Exempting Clay Pipes T HE Minister of Power has made a
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special order exempting the pipelines of the china-clay industry ia Devon and Cornwall from the provisions of Sections 1 and 2 of the Pipelines Act.
It will now be possible for pipelines carrying slurries of clay or related minerals to be laid in these areas without authorization by the Minister or notification to him, although they will need the usual planning permission'.
The china-clay industry operates a complex network of interconnected pipelines many tniles long which often needs to be changed or added to at short notice.
The areas in question are around St.• Austell and Bodmin, and on Lee Moor.
Meanwhile an announcement by the Minister on which of the two big rival consortia—Trunk Pipelines Ltd. and U.K. Oil Pipelines Ltd.—should receiv e authorization for the big cross-country oil pipeline is expected by August.
It seems that following the authorization of a 53-mile pipeline for Rugby Portland Cement Co. to carry chalk slurry (revealed in The Commercial Motor of May 31), coal is likely to be the next item on the pipelines agenda. Cost studies are already being made by the Central Electricity Generating Board.
The cement company is hoping to make some notable operating economies in carrying 1 m. tons of the chalk annually by pipe instead of by road.