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Pipeline that blew up installed in 1960s
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- The NiSource natural gas pipeline that blew up in the Sissonville area last week was constructed in 1967, according to new federal records that contradict the company's earlier statements to local officials.
Local officials had said NiSource told them initially that the pipeline dated back to only the 1990s, in which case it would have been subject to more stringent federal requirements.
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Pipeline that blew up installed in 1960s
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- The NiSource natural gas pipeline that blew up in the Sissonville area last week was constructed in 1967, according to new federal records that contradict the company's earlier statements to local officials.
Local officials had said NiSource told them initially that the pipeline dated back to only the 1990s, in which case it would have been subject to more stringent federal requirements.
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