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Gas pipeline in rural Sandisfield draws strong opposition at hearing

Gas pipeline in rural Sandisfield draws strong opposition at hearing

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STATE HOUSE — Dozens of Western Massachusetts residents piled into Gardner Auditorium on Tuesday morning to oppose a bill that would allow a subsidiary of Kinder Morgan to extend a gas pipeline in an area of protected conservation land of the rural town of Sandisfield. Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company LLC, a Kinder Morgan company, is seeking to add a 3.8-mile loop of 36-inch diameter pipe to one of Sandisfield's existing gas pipelines as part of its Connecticut Expansion Project.

STATE HOUSE — Dozens of Western Massachusetts residents piled into Gardner Auditorium on Tuesday morning to oppose a bill that would allow a subsidiary of Kinder Morgan to extend a gas pipeline in an area of protected conservation land of the rural town of Sandisfield. Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company LLC, a Kinder Morgan company, is seeking to add a 3.8-mile loop of 36-inch diameter pipe to one of Sandisfield's existing gas pipelines as part of its Connecticut Expansion Project.…