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Speier: Require Automatic Shutoff Values

Pipelines running though earthquake zones and densely populated areas would be required to have automatic or remotely operated shut-off valves under legislation that Rep. Jackie Speier plans to introduce this week.

The legislation also would force pipeline operators to contact all property owners within 2,000 feet of a natural gas transmission line and inform them of their proximity to the line.

Source: San Francisco Chronicle

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