Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives
in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same,
as follows:
SECTION 1.
The town of Tewksbury may convey and
grant by deed
a permanent easement 20 feet in width lying 10 feet to the north and
10
feet to the south of Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company's proposed 6 inch
pipeline, more or less, in, under and through a parcel of land located in the
town of Tewksbury, together with temporary work space for construction purposes
no more than 25 feet wide on the southwest side of this permanent
easement to Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company, its successors and assigns, all as
shown on a plan of land entitled "Proposed Tewksbury/Andover Lateral Town of
Tewksbury, Map 91, Lot 42, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Figure M91, Lot
42,
Scale 1"=200'." This plan is on file with the town of Tewksbury. The right to
use
this temporary work space shall expire upon completion of construction and
restoration.
These easements shall be used to lay, construct, maintain, operate, repair,
change
the size of, remove or replace the gas transmission line which shall be
installed underground, together with appliances and appurtenances necessary
thereto.
SECTION 2.
The town of Tewksbury or the Tewksbury conservation
commission may
convey and grant by deed a permanent easement 20
feet in width lying 10 feet to the northeast and 10 feet to the southwest of
Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company's proposed 6 inch pipeline, more or less,
in, under and through a parcel of land located in the town of Tewksbury,
presently under the care and control of the conservation commission and used
for
conservation, together with temporary work space for construction purposes no
more than 25 feet wide on the southwest side of said permanent
easement to Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company, its successors and assigns, all as
shown on a plan of land entitled "Proposed Tewksbury/Andover Lateral Town of
Tewksbury, Map 111, Lot 34, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Figure M111, Lot
34, Scale
1"=100'." Said plan is on file with the town of Tewksbury. The right to use
this
temporary work space shall expire upon completion of construction and
restoration.
Said easements shall be used to lay, construct, maintain, operate, repair,
change
the size of, remove or replace the gas transmission line which shall be
installed underground, together with appliances and appurtenances necessary
thereto.
SECTION 3.
In consideration for the easements authorized in sections
1 and 2,
Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company shall pay a fair market value price to be
determined by 1 or more independent appraisals with the cost of the appraisal
or appraisals to be assumed by the Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company.
SECTION 4.
This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved February 13, 2004.