Additional Comment Period May Prolong Keystone Review
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The U.S. State Department will give the public more time to comment on the Keystone XL pipeline, which could delay the final decision on a project that has been under review for more than five years.
The department is completing a final environmental assessment of the proposed pipeline that would carry oil sands crude from Canada to refineries along the Gulf of Mexico coast. When the assessment is released, State Department officials will start a process to determine whether TransCanada Corp.’s $5.4 billion project is in the national interest before President Barack Obama makes a final decision.