re: Bayou Bridge pipeline back on

From what I understand one of the big gripes in the basin for this one is disposal of trees that come down.

Forever, the common practice was to just throw the SOBs aside and leave them where they lay. This happened in the basin and on normal RoWs. The Corp instructed the pipeline builders to chip the trees and put the chips in the basin/Marsh/whatever this time. The Corp said this was good for the environment....and that is what the builders did. The anti groups latched onto this like crazy. I'm not sure who is right but I'm not sure you can fault the builder for doing what the ACoE said to do.

Sure, Energy Transfer claims to create twelve permanent jobs. Some people believe that the women in a food truck that follow the spread who slap a sausage in a bisket will be a boon to the economy. "We build it and leave" is the motto of the pipeline workers.

Targa Midstream has an underground pipeline at some family property near Sulphur. It transports natural gas but was built in 1943 to transport jet fuel to support the war effort. Targa did a good job restoring the temporary work space granted to make necessary repairs. The small consideration we were paid for the workspace was of mutual benefit to all.

I learned that all pipelines will eventually leak. I was told in the 1950's that pipeline inspectors earned about $125 a week and that it was commonplace for them to find a fifth of Ole Crow with a fifty wrapped around it on the seat of their trucks. Many questionable welds were overlooked.

Some of the environmentalists are claiming that century old cypress trees cannot be ecologically replaced with five year old oak trees.

Liberty Mutual Insurance-What do you want me to do? Drive three-fourths of a car?

Sure. The pipeline companies would have you believe that their safety is much greater that other means of transportation for crude oil. I submit that the leak will be much larger in a swamp than a tanker spill on I-10 that can be cleaned up more quickly.

My other issue with many of these private-for-profit groups like Bayou Bridge is that they spend more money on advertisements touting that they are a good neighbor as opposed to actually being a good neighbor.