Group calls officials to Keystone hearings
Argus Leader, South Dakota
By staff reports
November 27, 2007
The WEB Rural Water system in Aberdeen is calling eight state officials to appear and respond to questions when the South Dakota Public Utilities Commission holds hearings in December on whether to grant TransCanada a permit for its proposed Keystone Pipeline.
The pipeline would run the length of South Dakota and could carry almost 600,000 barrels of crude oil daily from Alberta to oil refineries in Illinois and Oklahoma.
WEB officials want to hear from representatives of the Office of Drinking Water, Groundwater Quality Program, Spill Remediation, Surface Water Quality, Water Rights Division, South Dakota Geological Survey, Game Fish and Parks, and the State Historic Preservation Office.
A draft Environmental Impact Statement is being prepared by the U.S. State Department, which also must issue a permit for Keystone to cross the U.S.-Canada border in North Dakota.
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