TransCanada Announces It Will Drop Eminent Domain Lawsuits In Nebraska

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LINCOLN, Neb. – The developer of the Keystone XL pipeline is shifting course in Nebraska and will withdraw lawsuits seeking to gain access to the property of landowners who oppose the project, the company announced Tuesday.

TransCanada Inc. said it will abandon its current efforts to invoke eminent domain through the courts and will reapply for state approval despite having received the go-ahead from former Republican Gov. Dave Heineman in 2013.

Heineman approved the project under a now-contested pipeline-siting law that granted him the final say over the project’s route through Nebraska. TransCanada spokesman Mark Cooper said the company will instead seek a review from the Nebraska Public Service Commission — a small, elected group that regulates most pipeline projects — as many opponents have wanted.

Cooper said the company intends to seek approval for the same route that was approved by the governor, but reapplying through the commission provides “the clearest path to achieving route certainty,” given the lawsuits that sought to overturn Nebraska’s 3-year-old pipeline-siting law.

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http://globalnews.ca/news/2249138/keystone-xl-developer-drops-landowner-lawsuits-in-nebraska/

[djean111]

1. So - they are not giving up, but merely taking another path to getting what they want.

IMO, because they know if the GOP or Hillary takes the White House, the Keystone XL will be in like Flynn.
No matter what sort of campaign rhetoric is uttered.

[RiverLover]

2. Another path that's less expensive as well.

I think its a really bad sign.