Eminent domain an option for Cronus pipeline

Tuscola, Ill. — While 78 of 82 easements have been lined up for a 20.4 mile wastewater pipeline for the proposed $1.5 billion Cronus Fertilizer plant here (GM March 2, p. 12), eminent domain is a possibility if the remaining four landowners do not sign on, according to a report in the local News-Gazette, quoting Brian Moody, Tuscola Chamber and Economic Development executive director. He said that the Urbana & Champaign Sanitary District, which will supply the water, has already taken the first steps for the use of eminent domain should the landowners not sign on to the project.