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TransCanada Details Keystone XL Re-Route to NDEQ

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TransCanada Details Keystone XL Re-Route to NDEQ

TransCanada Corporation has reported that the Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality (NDEQ) has issued its final evaluation report to Governor Dave Heineman on the proposed re-route of the Keystone XL crude oil pipeline.

"This report is the culmination of a rigorous and comprehensive review by the Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality, which included extensive public input gathered during a seven month public comment period. The re-route ensures Keystone XL will have minimal environmental impact by avoiding the area defined as the Nebraska Sandhills, crossing fewer miles of threatened and endangered species habitat and considerably fewer miles of erodible soils. It also moves the route to the down-slope side of two wellhead protection areas," said Russell Girling…

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