Lebanon Daily News, IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF LEBANON COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA CIVIL DIVISION-IN REM IN RE: CONDEMNATION BY SUNOCO PIPELINE L.P. OF PERMANENT AND TEMPORARY RIGHTS OF WAY FOR THE TRANSPORTATION OF ETHANE, PROPANE, LIQUID PETROLEUM GAS, AND OTHER PETROLEUM PRODUCTS IN THE TOWNSHIP OF SOUTH LONDONDERRY, LEBANON COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, OVER THE LANDS OF THE PURPORTED OWNERS OF THE PROPERTY KNOWN AS TAX PARCEL NO. 31-2299281-340089-0000 IN THE TOWNSHIP OF SOUTH LONDONDERRY , LEBANON COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA Docket No. 2015-1472 EMINENT DOMAIN-IN REM NOTICE TO CONDEMNEES TO: THE PURPORTED OWNERS OF THE PROPERTY KNOWN AS TAX PARCEL NO. 31-2299281-340089-0000 IN THE TOWNSHIP OF SOUTH LONDONDERRY, LEBANON COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA In accordance with Section 305 of the Eminent Domain Code, 26 Pa.C.S. § 305, Sunoco Pipeline L.P. notifies you that: 1. The Condemnor is Sunoco Pipeline L.P. ("Sunoco Pipeline"). 2. The Condemnor's office address is: Sunoco Pipeline L.P. 525 Fritztown Road Sinking Spring, Pennsylvania 19608 3. A Declaration of Taking, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit "A," was filed on August 24, 2015, in the Court of Common Pleas of Lebanon County to the above docket number. The Declaration of Taking addresses the acquisition of easements over a vacant parcel of land, located East of Bell Road, South Londonderry Township, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania 17078 and known as Tax Parcel I.D. No. 31-2299281-340089-0000 (the "Property"). 4. Sunoco Pipeline is exercising its power of eminent domain pursuant to Section 1511 of Title 15 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, which states that: (a) General Rule. -- A public utility corporation shall, in addi tion to any other power of eminent domain conferred by any other stat ute, have the right to take, occupy and condemn property for one or more of the following principal purposes and ancil lary purpos es reasonab necessary or appropriate for the accomplish ment of the principal purposes: (2) The transportation of artificial or natural gas, electricity, petroleum or petroleum products or water or any combination of such substances for the public. 15 Pa.C.S. § 1511(a)(2)(emphasis added). 5. The Declaration of Taking is made and authorized by virtue of the Resolution, and duly adopted by the Condemnor on August 11, 2015. The record and the original Resolution may be examined at the Condemnor's offices, located at 1818 Market Street, Suite 1500, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103. A copy of the Resolution is attached as Exhibit I to the Declaration of Taking (Exhibit A hereto) and incorporated herein by reference. 6. A portion of your property has been condemned for the purpose of acquiring permanent and temporary easements necessary to construct, install, maintain, operate, repair, inspect, alter, protect, change the size of, relocate, replace in whole or in part, remove, and abandon two (2) pipelines and other appurtenant facilities including, but not limited to, above-ground markers, test stations and cathodic protection equipment for the purpose of transporting petroleum and petroleum products including but not limited to ethane, propane, and liquid petroleum gas in, over, through, across, under, and along portions of the Property as shown on the plan attached hereto as Exhibit H to the Declaration of Taking, which is vacant land located East of Bell Road, South Londonderry Township, Palmyra, Pennsylvania 17078. 7. The purpose of the within condemnation is to construct, install, maintain, operate, repair, inspect, alter, protect, change the size of, relocate, replace in whole or in part, remove, and abandon two (2) pipelines and other appurtenant facilities including, but not limited to, above-ground markers, test stations and cathodic protection equipment for the purpose of transporting petroleum and petroleum products including but not limited to ethane, propane, and liquid petroleum gas in, over, through, across, under, and along the lands owned by Condemnee. See 15 Pa.C.S. § 1511. 8. A description identifying and specifying the location of the property hereby condemned is attached as Exhibit H to the Declaration of Taking (Exhibit A hereto). 9 Plans showing the property hereby condemned may be inspected in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of the aforesaid County. On the same day as this Declaration of Taking was filed with the Prothonotary, plans showing the property condemned were lodged of record in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds in and for Lebanon County in accordance with Section 304 of the Eminent Domain Code. 10. The nature of the title acquired hereby is a permanent easement and a temporary construction easement. 11. The names of the reputed record owners of the condemned property are unknown at this time. The title records in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of this County are inconclusive regarding ownership. 12. The payment of just compensation in this matter is secured by a Bond that was filed with the Prothonotary on the date the Declaration of Taking was filed of record. 13 If you wish to challenge the power or right of Sunoco Pipeline to appropriate the condemned property, the sufficiency of the security, the procedure followed by the Condemnor or the Declaration of Taking, you are required to file preliminary objections within thirty (30) days after being served with this notice. McNEES WALLACE & NURICK LLC Stephanie Carfley Pa. I.D. No. 79136 Kandice Kerwin Hull Pa. I.D. No. 86345 Dana W. Chilson Pa. I.D. No. 208718 100 Pine Street, P.O. Box 1166 Harrisburg, PA 17108 (717) 232-8000 Counsel for Condemnor Sunoco Pipeline L.P. Dated: August 24, 2015
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