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misterhighwasted

(9,148 posts)
Thu Jun 26, 2014, 03:12 PM Jun 2014

Bakken Oil: "The pipeline will carry more than twice as much North Dakota oil as the Keystone XL.."

http://www.thedickinsonpress.com/content/sandpiper-pipeline-approved-public-service-commission

Sandpiper pipeline approved by Public Service Commission
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A new pipeline will do the work of 4,300 trucks daily in transporting oil to and from North Dakota, Public Service Commission Chairman Brian Kalk said Wednesday.

Starting at the Beaver Lodge oil and gas field near Tioga, the Enbridge pipeline will extend through Williams, Mountrail, Ward, McHenry, Pierce, Towner, Ramsey, Nelson and Grand Forks counties. It will then stretch through to a terminal in Clearbrook, Minn., and end at a terminal in Superior, Wis.

A representative from Callaway, Minn.,-based conservation group Honor the Earth called the decision “extremely disappointing.” The group has said the pipeline will harm rivers, lakes and state rice beds.

Regulatory boards in Wisconsin and Minnesota have not yet decided the pipeline route’s legality, nor have federal regulators given the final green light.
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(The pipeline) will carry more than twice as much North Dakota oil as the Keystone XL would, and has capacity to be upgraded significantly,” Public Service Commissioner Randy Christmann said. “This is a major step forward in moving oil in the safest and most efficient way possible.”

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According to the commission, Enbridge has an emergency response plan,....

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Bakken Oil: "The pipeline will carry more than twice as much North Dakota oil as the Keystone XL.." (Original Post) misterhighwasted Jun 2014 OP
The moment I heard that some politicians were gonna delay their approval of the truedelphi Jun 2014 #1
Yep, that's how I read this also. misterhighwasted Jun 2014 #2

truedelphi

(32,324 posts)
1. The moment I heard that some politicians were gonna delay their approval of the
Thu Jun 26, 2014, 06:02 PM
Jun 2014

Keystone XCL Pipeline, l knew that an alternative would be snuck by the public.

The more things change, the more they remain the same.

misterhighwasted

(9,148 posts)
2. Yep, that's how I read this also.
Thu Jun 26, 2014, 06:36 PM
Jun 2014

That pipeline will travel through some very pristine & beautiful wilderness. And sounds like much of it will run along the right-of-way where Major Utility power lines & perhaps, but not sure if also natural gas lines already exist.
It does have to get through multi state regulators, but scratchin backs is the name of the power game anyway.

And their argument is that rail cars full of oil can blow up.
No lesser of two evils to choose from since they are both quite equal in their potential harm.

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