PANEL PASSES ON PIPELINE RULING.Byline: Rick Orlov Daily News Staff Writer A Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. city panel, faced with the threats of lawsuits and pressure from the City Council, decided to make no recommendation Thursday on whether a group of oil companies should be allowed to build an oil pipeline across the city. The city Transportation Commission was scheduled to vote on a franchise permit for the Los Angeles leg of the Pacific Pipeline, a 132-mile pipeline from the Kern County oil fields This list of oil fields includes major fields of the past and present. The list is incomplete; there are more than 40,000 oil and gas fields of all sizes in the world[1]. to Wilmington refineries. But pipeline representatives said that permission for the project already has been granted by the state Public Utilities Commission, and that no action by the city transportation panel was required. ``State law is clear on this,'' said attorney George Mihlsten. ``The California Public Utilities Commission The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC; also often commonly referred to as simply the PUC) [1] is a state Public Utilities Commission which regulates privately-owned utilities in the state of California, including electric power, has complete authority and the council can't block this.'' The City Council has gone on record opposing the pipeline, which would slice through Verb 1. slice through - move through a body or an object with a slicing motion; "His hand sliced through the air" slice into go, locomote, move, travel - change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We the east San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. , citing the possibility of rupture in a major quake. Pipeline officials say the project will be strengthened to resist rupture. The Los Angeles Transportation Commission, holding its fourth hearing on the proposal, decided to pass the matter on to the council to avoid further delay. ``We need to get this to the City Council as quickly as possible,'' said Commissioner Roger Stanard. Councilman Richard Alarcon had urged the commission to not take a position. ``It is clear this issue goes far beyond your authority,'' Alarcon said. ``The deciding factors of making a decision of this nature transcends the Transportation Commission. The City Council has a broader perspective and much broader authority to be able to make a decision that has such a multifaceted ramification ramification /ram·i·fi·ca·tion/ (ram?i-fi-ka´shun) 1. distribution in branches. 2. a branching. ram·i·fi·ca·tion n. A branching shape or arrangement. on our community.'' |
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