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“Gardena officials and residents are slamming the company proposing to lay a jet fuel pipeline under Rosecrans Avenue for falsely claiming it had ‘common-carrier’ status, like a public utility, which would give it the power to dig up streets and push through its project regardless of opposition. WesPac Energy Group of Huntington Beach, unlike such companies as Verizon and Southern California Gas Co., has not been granted such power, according to Public Utilities Commission records, although it has applied for it. … The proposed 24-mile underground pipeline would connect fuel-storage facilities in Wilmington and Carson with 61 airlines at LAX. … City officials and residents said the company deceived them in recent community meetings, making them believe it has eminent domain-like authority despite city objections to the project.” (04/27/07)