Coal-slurry pipelines: impact of federal power of eminent domain legislation for coal-slurry pipelines. Hearings before the Subcommittee on Surface Transportation of the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, United States Senate, Ninety-Seventh Congress, Second Session, September 13 and 16, 1982

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A two-day hearing on coal-slurry pipelines was first held in Kansas City, Missouri, and then in Washington, DC. Representatives of farmers, railroads, state utilities, and the coal industry reported on the impact of coal-slurry pipelines on Midwest railroads, consumer prices, water supplies, and agriculture. Secretary of Agriculture John Block's spokesman reported disagreement with proposed federal eminent-domain legislation. Railroad representatives argued that coal is the Missouri Pacific's largest single commodity, involving extensive investments and capital improvements that make it possible to serve small utilities the pipelines would miss. Farmers also reported their dependence on rail and barge transport. A Public Water Supplies Association spokesman noted that the diversion of 16 billion gallons per year from the Missouri River would sometimes affect water quality and price, but would not have an adverse effect on the quantity of flow or water inlets. (DCK)

• OSTI ID: 6408576
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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