NEB to hold hearing on Trans Mountain Pipeline

The National Energy Board (NEB or the Board) will hear oral arguments on a motion from Trans Mountain Pipeline seeking an order for access to Burnaby Mountain. The motion also includes a Notice of Constitutional Question. The hearing will begin at 9am (MDT) on 9 October at the National Energy Board’s offices in Calgary and the public is welcome to attend. The hearing is expected to last for one to two days.

Trans Mountain is requesting an NEB order which would grant the company access to Burnaby Mountain to carry out surveys and studies necessary for fixing the site of the pipeline. The motion also asks the NEB to forbid the City of Burnaby from denying the company access to the land.

On 25 September, the NEB turned down a motion from the company requesting a similar order as the NEB determined that the request contained a constitutional question. When raising a constitutional question, federal legislation requires that notice be provided to the Attorneys General of Canada and the provinces While this notice had not been provided in Trans Mountain’s original request, it has now been served on the Attorneys General.

Before making a decision on this motion, the Board will hear from the City of Burnaby, Trans Mountain and any of the Attorneys General who choose to participate.

Adapted from press release by Hannah Priestley-Eaton

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