§ 8-1-22.6-10 — List of affected landowners; notice to affected landowners; time of mailing

Indiana § 8-1-22.6-10

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Art. 1: UTILITIES GENERALLY
• Ch. 22.6: Pipeline Construction Guidelines

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(a) The pipeline company shall provide the
division with a list of landowners that will be affected by the proposed
construction of a pipeline or a segment of a pipeline in Indiana. The list
must include all affected landowners that the pipeline company must
provide notice to under IC 32-24-1-3(g).
(b) The division shall send, by certified mail, the following to each
affected landowner:
(1) A copy of, or reference to, the guidelines adopted by the
division.
(2) A notice that includes the following:
(A) A statement that the division has adopted the pipeline
construction guidelines included with, or referenced in, the
notice.
(B) A statement indicating that the pipeline construction
guidelines have been mailed to the pipeline company. The
statement required by this clause must specify a date after
which the affected landowner may contact a toll free telephone
number established by the division to provide information on
the status of any construction guidelines agreed to by the
pipeline company.
(C) A statement indicating that any guidelines agreed to by the
pipeline company shall not be binding on the pipeline company
or affected landowners but may be used by the pipeline
company and an individual landowner to simplify negotiations
involved in establishing a price for any:
(i) easement; or
(ii) other interest in land;
needed by the pipeline company to construct the pipeline.
(D) A statement encouraging the affected landowner to agree
to any construction guidelines that the pipeline company agrees
to follow, to the extent that the landowner determines that the
guidelines are not contrary to the landowner's best interests.
(E) A statement including:
(i) contact information for the one (1) or more project
coordinators designated by the division under section 12 of
this chapter;
(ii) contact information for the Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, including a local or toll free telephone number;
and
(iii) the commission's website address.
(c) The division shall mail the information required under
subsection (b) not later than twenty (20) days after the division is
notified by the pipeline company of the proposed route and is provided
with a list of the affected landowners as required by subsection (a).

Legislative History

As added by P.L.110-2007, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.1-2025, SEC.118.