IC 8-1-22.6-8: Division to establish nonbinding guidelines; use in simplifying easement negotiations

Sec. 8. (a) The division shall establish voluntary guidelines to be considered by a pipeline company that proposes to construct a pipeline that will be located, in whole or in part, in Indiana.

(b) Guidelines adopted by the division are not binding on any pipeline company or affected landowner but may be used by a pipeline company or an affected landowner to simplify negotiations involved in establishing a price for any:

(1) easement; or

(2) other interest in land;

needed by the pipeline company to construct a pipeline.