{"id":2803,"date":"2017-03-22T13:43:03","date_gmt":"2017-03-22T17:43:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/morgancountyusa.org\/?p=2803"},"modified":"2017-03-22T13:46:31","modified_gmt":"2017-03-22T17:46:31","slug":"manchin-mooney-and-the-transcanada-assault-on-west-virginia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/morgancountyusa.org\/?p=2803","title":{"rendered":"Manchin Mooney and the TransCanada Assault on West Virginia"},"content":{"rendered":"

TransCanada, a foreign multinational corporation, is about to launch an assault on West Virginia.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The assault comes in the form of a natural gas pipeline through which TransCanada wants to bring fracked gas from Pennsylvania, under the C&O Canal and the Potomac River and into the eastern panhandle of West Virginia.<\/span><\/p>\n

Running interference for TransCanada?<\/span><\/p>\n

None other than the state\u2019s Congressional delegation, including Senator Joe Manchin (D) and Congressman Alex Mooney (R), both of whom have accepted political donations from TransCanada.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Sissonville, West Virginia Natural Gas Explosion December 2012<\/p><\/div>\n

At a town hall meeting last week in Martinsburg, Senator Manchin was asked about the money he has taken from TransCanada.<\/span><\/p>\n

Manchin said that money doesn\u2019t affect how he votes or what positions he takes on issues.<\/p>\n

But he has steadfastly run interference for the natural gas pipeline project in the eastern panhandle.<\/span><\/p>\n

Last week, TransCanada filed for a permit with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC).<\/span><\/p>\n

TransCanada is working through a number of subsidiaries in the United States which have a relatively poor track record of safety — including Columbia Gas Transmission.<\/span><\/p>\n

Columbia Gas Transmission was the company involved in a spectacular gas explosion in Sissonville, West Virginia in December 2012 that melted parts of Interstate 77 and destroyed three houses. <\/span><\/p>\n

Federal investigators found that the gas pipeline was corroded and hadn’t been inspected since 1988.<\/span><\/p>\n

According to a report from the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA), Columbia Gas Transmission has had 21 significant incidents<\/a> over the last ten years — six of them in the last five years. <\/span><\/p>\n

A significant incident is one that results in loss of life, a trip to the hospital, more than $50,000 in property damage or a significant loss of fuel into the environment.<\/span><\/p>\n

According to PHMSA, Columbia Gas Transmission has a .19 significant incident rate per 1,000 miles of pipeline over the last ten years and a sister TransCanada unit, Columbia Gulf Transmission has a .45 ten year incident rate \u2013 both in the upper tier of incident rates for gas pipeline transmission lines.<\/span><\/p>\n

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