Kinder Morgan Canada kills request linked to Trans Mountain pipeline
Canada’s National Energy Board (NEB) regulator last month barred Kinder Morgan from installing the mats, which are placed on the bottom of waterways to prevent fish from laying eggs, saying they had “not yet been authorized.”
The company then sought relief, saying they were essential to stopping fish from being harmed during construction, and that a delay in installing them could push back the date for shipping oil on the expansion.
But in a letter to the regulator on Friday, a Kinder Morgan lawyer said the mats were effective only if put in place before the spawning season, which has begun, and that the window to install them had now passed.
A legal challenge being heard this and next week in Vancouver could overturn Trans Mountain’s approval.
Kinder Morgan Canada kills request linked to Trans Mountain pipeline | Reuters