Alberta energy executives and politicians are frustrated the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion is set for another extensive regulatory review process, which will take until February 2019, at a time when all other export pipelines out of Canada are full.
Natural Resources Minister Amarjeet Sohi announced Friday the 22-week, National Energy Board-level review of the pipeline’s impact on marine life on the West Coast as Ottawa’s first step in taking the corrective action prescribed by the Federal Court of Appeal.
Last month, the Appeals Court overturned approvals for the pipeline because it found the NEB did not include an assessment of the project’s impact on tanker traffic and marine wildlife and because of insufficient consultation with affected First Nations.
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