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RICHMOND—The lobbying forces in the coal slurry pipeline battle of the 1984 General Assembly session made campaign contributions last year to six of the eight local legislators, according to campaign spending reports.
The reports, filed with the State Board of Elections here, show that a railroad lobbying group, CSX Corp., which opposes the pipeline, contributed a total of $2,000 to the six lawmakers.
CSX had nine lobbyists registered, as of Dec. 14, with the Secretary of the Commonwealth.
On the other side of the lobbying war, three groups in favor of the pipeline —the Virginia Electric and Power Co., Tranaco Coal Co. and A.T. Massey Coal PAC — contributed a total of $1,560 to three legislators.
The pipeline issue, shaping up as one of the biggest lobbying campaigns of the session, involves granting the right of eminent domain for companies that want to build slurry pipelines.
Pro-pipeline groups want the legislature to grant them condemnation powen so they have the option of building a pipeline from
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