Tennessee Pipelines Swap Outdated Bits for Safety Compliance
Published Date: 6/2/2025
Notice
Summary
Texas Eastern Transmission wants to replace parts of its big gas pipelines and upgrade a station in Tennessee to keep everyone safe as more people move nearby. This $32 million project helps meet new safety rules and affects local communities around Rutherford County. If you want to speak up or learn more, you’ve got until the set deadline to jump in!
Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
$32.1M Pipeline Safety Upgrades in Tennessee
Texas Eastern filed for a project called the 5423 CR TETLP 270 Class Replacements Project to replace segments of its 30-inch-diameter Lines 10, 15, and 25 and upgrade an existing meter and regulator station in Rutherford County, Tennessee. The filing (made May 15, 2025) says the work is needed to comply with a new class location designation and the estimated cost is $32,100,000.
Public Filing Deadline and Legal Rights
You can file a protest, motion to intervene, or comment about this project for free until 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on July 28, 2025. The notice says if no protest is filed within the allowed time (or if a filed protest is withdrawn within 30 days after the allowed time), the proposed activity is deemed authorized the day after the protest period ends, and only intervenors have the right to request rehearing and later challenge Commission orders in court.
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