B.C. government grants environmental approval for Kinder Morgan pipeline

newlife · 发表于 2017-1-11 15:12

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VICTORIA – The B.C. government has granted provincial environmental approval for Kinder Morgan to triple the capacity of its Trans Mountain pipeline from Alberta to Burnaby.

B.C. Environment Minister Mary Polak announced the environmental assessment certificate Wednesday, saying B.C. has placed 37 additional conditions on the pipeline on top of the 157 issued by the National Energy Board earlier this year.

“Clearly, the project will have economic benefits for British Columbia workers, families and communities,” Polak said in a statement with Natural Gas Minister Rich Coleman.

“However, we have always been clear economic development will not come at the expense of the environment. We believe environmental protection and economic development can occur together, and the conditions attached to the E.A. certificate reflect that.”

The detailed environmental assessment summary is available here.

B.C. had to undertake its own environment assessment, after a court ruling that said it could not simply assign the matter on such projects to Ottawa’s NEB.

Premier Christy Clark and Polak are expected to address the media at 3 p.m. Wednesday on the pipeline.

The $6.8-billion expansion would twin an existing route from Edmonton to Burnaby, tripling Kinder Morgan’s oil capacity to 890,000 barrels a day. If the company clears the many hurdles still in its way, it could begin shipping in late 2019.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau approved the project federally in late November.

The pipeline still faces fierce local opposition from Metro Vancouver politicians and environmental groups, who say the environmental risk for a catastrophic oil spill in the ocean off the Lower Mainland is too great.

The B.C. government has said Kinder Morgan is very close to fulfilling the province’s five conditions for support, but that it requires more details from Ottawa on an ocean spill response plan as well as some type of financial profit from the company. The premier has said any profit sharing from Kinder Morgan would go into an environmental fund.

B.C. said in a news release the summary of its additional conditions on the project are:

– Consultation with aboriginal groups when development plans.

– A wildlife species at risk plan for grizzly bear mitigation.

– Management plans to avoid disruption for aboriginal groups using the land for traditional use, or for provincially-authorized trappers and guide outfitters.

– A worker accommodation strategy that describes the potential environmental and social-economic impacts of construction camps on Aboriginal Groups and communities and includes a plan to provide medical and health services for employees and contractors using the construction camps.

– An offset plan for any provincial parks or protected areas impacted by the pipeline.

– Reporting greenhouse gas emissions from construction.

– Created a research program on the behaviour and clean-up of heavy oil spills in water to improve Trans Mountain’s response to oil spills.

– New emergency response plans for notification, care of oiled wildlife, environmental sampling and details on how Trans Mountain would coordinate with the many players involved.

– An increase to Trans Mountain’s emergency preparedness, including full-scale drills.

– A First Nations marine outreach program along the shipping route to address the impact of increased tanker traffic on the Salish Sea.

– Provide opportunities for First Nations to participate in construction and monitoring of pipeline.

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