Q: Minimum Federal Safety Standards required for Drivway Commercial vehicles and Farm Tractors Trailers City Trash Trucks
Local gas utilities Citizen's Gas refuses to uphold or meet MFSS putting my Family at risk by allowing a neighbor easement for drivway across 6 and 5/8" High pressure approximately 250-300lbs natural gas main which is a steel pipeline put in by Russell producing Co back in 1938. When spot depth check was done we discovered it to be at 23 inches but then the neighbor used a tractor and scraper blade to remove several inches of cover to then use this material to fill in pot holes.
A: I doubt you have any Damages without an explosion or erosion. But you might sue for Property Damages (within 3 years) of any dangerous acts on your land. Outside of your land, there is no suit. And without damages you have no case. I do not think a Nuisance Suit would lie. Your best bet is to hire an attorney to demand the pipeline be recovered in damaged areas, which puts them on notice.
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