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Jeremy Hobbs, East Tennessee Natural Gas
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on or near a natural gas pressure, what's being carnerl, EPA pipeline is patrolling and monitoring
pl}x‘l|n27 Did you know guidelines {oi the area anrl several other for unauthorized rligging lsesirles
there are extm steps to take iaetors, but tl12y'x2 typically 25 to 150 aerial patrol anrl other methods
to complete your rob saiely within these ieet wide and sometimes even larger. of monitoring lereiny relies on
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I°'°‘“—" “CM” “°"‘ E“ T‘“““*‘“ locate request you submit to our contact turned into the enforcement board at
Natural cas (ETNG), an Enbrirlge
. center. the state level and could also be subrect
owned pipeline, to discuss what to _
. . to penalties at the iederal level
plan for when working in their pipeline once contact has been made, Jeremy
nght-ot-way likes to meet on site to discuss the l asked Jeremy what some of the biggest
er and the responsibilities of challenges are in locating pipeliires.

Ieremy has been with ETNG fur 3 Pm“ Y .

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include leak mm _ . I is so important or t e con rae or o in oca ing, u re apprecia es is ro

Y" “‘T”‘P‘“°" respond to his request to lie onsite He despite these challenges "I wish I

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hc mm Mme M M — _.b I saiety, That s probably my biggest ztl years ago. he says one day l

i ‘ * P°“‘‘ ‘ ‘"2’ ‘° pnority in my position " There will inightbe locating through a crowded
ensure that everything is in complianee ’ ’ .
_ tie a representative of the pipeline mterseetion or putting up marker posts
::dLh“:'i:° hm‘ ‘"° ‘°“°""d S*"“.k_'“g company on site during the entirety of on top of a mountain. Of all the robs
|"’““"“° °‘ ““ P‘P“'‘“‘ M" work bein done and there are s eeiiie Yve everhad liein ’I i eliner for
and the compressor stations. lereiriv kn. 5 h ’P . ' 5‘ P *’,_ 1 .
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°“Y“' “W ”“|’P°“ “Ch "‘}‘“' W‘ on top of or across the pipeline No exciting and rewarding and I look

you can't have one without the other. ,,

our ‘ elm h a mmmdm mm and mechanical equipment is allowed forward to it every day

V P ’ ,, ’ ’ within the tolerance zone. rleiined as a
we have to take care of rt. _ Jeremy, the team at man is grateiul
strip of land at least four ieet wide, but for the 0 mm (0 mm mm 1“ d
Focusing in on one oi ]2mmy'~ not wider than the width oi the utility “fink Diff” an ‘xm do mg mm; your
responsibilities, we took some time plus two feel on either side. If using a I‘ Elmyfl and ‘hf >60 '2 M‘: ‘M mid
to talk speciiieally about locating the backhoe, rt must be a smooth liueket P P k b P P
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pipeline and the neeessary steps needed or e teet rave to e arie , an no

to protect this asset when contractors side eutters. You are also required to want to recommend a roam, to,

are doing work on or near the right. set up parallel to the pipeline to reduee the next spotlight? Email ykoalratw
oi-way Every pipeline runs within a risk of hooking the pipeline These IeltnesseeK1l.(rJm .

protected area of land called a right. requirements could change depending

D;.my p;gh.,.o;.W,ry my in Mali}. on the pipeline operator or type ui

work being done
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