Hays County revokes permits for Kinder Morgan pipeline
The Hays County Commissioners Court has revoked permits it issued allowing Kinder Morgan’s Permian Highway pipeline project to bore under county roads.
The move is the most recent flare-up in a long-standing battle between Hill Country landowners, local governments and the pipeline company.
Hays County took the action Tuesday after a pipeline accident in neighboring Blanco County. A crew boring under the Blanco River released drilling fluid into the watershed, which landowners say contaminated their well water.
Hays County Commissioner Walt Smith said commissioners pulled the permits to ensure the same thing doesn’t happen there.
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