City Council delays vote protecting Memphis aquifer as threat of lawsuit from pipeline company looms
Memphis City Council delays pipeline vote By Chris Luther | April 20, 2021 at 6:37 PM CDT - Updated April 20 at 6:39 PM
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - On Tuesday, Memphis City Council members were scheduled to vote on a proposed ordinance adding protections and regulations to pipelines built on top of the Memphis sand aquifer, but in an unexpected move, the council delayed the vote.
The proposed city ordinance would essentially make it impossible to build an oil pipeline through Memphis without getting special permit approval, and create a much more difficult process for the controversial proposed Byhalia Pipeline.
Pipeline Co Asks for Pause Amid Dispute
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Updated Memphis council delays vote on city law tied to oil pipeline
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) City council members in Memphis, Tennessee, delayed a scheduled vote Tuesday on a law that could make it more difficult for a company to build an oil pipeline over an aquifer that provides clean drinking water to 1 million people.
The Memphis City Council had been set to vote in its afternoon meeting on an ordinance that would establish a board to approve or deny construction of underground pipelines that transport oil or other potentially hazardous liquids near wells that pump millions of gallons of water daily from the Memphis Sand Aquifer.
Company asks for pause in Memphis oil pipeline dispute
By ADRIAN SAINZApril 20, 2021 GMT
FILE - In this Jan. 28, 2021, file photo, Clyde Robinson, 80, speaks with a reporter while standing on his acre-sized parcel of land, in Memphis, Tenn. Robinson is fighting an effort by two compani.
FILE - In this Jan. 28, 2021, file photo, Clyde Robinson, 80, speaks with a reporter while standing on his acre-sized parcel of land, in Memphis, Tenn. Robinson is fighting an effort by two compani.
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) A company facing resistance to its plans to build an oil pipeline over an aquifer that provides drinking water to 1 million people has asked for a “mutual pause” in its dispute with city officials in Memphis, Tennessee.