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company paid the expense of relocating its own pipelines. Of
petitioner's $288,597 in expenditures on the Route 83 relocation,
$23,111 represents the cost of the new pipe and pipe bends
installed, and $3,196 represents the cost of the pipe coating.
The remainder of $262,290 represents expenditures for labor,
miscellaneous supplies, and the removal and restoration of
Jackson Street.
When performing a relocation of the foregoing type, it is
not feasible to stop the flow of product through the pipeline for
the duration of time necessary to complete the relocation.
Consequently, petitioner had to dig new trenches, install
replacement pipe, test the pipe, and then divert the product flow
to the relocated portion of the pipeline. The existing pipe was
then removed. Completing the relocation in this manner
interrupts product flow for only a few hours and the supply of
product to users only marginally. Accordingly, petitioner was
able to continue its business operations in the normal course,
with only a minor interruption. The foregoing procedure is a
common and ordinary occurrence in petitioner's business.
The less than 1,000 feet of pipeline at issue in this case
is part of the approximately 25-mile section of 16-inch Badger
pipeline originally installed and placed in service in 1968 (the
1968 pipe). The entire 1968 pipe runs between pumping stations
located at Canal Junction and Des Plaines, Illinois, and
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