In a letter submitted to the US Department of State this week, TransCanada said it will file a Presidential Permit application in the near future for the Keystone XL pipeline from the US-Canada border in Montana to Steele City, Nebraska, including an alternate route in Nebraska to avoid the ecologically-sensitive Sandhills region.
It also announced plans for the 700,000-barrel-per-day Gulf Coast project, a US$2.3-billion
