipeline Mapping System (NPMS).

What pipeline runs through Tennessee?

Tennessee Gas Pipeline
Tennessee Gas Pipeline (TGPL) is a set of natural gas pipelines that run from the Texas and Louisiana coast through Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee, Kentucky, Ohio, and Pennsylvania to deliver natural gas in West Virginia, New Jersey, New York, and New England.

How far should you live from a gas pipeline?

API recommends setbacks of 50 feet from petroleum and hazardous liquids lines for new homes, businesses, and places of public assembly (API 2003). It also recommends 25 feet for garden sheds, septic tanks, and water wells and 10 feet for mailboxes and yard lights.

Does a gas pipeline affect property value?

Natural gas pipelines don’t just raise concerns about the environment and private property rights — they could also affect owners’ wallets. Pipelines can reduce property values by 5 to 40 percent by making them less attractive to potential buyers, according to local Realtors.

Where are gas mains located?

Houses with natural gas have a main shutoff valve (Fig. A) located just before the gas meter. This valve, often called the street-side valve, is normally a rectangular nub (Photo 1). When the long side of the nub or handle is parallel to the incoming gas line, it’s open and the gas is flowing.

How deep are high pressure gas lines?

These trenches are typically five to six feet deep, as the regulations require the pipe to be at least 30 inches below the surface. In certain areas, however, including road crossings and bodies of water, the pipe is buried even deeper.

Where does the Colonial pipeline run?

The pipeline travels through the coastal states of Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey. Branches from the main pipeline also reach Tennessee.

What is a gas pipeline easement?

What is a Pipeline Easement? Generally, an easement is a legal interest that allows someone the right to use another’s property for a certain purpose. A pipeline easement specifically gives the easement holder the right to build and maintain a pipeline on a landowner’s property.

How much do pipeline companies pay for easements?

If an easement is 50 rods long, that is almost an acre. In a recent case, a pipeline company paid some owners $180 per rod and others $767 per rod for the same project.

Do pipelines devalue property?

Historically speaking, natural gas pipeline easements have had little or no impact on property values. In its Draft Environmental Impact Statement, issued in May 2016, FERC cited multiple studies which support the position that the presence of a natural gas pipeline has little or no impact on property values.

How do you negotiate a pipeline easement?

5 Tips for Negotiating Pipeline Easements

See that the easement is specific, not blanket. Easement agreements often state that a pipeline will be laid “over and across” the landowner’s property.
Grant a nonexclusive easement.
Check restrictive covenants.
Reserve surface use.
Set specific restoration standards.