What to expect as Nebraska PSC starts hearings on Keystone XL pipeline

Commissioner Tim Schram of the Nebraska Public Service Commission explains the rules prior to the final public meeting on the Keystone XL pipeline at the Ralston Arena.
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By Paul Hammel / World-Herald Bureau Aug 5, 2017 Updated 3 hrs ago

LINCOLN — After weeks of public meetings and debate about the proposed Keystone XL pipeline, the time has come to decide whether the long-delayed project will get a green light from Nebraska.

A weeklong marathon of court-like hearings over the controversial project will begin Monday at 9 a.m. at Lincoln’s Cornhusker Marriott Hotel.

That comes a day after pipeline opponents plan a rally in Lincoln and pipeline construction workers gather for a barbecue in Omaha.

The 275-mile route submitted by TransCanada is the same pathway that was approved by a different state agency, the Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality, back in 2013.

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I was at the Ralston Area but but they ran out of time before my number was called to speak.