Garry Allison
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Sign Our Letter to President Trump
President Donald J. Trump was sworn into his second term in office on January 20 ushering in what is expected to be an administration concerned with America controlling its energy future. Our members stand among all the nation's industry craftsmen who are ready to work with his administration and with other leaders to secure good jobs, build safe pipeline infrastructure and secure access to domestically sourced energy.
On January 30, we submitted this letter with more than 2,100 signatures to President Trump commending his support of America-first energy policy. THANK YOU to each of you who added your name. Any signatures collected after this date may be included to follow-up submissions.
Dear President Trump:
It is with great optimism that we welcome you back into the office of the presidency. Every American who is concerned about our economic future should prioritize a strong domestic energy industry, an industry that supports nearly 11 million American jobs and whose strength or weakness directly impacts the national economy. We stand together in support of your continued advocacy to invest in infrastructure, to advocate for permitting reform and to get American pipeliners – many of whom are members of Pipeliners Local 798 – to work on good jobs that can help provide for their families.
Our members see first-hand the tremendous benefits pipeline projects provide local workforces, business owners and residents, in addition to all Americans who enjoy access to domestically sourced and affordable oil and gas and their many by-products. That is why our members work tirelessly to make sure that certain projects receive support and advocacy throughout permitting processes.
This advocacy is often accomplished through the American Pipeline Action Network, an online digital tool that Local 798 launched in 2017. Using this tool, our members have mobilized tens of thousands of industry advocates to sign petitions, contact elected officials and regulators and take other actions to support infrastructure projects and to influence legislation.
Mr. President, you understand that skilled tradesmen across this country depend on the jobs that infrastructure projects create. Local 798, in particular, claims generations of experience constructing quality infrastructure that connects communities to critical energy resources. These projects include Enbridge's Line 3 Replacement Project, the Mountain Valley Pipeline and Nexus Pipeline, among numerous others.
We look forward to opportunities through your administration’s America-first energy policy to help construct safe, efficient and environmentally responsible energy infrastructure connecting our nation’s resources with communities across the country. Let’s get to work.
Signed,
[Names below]
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Sign Our Petition to the Army Corps
In November 2024, the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources approved permits for Enbridge's Line 5 Straits Tunnel Project in the state. The project still needs another key permit from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - expected to issue its Environmental Impact Statement in 2025. Local 798 members are supportive of a comprehensive permitting process that ensures opportunity for review and comment, and we are hopeful that our regulators will find no reason to extend the timeline on this project's already thorough environmental impact analysis.
Join us in sending a message to the Army Corps in support of a swift review so construction can finally move forward!
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,
St. Paul District, Regulatory Division
332 Minnesota Street, Suite E1500
St. Paul, MN 55101Reference No. MVP-2020-00260-WMS; Application submitted pursuant to Section 10 of the Rivers and Harbor Act of 1899 and Section 404 of the Clean Water Act
Dear Secretary:
I stand with Pipeliners Local 798 in supporting Enbridge's Line 5 Relocation Project's repositioning of its route outside the Bad River Indian Reservation. Enbridge has already repeatedly demonstrated a commitment to maintaining the highest level of safety and environmental responsibility throughout its permitting process for the project, including providing extensive opportunities for review and comment.
Below are just a few specific reasons why I believe the Line 5 Relocation Project deserves approval from the Army Corps and other decision makers:
- Enbridge has never wavered from its transparent decision making process, consistently involving community leaders and stakeholders in discussions regarding the project route and operation plans. To this end, Enbridge reached community easement agreements following thorough discussions with landowners along the proposed new Line 5 route outside the Bad River Reservation in Wisconsin;
- The project includes a route specifically designed to avoid culturally sensitive areas, such as Copper Falls State Park;
- While developing the Relocation Project, Enbridge specifically studied potential erosion risks and is planning stringent mitigation measures;
- The Line 5 Relocation Project will create good jobs for the local workforce, many of whom include Local 798 members - the most highly trained and dedicated pipeliners in the nation.
The company has continued to work closely with landowners, tribal leaders and safety experts to ensure the safest and most efficient pipeline operation. This consideration of best practices is what led Enbridge to plan the Relocation Project from the beginning. All of these above reasons highlight why I request that the Army Corps approves necessary permits for this project without any delay.
Signed,
[Names Below]
**Local 798 may submit this petition to state and federal regulators and other decision makers to support Line 5. Earlier this summer, in just under two weeks, our members collected more than 1,500 signatures on the below comment that we submitted on July 5 to the Army Corps before the comment period was originally slated to end on the EA. You can view this submission at this link. In the weeks that followed, we collected several hundred more signatures to submit before the extended comment period concluded on August 30. Any signature collected after 5:00 am CDT on August 30 may be included in future submissions to support this project.**
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Support the T15 Reliability Project
Dominion Energy North Carolina (DENC) is planning a 45-mile natural gas pipeline in North Carolina called the T15 Reliability Project. Once complete, it will connect the pending MVP Southgate Project with Duke Energy’s planned new natural gas power plants in Roxboro. DENC's initiative will put area pipeliners to work, help meet rising energy demand in the region and generate new economic activity, specifically across Person, Caswell, and Rockingham counties.
Sign our petition below that we will submit to decision makers during the permitting process.
Dear [Official]:
I am adding my name to this petition to support Dominion Energy North Carolina's T15 Reliability Project. This is a significant investment in the state's natural gas infrastructure network, connecting MVP Southgate, which will inject $113 million in North Carolina's economy and create more than 1,000 jobs in that state alone, with Duke Energy Corporation’s planned new natural gas power plants that are set to replace the existing coal-fired plant in Roxboro. All of this planned activity will help meet rising demand for cleaner energy while maintaining the safety and integrity of DENC's pipeline system.
