A Canadian company plans to build a pipeline to hundreds of kilometers, by the central and western regions, including many sensitive waterways, is quietly approved fast lane - you just don't want to.
Keystone XL pipeline remains Mired in the national environmental security and the climate change debate, a company, Calgary, alberta, the enbridge, hope I can early next month to start building a 600 - mile pipeline will be tar sands that root, Illinois, about 100 kilometers southwest of Chicago, the company's terminal in Cushing, Oklahoma, the company can move it up from there through existing pipelines to gulf coast refineries.
The company is seeking to speed up the license review by the U.S. army corps of Flanagan south pipe, this will run in parallel to another enbridge line already in place. Different is in the shape of a trapezoid project, the project across international borders, need the approval of the state council, suggested pipe attracts the attention of the public rarely - including plan route near residential owners.
Enbridge, says it wants to be a good neighbor community will through the pipeline, it has been vigorously promoting short-term construction work of hundreds of it creates. The company has arranged a series of "open house", inviting the public to discuss and understand its plan this week in Missouri, Kansas and Illinois.
The Marshall session Tuesday, Kansas city, 90 kilometers east, to the Sierra Club (Sierra Club) protesters holding a leaflet, condemning what is known as a country's most expensive oil. It also attracted the local politics, forward-looking pipe assembly of landlords and looking for a job.
Enbridge, respond to an array of products exempted from inspection, from the bag and tape measure biscuits and key ring.
Wayne Michael Reynolds, who stop at Marshall check in one of the 55 people, he said he want to know more about the company's plan, in order to prevent the construction water valuable farmland runoff. And he said, he left the event, vague guarantee only, rather than a specific answer.
Mike Reynolds, a retired soil and protect workers said: "you never remove the soil within the groove to the same extent,". "Do not do this."
Michael milken, day and night in Missouri, said he had no luck to obtain Enbridge, or corps about the details of the project, including an accurate line chart and a copy of the emergency plan to him.
"We are worried about oil and tar sands into drinking water," day said. "
"Until I know where the pipe is how to return a responsibility, how should I know should I be worried?" He said.
Enbridge, Katie says langer, a spokesman for the safety of the pipeline worries are exaggerated. She described the routine air patrol pipelines and seven pumping station computer monitoring in Calgary and round the clock, "just touch a button," if it is necessary to close it.
, "Lange said:" once the pipeline on the ground, there is a very rigorous and prudent operation and maintenance plan.
But the sierra club's lawyer, said doug hayes, the guarantee is not enough, because of recent history. Enbridge pipeline rupture in July 2010, about 1 million gallons in Michigan the heavier cutback asphalt dumping to the kalamazoo river, 35 kilometers of the part is still closed public access for two years. The U.S. department of transportation later fined enbridge $3.7 million
Recently, in the may flower, Arkansas, exxon mobil pipeline leakage lead to evacuation of 22 families and tar sand oil, density of the material, is more difficult to pack the long-distance transportation of further consideration.
Lange confirmed that Enbridge company is seeking regulatory approval, the national 12 license, this will mean that the company will be under no obligation to follow the stricter requirements for "clean water", such as public or lengthy environmental review. These licenses will be limited public utilities projects, each of which cross the water no more than one and a half acres of wetlands. Flanagan south pipeline will through the Missouri and Mississippi rivers, as well as hundreds of small tributaries.
, "hayes said." this is a 600 miles of a 100 - foot - long way, will clear everything in the path of the project. "They treat it as tens of thousands of separate, small projects."
The sierra club's lawyer, said army refused several freedom of information act request, for more project details, citing exemption "review process privilege", designed to protect the internal decision making.
Calgary constant are also looking for the 12 status of the Keystone XL project, prompting the Sierra Club (Sierra Club) filed a lawsuit, accused of "clean water" and the national environmental policy act hayes declined to discuss whether the environmental group also plans in legal challenges. The root south project.
Army day (Tuesday) in reference to a spokeswoman for the Kansas city office questions about the project permit status to regulators's colleague, who did not respond.
In western Illinois, local officials to lead the arrival of the enbridge, gold, says Pierce, macomb committee executive director of the regional economic development. The company plans to establish four grade pump station, including the quincy along the Missouri border. She said, in addition to the construction of the temporary work, can look forward to also buy booster in the restaurant, hotel and equipment sales.
On exit "come on Saturday, we can think of a lot of people, relaxation and buy stuff," she said. "We really see this is a chance, you don't always get that over to you."



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