Mayor Nickels: Pipeline Safety

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From the Mayor

	Pipeline Company to dig up portions of suspected line 7/30/03
	Nickels Prepares to Shut Down Olympic Pipeline 7/14/03 Watch the press conference --Read the response letter from Olympic Pipeline
	Mayor Nickels calls for safety tests on Olympic Pipe Line: Threatens shutdown unless safety tests are successful 7/3/03
	Letters to Olympic Pipeline [pdf_488.9kb]

Learn about Pipeline Safety in Seattle

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Geographic Locations of Digs in Seattle

•	Map 1 [pdf_921kb]
•	Map 2 [pdf_668kb]

From the Media

8/18/03	Ruptured line creates gas crunch in Phoenix CNN
7/15/03	Nickels threatens to shut down fuel pipeline Seattle P-I
7/14/03	Mayor presses Olympic for tests; feds say not necessary Seattle P-I
7/14/03	Mayor presses Olympic for test of pipeline through city Seattle Times
7/14/03	Nickels Threatens To Shut Down Olympic Pipeline KOMO 4
7/14/03	Seattle mayor threatens to shut down pipeline KING 5
7/12/03	Olympic Pipe Line rejects testing demand Seattle Times
7/12/03	Olympic Pipe Line Co. rejects Nickels' demands KING 5
7/03/03	Mayor demands safety testing on local pipeline Seattle Times
5/10/01	Pipeline bursts, spills during a water test Seattle Times
9/19/99	Bellingham pipeline ruptures during test Seattle Times

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Mayor's Office: Seattle City Hall, 600 Fourth Avenue, 7th Floor
Mailing address: PO Box 94749 Seattle, WA 98124-4749

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