The property taxes paid on the pipeline alone are in the hundreds of millions of dollars.  The pipeline is valued somewhere between 2 billion to 10 billion.  Local municipalities and the State collect enormous property taxes on it.  The state Department of Revenue now puts the current value at $7.7 billion.  When calculating taxes all taxes paid need to be valued.  The state revenue department’s middle-ground figure would be $114 million in taxes owed.