City Council makes it more difficult to build pipelines near water wellheads
Storage tanks on Wingo Road sit at the terminus of the Byhalia Connection pipeline in Marshall County. A proposed pipeline from there to an existing pipeline in Byhalia, Mississippi, has been abandoned. (Jim Weber/Daily Memphian file)
The measure is one of three proposals to limit and require local government approval and regulation of new oil pipeline projects. It’s broader than the other two measures delayed Tuesday over lingering legal questions.
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Memphis City Council well head protection overlay Allan Wade JB Smiley Jr. Rhonda Logan Jeff Warren Byhalia Connection PipelineBill Dries on demand
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