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MichMan

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4. Was it approved?

Reply to MichMan (Reply #1)

Wed Nov 2, 2016, 08:53 AM

Nov 2016

If the pipeline company did not have the necessary approvals and built it anyway, then they should be forced to stop.

This won't be popular here, but if they did follow what was approved, it doesn't seem right that they should have it shut down now without being compensated.

I am comparing it to getting all the building permits for a new house, starting construction, and being told when it was half built that the township changed their mind and it was my problem. Is that wrong?

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