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Montana Judge Blocks Keystone XL Permit for River Crossings
- Montana judge invalidates Army Corps river crossing permit
- TC Energy missed 2019 construction season due to legal issues
Miles of unused pipe, prepared for the proposed Keystone XL pipeline, sit in a lot on Oct. 14, 2014 outside Gascoyne, North Dakota.
Photographer: Andrew Burton/Getty Images
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TC Energy Corp.’s Keystone XL oil-sands pipeline was a dealt a setback with a judge’s ruling that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers improperly approved a streamlined permit process without fully evaluating the impact on endangered species.
In a legal challenge brought by environmental groups, a federal judge in Montana on Wednesday ordered the agency to conduct further review and barred it from authorizing dredging in waterways covered by the permit.