New Keystone XL plan submitted

Controversy: TransCanada submits new Keystone XL plan

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By Luke Johnson & news reports

 05 September 2012 21:41 GMT

TransCanada has submitted an application to re-route its controversial Keystone XL pipeline around a sensitive environmental region in Nebraska, as politicians on both sides of the political divide said they expected the project to eventually be approved.

The Canadian pipeline operator said on Wednesday that it had submitted a supplemental environmental report to the Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality after taking into account the state's recommendations for the proposed line, which would carry crude from the Canadian oil sands to refineries in Texas.

"Based on feedback from the Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality and the public, we have refined our proposed routing of the Keystone XL Pipeline," Russ Girling, TransCanada's chief executive, said in a statement. "The preferred alternative route... reflects our shared desire to minimise the disturbance of…

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