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Show Pipeline opponents rethink suit I : At least one of the cities that had I agreed to be named in a lawsuit I fighting the Wasatch Variation of I the Kem RiverWyCal natural gas I pipeline has withdrawn its name I from the suit At press time others I were planning to meet to discuss the I possibility. I Woods Cross City Attorney I Michael Mazuran notified Kenley I B runs dale, the attorney representing I the plaintiffs in the suit, to drop the I city's name from the action. City Manager Bret Wahiin said after a discussion with Mazuran, Mayor David Wright made the decision to withdraw from the suit Two other cities, Centerville and West Bountiful are considering the same action. Although representatives from each of the cities reasserted their opposition to the pipeline crossing the Wasatch Front, each questioned the decision to be involved in the litigation. Centerville City Manager David Hales explained that when Mayor Michael Kjar made the decision to join the lawsuit, it was a hurried decision that he was unable to review with his city council. "We will now ask the council for an opinion opi-nion on the action and then decide whether or no we will remain as one of the plaintiffs," said Hales. West Bountiful City Recorder Beverly Haslam said the West Bountiful council would do the same. Hales said the city questioned whether or not it should be involved in a lawsuit against a pipeline that does not actually pass through the city limits, "especially since Bountiful Boun-tiful and North Salt Lake are not part of the suit, and it does pass through those cities," he added. This same concern was raised by Woods Cross. "The pipeline does not physically pass through our city, and we decided the direction of the lawsuit was not in our best interest," inter-est," said Wahiin. |
