Kinder Morgan‘s Trans Mountain pipeline, to ship crude oil from Edmonton in Alberta, to Burnaby, British Columbia, received approval from the National Energy Board today, on 157 conditions, including 49 environmental requirements.
The federal government has seven months to consider the multi-billion dollar project that many First Nations communities have warned against. From the ramifications of increased tanker traffic to the devastating effect of a possible oil spill, some groups plan to take legal action to halt the project.
The NEB cited the economic advantages with thousands of construction jobs and increased government revenue to come out of the twin lines that would provide access to more export markets.
If approved soon, the pipeline ending at the terminal, deep in Vancouver’s harbour, could provide almost 900,000 barrels of crude a day beginning in 2018.
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