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Long list of conditions for Trans Mountain approval Tom Fletcher – Black Press The National Energy Board has released a draft list of 145 conditions for approval of Kinder Morgan Canada's oil pipeline expansion project, including environmental protection plans for land and marine operations. Conditions include the possibility of dredging for the expansion of the Westridge Marine Terminal in Burnaby, where the original Trans Mountain pipeline has delivered crude oil and refined products since 1953. Kinder Morgan is proposing to twin the line to ramp up shipments of diluted bitumen from northern Alberta that began intermittently in the late 1980s. The $5.4 billion expansion project would nearly triple the line's capacity to 890,000 barrels per day, resulting in a seven-fold increase in oil tankers entering and leaving Vancouver harbour. Kinder Morgan Canada president Ian Anderson said Thursday the company will be seeking clarification on the timing of some of the conditions, and will file its comments to the NEB review panel Aug. 20. Most
Wiegele nervous about pipeline Continued from page A2 filed updated information with the National Energy Board, including an alternative corridor in the Kamloops area. Should the Ajax project receive all of its necessary regulatory approvals, both Trans Mountain’s existing pipeline and the proposed pipeline corridor would require relocation for the purposes of mine activities. Kinder Morgan has identified an alternative pipeline corridor. Should the existing pipeline need to be relocated, it would undergo a separate regulatory process from the facilities application under consideration by the NEB for the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion. http://www. kamloopsthisweek. com/kinder-morganlooks-reroutepipeline-aroundajax/
major conditions, including plans for watercourse crossings along the route, are to be filed at least 90 days before construction begins. "Our initial review of the draft conditions is that they are rigorous but achievable," Anderson said. NEB hearings are to resume Aug. 24, where the B.C. government is expected to formalize its position, based on Premier Christy Clark's five conditions for new heavy oil pipelines. They include a "world-class" spill response capability on land and sea, approval and benefit sharing by affected First Nations, and a still-undefined "fair share" of benefits for the province. Those conditions were included in B.C.'s position opposing the Enbridge Northern Gateway project, which the federal government approved with its own list of more than 200 conditions. The province does not have authority to veto either pipeline project, as each would run from Alberta to B.C. Draft conditions for Trans Mountain include identification of all sites on the proposed second line affected by earthquake, including the "Holocene for Sumas Fault, Vedder Mountain Fault,
Trans Mountain pipeline expansion work near Jasper Alberta, which was completed in 2008. Black Press file photo
Fraser River-Straight Creek Fault and Rocky Mountain Trench, as well as other possible hidden faults." Conditions also include submitting
A call for aboriginals to vote in federal election Cam Fortems – Kamloops This Week A leader in a North Thompson First Nations community agrees with a call by a national group calling for aboriginal Canadians to vote in the October federal election. The Congress of Aboriginal Peoples is urging the nation’s 1.4-million aboriginal people to vote on Oct. 19. The KamloopsThompson-Cariboo riding includes the small Chu Chua reserve in the North Thompson Valley. Former chief Nathan Matthew said there have been efforts in past to get out the vote. “If we voted as
Former Simpcw chief Nathan Matthew
a block, that could make a difference,” the former band chief and educator told KTW. NDP candidate Bill Sundhu said while voter participation among aboriginal people has not traditionally been high, all the parties in the riding “are keenly interested in getting aboriginal persons to vote.” Sundhu noted former veteran New Democrat MP Nelson
Riis was successful in getting First Nations votes in this riding. Since the development of the Sun Rivers subdivision in the late 1990s, it is difficult to determine the participation rate of voters from Tk’emlups Indian Band reserve. At one time, polls on reserve were exclusively utilized by band members. Matthew said Stephen Harper’s Conservatives have consistently blocked efforts to recognize rights and title and self-government, something he will tell incumbent MP Cathy McLeod if she visits the community. “I’d say, ‘What have you done for First Nations lately?’ I can tell you, not a heck of a lot,” Matthew said.
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