Pipeline developer says requested delay would be costly
The Associated Press - Saturday, November 03, 2007
BISMARCK, N.D.
An oil pipeline executive says the city of Fargo's request to delay a Canadian pipeline project would add up to $100 million in costs.
Fargo wants North Dakota's Public Service Commission to reopen hearings on the Keystone pipeline.
Keystone Vice President Robert Jones says Fargo had a chance to take part in earlier hearings about the project and did not.
Jones says if Fargo is allowed to intervene, the North Dakota part of the Keystone line probably won't be completed next year. He says the delay would add $65 million to $100 million to its cost.
Fargo officials worry about the pipeline route near Lake Ashtabula and the Sheyenne River, which supply drinking water.
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