State officials will hold three public meetings next month on the issue of pipeline expansion in Georgia. The company that runs the state’s main line, Colonial Pipeline, hopes to convince the state Enviromental Protection Division and about 500 landowners that the benefits outweigh the negatives. Its top benefit is to unclog a choke point of oil transport between Louisiana and Georgia. Potential hazards of the line running about a meter below-ground would be fuel leaks, polluted water and lowered property values. The proposed line would run through the northwest counties of Cobb, Paulding, Carroll, and Haralson.
