Detailed Route Hearings for Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion Project head to Kamloops, Merritt

Media Advisory

For immediate release
April  26, 2018

CALGARY – The National Energy Board (NEB) will resume Detailed Route Hearings in the B.C. Interior in early May to hear from landowners who have raised concerns with the detailed route of the Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion Project.

The NEB has scheduled hearings running from May 1 to May 3 in Kamloops, B.C. at Hotel 540 (540 Victoria Street) for landowners and affected persons granted a hearing. The following week (May 8-10) hearings are scheduled for Merritt, B.C. at the Merritt Civic Centre (1950 Mamette Ave.)

The 1,147 km pipeline project was approved by the Government of Canada in November 2016 along an approximate 150 metre-wide pipeline corridor. The detailed route approval process will determine whether Trans Mountain’s proposed placement of the new pipeline within the approved corridor is the best possible route. It is a key regulatory step required by the NEB before construction can begin on the new pipeline.

Details of these hearings, a daily schedule of appearances and transcripts are available on the NEB website.

The NEB wishes to provide a safe and secure opportunity for all participants to share their input. Access to the hearing room will be limited to landowners and their registered guests, Trans Mountain staff, NEB staff and accredited media. Those unable to attend the hearing in-person can access the live audio feed  on the NEB website. For more details on the oral hearing process, please see Procedural Update #4 [Filing A91386].

Media accreditation is required for all journalists who wish to attend the hearing in-person. Media should contact James Stevenson at NEB Communications at least one business day before the hearing day they wish to attend, and provide a letter requesting accreditation on official letterhead of a media organization, signed by the Publisher, Editor-in-chief, or Assignment Editor (along with their contact information). More information on media accreditation is available on the NEB website.

At the hearings, all media must be able to present government issued photo ID along with a business card. Please note that no video or photography will be permitted after the Panel Chair’s opening statement.

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For further information:

James Stevenson
Communications Officer
Canada Energy Regulator
Email: james.stevenson@cer-rec.gc.ca
Cell: 403-613-6126
Telephone (toll free): 1-800-899-1265
Facsimile: 403-292-5503
Facsimile (toll free): 1-877-288-8803

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