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DEC Pipeline Hearing At 6 p.m. In Oneonta

With a DEC hearing on the Constitution Pipeline scheduled for 6 p.m. tonight at a SUNY Oneonta lecture hall at 108 Ravine Parkway, watershedpost.com is reporting 121 court action have been filed by the pipeline company to cross the land of reluctant property owners.

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