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   From: puela@nyet.ca   
      
   Really.  That's what Harper's oil-industry-laden National Energy Board ruled on   
   behalf of Kinder Morgan.   
   It's none of our business how they'd handle an oil spill or full disaster.   
   That's a secret  . . .  for only them to know . . .   
      
   British Columbians are finding more and more reasons to get rid of the Harper   
   government in Ottawa - and the quicker the better.   
      
      
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   CBC News Posted: Jan 19, 2015   
      
   Kinder Morgan not required to release more Trans Mountain pipeline plans, NEB   
   rules   
      
      
   Opponents of Kinder Morgan's Trans Mountain Pipeline expansion project are   
   angry about the National Energy Board's decision not to require the energy   
   giant to reveal more details of its emergency plans to handle spills.   
      
   The company is seeking approval from the NEB to nearly triple the capacity of   
   the existing pipeline. The $5.4 billion project would twin the existing   
   pipeline that runs from Edmonton to Burnaby, B.C.   
      
     The B.C. government as well as several Metro Vancouver municipalities and   
   First Nations Bands had argued they needed more information about how the   
   company planned to respond in the event of a spill.   
      
   But the company argued it didn't want to release the details for "personal,   
   commercial and security reasons."   
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   In a statement Trans Mountain said the plan is only intended for "first   
   responders, local agencies and authorities involved in responding to an   
   emergency...and it's not meant for public   
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   consumption."   
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   The NEB ruled in favour of the company on Thursday, just one day before the   
   deadline for information requests as part of the second round of hearings.   
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   "In this instance, the board is satisfied that sufficient information has been   
   filed from the existing EMP documents to meet the board’s requirements at   
   this   
   stage in the process," said the board in its decision   
      
      
   'Unacceptable' decision   
      
   Green Party MLA  Andrew Weaver was critical of the NEB decision not to require   
   the release of more detailed plans.   
      
   "They don't even know what the emergency response plan is.  It's simply   
   unacceptable."   
      
   Without the details of the plans, the province should launch its own   
   independent assessment of the project, he said.   
      
   "There is only one thing the province can do right now and that is to say, 'You   
   know what, this is the line in the sand we drew... It is our right to see the   
   emergency response plan. You have not given it to us.  You have redacted out   
   large sections.  We will conduct our own independent assessment process now.'"   
      
   Wilderness Committee campaigner Eoin Madden was also concerned by the lack of   
   information released by the company.   
      
   "Once again...we're finding out that critical information to keep us safe,   
   information we need to keep our children safe, keep the atmosphere safe, is   
   being withheld."   
      
   On Friday the City of Vancouver submitted nearly 600 more questions to Kinder   
   Morgan, many specifically aimed at emergency and spill response.   
      
   Hearings on the project are ongoing.   
      
      
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