July 13 — A map recently released by Atmos Energy in response to an open records request by the Denton Record-Chronicle shows miles of steel pipe remain in service as Denton’s natural gas utility mains. This is the same type of pipe that leaked in February, triggering a natural gas explosion in northwest Dallas that killed a 12-year-old girl.
— Denton Record-Chronicle
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