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Gas Transmission Line Meeting Tonight In Land O' Lakes

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A staff report

Published: July 8, 2008

LAND O' LAKES - LAND O' LAKES - The Florida Gas Transmission Co. is expanding its underground natural gas pipeline network and is holding an open house in Land O' Lakes tonight to discuss its plans.
About 22 miles of the proposed natural gas pipeline expansion could someday stretch through Pasco County.
A representative from the Florida Gas Transmission on June 10 briefed Pasco County commissioners on the company's plans.
The 36-inch pipeline would stretch from Tallahassee to South Florida, cutting through 25 counties.
Pasco County residents are invited to the open house 6-7:30 p.m. tonight at the Land O' Lakes Community Center, 5401 Land O' Lakes Blvd.
The Pasco portion primarily would run adjacent to an existing corridor along State Road 52, south through Land O' Lakes to the Hillsborough County line, said Stephen Veatch, the company's senior director for certificates and tariffs.
The $2 billion expansion project would serve utility providers such as Florida Power & Light, Seminole Electric Cooperative, the city of Tallahassee and possibly Progress Energy in the future.
The expansion is needed to serve growing energy needs and higher demands for natural gas, an environmentally preferable alternative to coal, Veatch said in June.
For information about the project, call 1-877-663-9161 or go to www.panhandleenergy .com/fgt/phaseviii.

Reporter Julia Ferrante contributed to this report.

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