The National Energy Board has set the schedule for intervenors’ final arguments in the Kinder Morgan pipeline expansion case, and the City of Burnaby is one of the first presenters.
The hearings mark the final step for intervenors in NEB’s hearing for the proposal to twin the Trans Mountain pipeline, a project whose costs have now risen to $6.8 billion.
Burnaby is set to present on Jan. 20, the second day of hearings, following the cities of Surrey and New Westminster.
Other local groups presenting include the Simon Fraser Student Society (Jan. 22), the Graduate Student Society at SFU (Jan. 23), the Tsleil-Waututh Nation (Jan. 26) and Burnaby residents Opposing Kinder Morgan Expansion (Jan. 28).
Oil industry representatives present from Feb. 2 to 4 and include the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers, Cenovus, Statoil, Husky Oil, Devon, Imperial Oil, Suncor, Tesoro, Total, Canadian Natural Resources, and the Canadian Oil Sands. The City of Vancouver is set to present on the final day, on Feb. 5.
The hearings take place in the Delta Burnaby Conference Centre from Jan. 19 to 29. A second set of hearings will take place in the NEB’s Calgary office Feb. 2 to 5. The hearings are not open to the general public, but the NEB will broadcast them online.
