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Robert Torricelli: The last element on this was ``created an interruption of supply,'' which I take it means simply shutting down the…

On the recordFebruary 8, 2001
The last element on this was ``created an interruption of supply,'' which I take it means simply shutting down the pipeline for inspection without an alternative means of delivering the liquid or the natural gas and people would be without the product; that there was no way to do the inspection without shutting this off and creating an economic or other kind of hardship.
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Robert Torricelli
New Jersey

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Discussing the implications of pipeline inspections on supply and economic impact.

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