Mothballed law puts Keystone XL before Nebraska Public Service Commission

[Omaha Steve]

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
A stake in the ground wrapped with tape that marks the route of the Keystone XL pipeline in Tilden, Nebraska, on March 17, 2014.

http://www.omaha.com/news/nebraska/mothballed-law-puts-keystone-xl-before-nebraska-public-service-commission/article_39af7912-20f1-5343-8089-4a00b96eee6d.html


POSTED: SUNDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2015 12:30 AM | UPDATED: 12:35 AM, SUN OCT 4, 2015.
By Joe Duggan / World-Herald Bureau

LINCOLN — Nebraska’s first pipeline routing law took 15 days to create and four years to gather dust.

State lawmakers passed the Major Oil Pipeline Siting Act in 2011 during a 15-day special session called to reroute the proposed Keystone XL pipeline. But the law has never been used.

Now the latest twist in the seven-year pipeline saga has pulled the law off the shelf.

Possibly as soon as this week, TransCanada Corp. will file an application with the Nebraska Public Service Commission to seek route approval for an $8 billion pipeline that would move 830,000 barrels of oil per day from western Canada to a terminal at Steele City, Nebraska.

FULL story at link.

[Wilms]

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