Below are some documents on transmission line easement impacts, and things to be aware of per the transmission line easements. If your property is impacted you will want to contact a lawyer.
Most importantly don't sign anything until the Transmission line receives approval for all segments form all the states it crosses!
Things to Consider:
- Don’t accept any of the power company documents offered by land agents, including survey agreements and right of way options.
- Hire your own lawyer to prepare your own documents. Include the cost of the attorney’s fees in your damages.
- Include in your documents the requirement that the right of way can only be cleared by “cutting and trimming” and that no herbicides of any kind may be used to control vegetation, by aerial spraying, by manual application on the ground or by basal stump application.
- Include in your documents that at no time may readings on a properly calibrated Gauss meter exceed 4 milligauss on any part of the right of way or any area outside the right of way. 4 milligauss is the widely accepted standard for public exposure to electromagnetic fields.
- In your documents you should state that FirstEnergy must provide you with a properly calibrated Gauss meter, at their expense, so that you can independently monitor the electromagnetic fields emanating from their lines.