By Walter F. Roche Jr.
The attorney for landowners seeking to block construction of a 12 mile pipeline to the Nolichucky River is charging that the local industrial development board and US Nitrogen are out to "pirate and deplete" the waterway.
D. Scott Hurley issued the statement following the filing of a motion to dismiss filed by lawyers for the board and US Nitrogen in one of four pending suits challenging the pipeline plan.
"US Nitrogen, with the help of the Industrial Development Board of Greene County, has decided that private profits are more important than the preservation of the majestic resource of the Nolichucky River," Hurley said.
"Not only has US Nitrogen made a decision to pirate and deplete this river, they have decided to do so in the face of multiple lawsuits filed by four separate groups of citizens contending that their plan is illegal," Hurley concluded.
The statement follows the filing last week of a motion to dismiss the suit filed by Hurley in behalf of 47 local residents opposed to the pipeline which will be used to bring millions of gallons of water per day to the plant where US Nitrogen plans to produce ammonium nitrate.
A hearing in that suit is scheduled for Dec. 2.
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US Nitrogen, with the help of the
Industrial Development Board of Greene County, has decided that private profits
are more important than the preservation of the majestic natural resource of the
Nolichucky River. Not only has US Nitrogen made a decision to
pirate and deplete this River, they have decided to do so in the face of
multiple lawsuits, filed by 4 separate groups of citizens, contending that their
plan is illegal.
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