Nebraska lawmakers authorize Keystone XL route study
April 12, 2012
Nebraska’s legislature passed legislation on Apr. 11 allowing the state’s Department of Environmental Quality to study a new proposed route for TransCanada Corp.’s Keystone XL pipeline.
LB 1161 passed by 44 to 5 votes, more than the two-thirds required, and suspends portions of an earlier pipeline siting law enacted late last year.
Gov. Dave Heineman (R) previously said he would support the bill and is expected to sign it. TransCanada reportedly will be required to reimburse the state for the study, and the DEQ will hold at least one public meeting about it.
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NICK SNOW covered oil and gas in Washington for more than 30 years. He worked in several capacities for The Oil Daily and was founding editor of Petroleum Finance Week before joining OGJ as its Washington correspondent in September 2005 and becoming its full-time Washington editor in October 2007. He retired from OGJ in January 2020.
