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WilliamsPartnersAtlanticSunriseExpansionoftheTRANSCO:ASKTHEHARDQUESTIONS

1.WhatisWilliams’viewofeminentdomaintoaccessprivatepropertygiventhattheAtlanticSunriseisafor‐profitventure—notapublicutility?Whatjustifiesthisseizureoflandforthepurposeofprivateprofits?Whyisn’tthistheft?2.WhyisWilliamsmarketingASPforAmericanswhenthegasisdestinedforLNGexporttoglobalmarkets?3.What’sWilliams’plantocontrolVOCemissions,light/noisepollution,andpotentialexplosionsatitsplannedcompressors—especiallysinceone(Bloomsburg)wouldbenearpopulatedareas?4.HowdoesWilliamsplantorespondtolettersreceivedbyhome/propertyownersfromtheirinsurancecarrierswhodeclinetocoveraccidentsthataretheresultofgascompanyleases?5.HowdoesWilliamsrespondtoits“lengthyrecordofpipelinesafetyviolations,”forexamplethemassivenaturalgasexplosioninAlabama,2011,oritsfailuretofollowcompanypolicyfor“controllingexternalcorrosioninnaturalgaspipelinesrunningthroughtheNewYorkCityboroughofStatenIsland”?

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EIGHTREASONSTOTELLWILLIAMSPARTNERS“IAMNOTYOURNEXTSACRIFICEZONE”

1.2008–NaturalgasexplosioninVirginia[Transco]theblastrippeda32‐footsectionofpipefromthegroundandcauseda1,100feetburnzone.Propertydamagereportedtoexceed$3million.2.2010–TranscoPipelineleakinTexas.Leakwasnotreportedfor4days.The¼inchdiameterleakcausedareported$57,000inpropertydamage.Aerialpatroldidnotseetheleak.Foundbyanoperatorwhosawsomebubbles.3.2010/2011–FINED$275Thousandoverfailingtoimplementand/ormaintainstormwatermeasurestopreventpotentialpollutantsduringplannedconstructioninParachute,Colorado.StateinspectorsnotifiedWilliams(Bargath)inNov.2010ofviolationsandtoldthemtotakeimmediateaction.Accordingtothereport,Williamsdidnotfixviolationfor7months.4.2013(Jan)–WilliamsdiscoversleakofNGLsinParachuteplantwhileworkingonconstructiontoexpandtheplant.ReportssaytheleakwasfoundbyACCIDENT.Leakstopped,butBenzene,acancercausingagent,hascontaminatedsoil.Williamssaysleaknotaffectingcreek.(March15)–GroundwaterinParachuteiscontaminatedwithBenzenefromNGLleak.Spillfinallyannouncedtopublic.Benzeneiscancer‐causingagentthatbreaksdownbonemarrow.5.2012–GasleakcausedexplosionatNaturalGasCompressorStationinPennsylvania.Williamsrestartsthestationwithin24hoursandstartedpumpingfrackedgasdespiterequestfromPADept.ofEnvironmentalProtectionnottodoso.DEPstatestheymakeitveryclearontheabovematterbutbecauseitwasnotanofficialordernofineswereissued.1tonofMethanereleased.6.2013(April)–WilliamssayfaultypressuregaugecauseofleakinParachute.DieselfoundatgatesofParachutewatersupply.Benzenedetectedincreek.StateHealthDepttakesoveroversightofleak.(8)(9)(May)–BenzenelevelsriseinParachute,COcreek.StateagencytellsWilliamsviolateditthelaw.(8).WilliamsannouncesitwillnotexpandtheParachute,CoplantexpansionNOTbecauseoftheNGLleakbutduetolowgasprices.7.2013(June13)–Williams’NaturalGasLiquid(NGL)crackerplantthatprocessNGLsinLouisiana.ExplodesandBurns.Thatchemicalplantwasinmiddleof$350millionexpansion.700contractworkerswerepresent;2peoplekilled(ages29&47);70injuries;62,000poundsoftoxicchemicalreleased.8.2014(May14)AprobeintosafetypracticesatpipelineoperatorWilliamsCos.(WMB)isbeingexpandedafteranaturalgasplantfireledtotheevacuationofatowninWyominglastmonth,thecompany’sthirdaccidentinayear…InDecember,theU.S.OccupationalSafetyandHealthAdministrationcitedWilliamsforsixsafetyviolationsattheGeismarplantandproposeda$99,000fine.