EPA: Keystone XL impact statement needs revising
Story By: The Associated Press. Copyright 2010
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The Environmental Protection Agency is criticizing an environmental impact statement for a proposed pipeline that would move oil from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico.
The EPA says the environmental impact statement for TransCanada's $7 billion Keystone XL pipeline does not adequately address "potentially significant environmental impacts."
EPA cited several concerns, from greenhouse gases to pipeline safety, and said the draft environmental statement should be revised and opened again for public comment.
Keystone XL would move oil from Alberta, Canada, down through Montana, South Dakota, Nebraska, and then from Oklahoma to the Gulf of Mexico. Other sections of the Keystone network have been approved to move oil from Canada across several states, including Kansas and Missouri.
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