red states rule
09-08-2011, 02:35 AM
Another great "accomplishment" for the Obama administration and the enviro wackos
In its Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) on the Keystone XL pipeline, which would create thousands of jobs and transport 830,000 barrels of oil a day from Canada to Oklahoma and Texas, a State Department official said its investigation found “no significant impact to most resources” along the path of the 1,700-mile project. But the State Department also said the pipeline could adversely affect the American Burying Beetle (http://www.fws.gov/southwest/es/Oklahoma/beetle1.htm), an endangered species.
Kerri-Ann Jones, assistant secretary of the Bureau of Oceans (http://www.state.gov/g/oes/) and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs at the State Department, said during an Aug. 26 conference call (http://www.state.gov/g/oes/rls/remarks/2011/171117.htm) with reporters that there could be some impact on the beetle’s habitat. The bug was listed as endangered under the Endangered Species Act in 1989.
“The FEIS (http://www.state.gov/g/oes/rls/remarks/2011/171117.htm)does have a summary of findings, and what that summary states is that there would be no significant impact to most resources along the proposed pipeline corridor,” Jones said in answering a question from a Washington Post.
“There are some areas of impact that have been identified,” she said. “These include one that we touched on in the previous question regarding cultural resources, and I said, there’s been a program agreement put in place to address some of that. There’s also an adverse effect that is identified regarding the American Burying Beetle, as it is an endangered species, and there are – there’s a detailed biological assessment in the FEIS on that.”
Jones then added that the TransCanada Keystone Pipeline Project (http://www.transcanada.com/keystone.html), which applied for a presidential permit from the State Department in 2008, would have to comply with U.S. laws and regulations if the project is approved, including protecting the red and black Burying Beetle that feeds on carrion.
She said TransCanada has “agreed to take the necessary mitigation steps” to protect the bug.
http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/job-creating-keystone-pipeline-us-advers
In its Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) on the Keystone XL pipeline, which would create thousands of jobs and transport 830,000 barrels of oil a day from Canada to Oklahoma and Texas, a State Department official said its investigation found “no significant impact to most resources” along the path of the 1,700-mile project. But the State Department also said the pipeline could adversely affect the American Burying Beetle (http://www.fws.gov/southwest/es/Oklahoma/beetle1.htm), an endangered species.
Kerri-Ann Jones, assistant secretary of the Bureau of Oceans (http://www.state.gov/g/oes/) and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs at the State Department, said during an Aug. 26 conference call (http://www.state.gov/g/oes/rls/remarks/2011/171117.htm) with reporters that there could be some impact on the beetle’s habitat. The bug was listed as endangered under the Endangered Species Act in 1989.
“The FEIS (http://www.state.gov/g/oes/rls/remarks/2011/171117.htm)does have a summary of findings, and what that summary states is that there would be no significant impact to most resources along the proposed pipeline corridor,” Jones said in answering a question from a Washington Post.
“There are some areas of impact that have been identified,” she said. “These include one that we touched on in the previous question regarding cultural resources, and I said, there’s been a program agreement put in place to address some of that. There’s also an adverse effect that is identified regarding the American Burying Beetle, as it is an endangered species, and there are – there’s a detailed biological assessment in the FEIS on that.”
Jones then added that the TransCanada Keystone Pipeline Project (http://www.transcanada.com/keystone.html), which applied for a presidential permit from the State Department in 2008, would have to comply with U.S. laws and regulations if the project is approved, including protecting the red and black Burying Beetle that feeds on carrion.
She said TransCanada has “agreed to take the necessary mitigation steps” to protect the bug.
http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/job-creating-keystone-pipeline-us-advers