Help RE: Distance of Home to High Pressure Pipeline Easement

[Tom D]

does the home owner's insurance have anything to say. they have the most to lose. but who ever looks at that for adverse factor. sorta like, oh well you have flood insurance, no need to worry. and it gets refi with a nice view of the river noted.

 

[sputnam]

It was fairly clear until the last phrase. I would not interpret it, I would require HUD to clarify it, or include and assumption and disclaimer.

Agree. Don't interpret. Report your observations and findings. It's the Lender's or GSE's job to decide whether to make the loan or not.

 

[Mark K]

Am I the only one that thinks that no matter how you interpret it. It doesn't make any sense

"The Appraiser must notify the Mortgagee of the deficiency of MPR or MPS if the Property is not located more than 10 feet from the nearest boundary of the pipeline Easement."


The way I read it is that if the easement is on the subject site (property) or within 10' then you have to notify the Mortgagee.

I suppose, at that point, its up to them to make the call. Question is...do you notify them in the report or prior to completion?

 

[Dublin ohio]

I suppose, at that point, its up to them to make the call.

One would have to assume that if they have to "make the call". They would have to have some type of clear guideline to base that "call" on. The way the handbook reads

The Appraiser must notify the Mortgagee of the deficiency of MPR or MPS if the Property is not located more than 10 feet from the nearest boundary of the pipeline Easement."

You could have a home that sits 20' from the property line and as long as the pipeline is 10'1' from the property line no problemo. But you could have a home that is 200' from the property line and the pipeline is 9'11" from the property line no bueno

 

[Terrel L. Shields]

No residential line should be carrying more than a few pounds per square inch pressure. The main lines are never placed near existing buildings if they can be avoided. But builders won't hesitate to build right of existing lines. The Firestone (Colorado) explosion was classic stupidity. They dug the basement and encountered a gas line. Not knowing what it was, they said, must be abandoned as it didn't spew anything when we damaged it. So it was left in the basement open and exposed. Well, it was a gas line from a well that was off-line for repairs. When fixed, they turned the gas line back on under pressure. Not much pressure as it was a depleting well. The heater kept going out and plumbers ended up igniting the gas and blowing up the house, killing people. The problem was the BUILDERS AND CONSTRUCTION CREW. Were they sued. NAH. Anadarko has deep pockets. They had the mineral rights. They had the ROW to flow gas. They paid for the suits. Great system. The guilty go free.

In another explosion, some knucklehead was drilling holes for posts with a tractor and post driver and drove a pipe into a gas line, blowing up and turning the tractor into a slag heap and the guy was lucky enough to survive.

 

[Mark K]

They installed a large, 42" dia., high pressure pipeline about 500' behind my house a few years ago. Its a REX, Rocky Mountain Express, line running about 1,000 miles from CO (I think) to somewhere in OH. 1,200 psi but its buried only about 3-4' deep. Roughly 1/2 inch steel walls.

A few years ago a large track-hoe excavator nicked a similar line on the east side of IN about 60 mi. from Indy. It was night time and you could see the sky light up from here. It melted the 50 ton excavator into a pile of unrecognizable scrap metal. Anything within about 200 yards was turned into a cinder.