TransCanada refiles application in Nebraska for Keystone XL pipeline route

TransCanada says it has refiled an application in Nebraska seeking approval for the Keystone XL pipeline route through the state, a hotbed of opposition to the project.

The company says the application with the Nebraska Public Service Commission is the clearest path to achieving route certainty, adding that it expects a decision on its application by the end of the year.

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It says the proposed route was approved by the governor of Nebraska in 2013 and its application has been shaped by "direct, on-the-ground input from Nebraskans."

Nebraska has been the site of some of the fiercest opposition to Keystone XL due to concerns that a spill could contaminate the Ogallala Aquifer.

TransCanada says the pipeline would avoid the Nebraska Sandhills area of the state under which the aquifer sits.

The company filed a presidential permit application for the project late last month after being invited to by President Donald Trump, who has asked that the review process be done quickly.

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