NEWS
Atmos Energy to purge line as connection is made
During routine pipeline construction, Atmos Energy crews and contractors will oversee a controlled release of natural gas between 10 a.m. and noon on Dec. 18 at the Cripple Creek Gas Plant near Briar Creek and Miller Roads south of Bowie.
Atmos Energy customers will not experience any service disruption while the work is being performed, however, some in the area may hear a noise during the operation. This is the purging of a new 20-plus mile line that runs from the Cripple Creek plant to York Road in Clay County.
The purge is expected to take about 90 minutes. Residents in the area may smell gas and hear a loud noise. This is part of the process to complete the tie-in of the new pipeline for the area.
Officials said as the company modernizes its system to meet expanding demand in the area, the result of this pipeline construction work will be to provide safe and clean natural gas at sufficient pressure and volume.
Atmos Energy employees will be onsite to supervise the process and the Bowie Police Department, Bowie Fire Departments in the area, 911 operators and local officials have already been advised of the controlled release.
City of Bowie officials were on hand to inspect the emergency electrical generators that were delivered last week.
Mayor Gaylynn Burris and City Manager Bert Cunningham inspected one of three emergency electrical generators purchased as part of an ongoing Federal Emergency Management Agency Hazard Mitigation Grant. They also talked with Jay Evans, head of the city electric department, and Jerry Sutton, director of the water treatment plant about the next step for installation of the generators.
This grant provides funding for one 150 kW and two 250 kW generators for use at the water treatment plant.
Read the full story in the mid-week Bowie News.
City Manager Bert Cunningham and Mayor Gaylynn Burris talk with the electric and water department staff about the new generators. (Photo by Cindy Roller)
No action was taken on a legal issue after members of the Bowie City Council met in a called closed session at 4 p.m. on July 12.
City Secretary Sandy Page said the council met for almost one hour for “consultation with attorney – Midwest Waste Services LLC vs. City of Bowie.
This lawsuit goes back to August 2019 when Midwest sued the city for its action requiring those who receive city water outside the city limits to use the designated waste collector, which is Waste Connections. This was shortly after the city signed a new long-term contract with WC.
The suit was dismissed in June 2020 on two points in the suit, but City Manager Bert Cunningham said a third point remained in mediation.
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