Living with gas: pipeline in your back yard

From a homeowner in Missouri:

“We do not like being told that we have the responsibility of keeping these pipelines safe. That we can not do what we want in our own back yards, that we are the eyes and ears of the operators. Yet like it or not we are. And many people have no idea what to do with that responsibility.

“I get calls from people who smell or see something and don’t know what to do about it…The people who call 911 do the right thing but some are afraid to call 911. Some call our local gas utility company, they check their lines but the service guys that come out generally have no idea that these pipelines are out here.”

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