[knarf]

A survey does no harm nor damage ... just a few guys traipsin' over the hills (that they'd rather not ... but it's a job ... )

The results will lay out a proposed plan and each landowner will be more than reasonably paid ... either up front or as a royalty, lay a pipeline that ... if it REALLY bothers you ... PAINT the damned thing.

WV mountain folk are a stubborn lot, and sometimes unreasonably so.

Been there, done that, got the T shirt

[logic101.net]

People walking around their land might find the still....

Sometimes compensation is fair, sometimes not. Usually if it is a private company they will pay well. Sometimes Govt pays well (after all it is only tax money), other times Govt stiffs the land owners.

They might get a better response if they give an estimated price up front.

[Timber Rattler]

Problem is that these natural gas companies have been known to rip off property owners in the worst possible way. That’s why they’re so distrusted.

[TigersEye]

The breadth and length of a pipeline might take 80% to 90% of some properties. Not everyone owns 1,000+ acres.

[Rodamala]

If it is just surveyors... in most states, by law, you must grant access to Professional Land Surveyors. I know that most railroads charge an "access fee" and then a charge for any flagman protection required to protect against trains.

[SWAMPSNIPER]

How do you compensate someone for land that’s been in a family since the revolution?