SELC & Concerned Citizen Groups Statement in Response to the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers Verifying that the Byhalia Pipeline Qualifies for Nationwide Permit 12
MEMPHIS, TN The Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC), Memphis Community Against the Pipeline, Protect Our Aquifer and Tennessee Chapter of the Sierra Club released the following statement in response to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers decision to verify that the Byhalia pipeline can proceed under Nationwide Permit 12. The pipeline proposed by Valero Energy Corp. and Plains All American Pipeline L.P. would cut through several Black neighborhoods and the municipal wellfield that provides their drinking water, which is drawn from the Memphis Sand Aquifer.
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