Iowa Code 479B.26 – Subsequent pipeline or underground storage facility
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1. A pipeline company shall not construct a subsequent pipeline or underground storage facility upon its existing easement when a damage claim from the installation of its previous pipeline on that easement has not been resolved unless that claim is under litigation or arbitration, or is the subject of a proceeding pursuant to section 479B.30.
Terms Used In Iowa Code 479B.26
- Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
- Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
- Pipeline: means an interstate pipe or pipeline and necessary appurtenances used for the transportation or transmission of hazardous liquids. See Iowa Code 479B.2
- Pipeline company: means a person engaged in or organized for the purpose of owning, operating, or controlling pipelines for the transportation or transmission of any hazardous liquid or underground storage facilities for the underground storage of any hazardous liquid. See Iowa Code 479B.2
- Underground storage: means storage of hazardous liquid in a subsurface stratum or formation of the earth. See Iowa Code 479B.2
- year: means twelve consecutive months. See Iowa Code 4.1
2. With the exception of claims for damage to drain tile and future crop deficiency, for this section to apply, landowners and tenants must submit their claims in writing for damages caused by construction of the pipeline or underground storage facility within one year of final cleanup on the real property by the pipeline company.