A key reason why I support this project is the commitment that Dominion Energy has demonstrated to safety and quality on its pipelines by consistently hiring a Union workforce. I know this project will get done the right way with no shortcuts and no sacrifices on quality of the line or safety of workers or surrounding environment.
Below are just a few reasons why I'm adding my name in support of this project:
- DENC has maintained construction and operating policies and procedures for the T15 Reliability Project that adhere to state and federal safety requirements, providing specific directions in inspection, testing, operation, preventive maintenance, repair and vigilant patrols of facilities, giving the workforce and community members peace knowing quality and safety is top of mind;
- Pipeliners Local 798, a trades union that represents the nation’s best industry craftsmen, claims thousands of members in the region who depend on infrastructure projects such as this to provide for their families. Permitting delays could be devastating to these workers;
- Investment in new infrastructure such as this project will ensure continued economic growth, job security and critical tax generation for communities surrounding the project route. This is in addition to the lowered energy costs for families and small business owners in North Carolina.
The T15 Reliability Project will generate opportunities to put local men and women to work while helping Americans in the region gain access to affordable, domestically-produced energy. This is why I urge decision makers to approve necessary permits for this project without unwarranted delays.
Signed,
**By signing this petition, I agree to share my name on Pipeliners Local 798's submission(s) to federal and state decision makers in support of the T15 Reliability Project.**
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Sign Our Comment
Over the course of two weeks in September, we prepared submissions - with more than 2,300 comments - to the Illinois Commerce Commission (ICC) and Iowa Utilities Board (IUB), as they accepted public comments on permits for the Mt. Simon Hub project, a pipeline proposed by Wolf Carbon Solutions and Archer Daniels Midland Company that will stretch from eastern Iowa into Illinois. Specifically, the project is seeking from the Illinois Commerce Commission a "Certificate of Authority to Construct and Operate a Carbon Dioxide Pipeline and when Necessary to take Interests in Property as Provided by the Law of Eminent Domain"; and from the Iowa Utilities Board a Hazardous Liquid Pipeline permit.
Thank you to all who signed our comment for submission! If you signed after September 21, we may include your name in future submissions to state and federal regulators to support this project.
Dear Secretary:
On behalf of United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipe Fitting Industry of the United States and Canada (UA) and our more than 300,000 members, I want to express our continued support for the Mt. Simon Hub and encourage a thorough review and timely approval of this important project. We believe that Wolf Carbon Solutions’ Mt. Simon Hub will be integral to job creation, environmental improvement and long-term economic growth of our region.
As a proud UA member, I am excited at the prospect of playing a central role in making this project a reality. With the potential to create more than 2,700 construction jobs, generate over $478 million in wages and salaries and to contribute upwards of $75 million in state and local taxes for our state, the Mt. Simon Hub presents an extraordinary economic opportunity both for our union members and Illinois and Iowa overall.
The hardworking men and women of the UA will bring their extensive construction experience to bear to ensure that the Mt. Simon Hub is built to rigorous specifications and in compliance with strict federal and state standards. At the UA, we adhere to our Standard of Excellence in every project we work on. This Standard is made up of three pillars: safety, quality and productivity, each of which are essential to making our laborers the best-trained and highly-skilled in the world. Furthermore, we boast a five-year apprenticeship program that was the first nationally registered program recognized by the Department of Labor in the United States.
With the possibility of major economic and environmental benefits, my fellow union members and I are excited by the opportunity that the Mt. Simon Hub presents, and we urge you to approve Wolf Carbon Solutions’ application. Thank you for your consideration.
Signed,
**By signing this petition, I agree to share my name on Pipeliners Local 798's submission to the Illinois Commerce Commission (RE: Docket No. 23-0475) and to the Iowa Utilities Board (Docket No. HLP-2022-0002)**
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Sign Our Comment to FERC
The Delta Lateral Project will expand natural gas capacity of Kern River Gas Transmission's existing transmission system in Utah while supporting good jobs for local craftsmen.
In December 2021, Local 798 submitted the below petition with 2,080 signatures to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission regarding the project’s draft Environmental Impact Statement. In February 2022, FERC released the final DEIS. In anticipation of more public comment periods ahead, please sign this petition that we will submit to other regulators and decision makers in support of Delta Lateral.
Dear Secretary Bose:
I stand with Pipeliners Local 798 in support of Kern River Gas Transmission Company's Delta Lateral Project. This important project will enable Kern River to meet rising natural gas demands in the area and will support good jobs for local craftsmen, including Local 798 members.
In its draft EIS, FERC found the project’s environmental impacts would be reduced to “less-than-significant levels”due to the minimization and mitigation measures proposed by Kern River and recommended by the Commission. Project leaders remain committed to these mitigation efforts and continue to collaborate with stakeholders and environmental experts to develop the most responsible and efficient development plan. I see no reason to alter this review in the final EIS.
Overall, I support the Delta Lateral Project for the following reasons:
- Project leaders have consistently collaborated with stakeholders and environmental experts to ensure it meets or exceeds federal safety standards while developing the most efficient and responsible pipeline route;
- Delta Lateral is a critical part of the region’s energy infrastructure network and its carbon reduction strategy, as it is designed to provide firm transportation service for the Intermountain Power Project (IPP) in Utah, which is working towards installing gas-fired generating units capable of using hydrogen, and developing hydrogen production and long-term storage capabilities;
- Local 798 recognizes Kern River’s history of designing, constructing and operating safe and reliable pipeline systems. The company has demonstrated this same commitment with Delta Lateral.
Due to the reasons discussed above, I support the Delta Lateral Project and urge the swift approval of necessary permits.
Signed,
[Names below]
**Local 798 will submit this petition to state and federal regulators and other decision makers to support the Delta Lateral Project.**
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