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KXL: Fifty Conditions Involve A Multitude Of Details

Victoria Wicks

When TransCanada was given authority to build the Keystone XL Pipeline through Western South Dakota ten years ago, the Public Utilities Commission issued 50 amended conditions with the permit. Those 50 conditions are at the heart of the Keystone XL Pipeline hearing held this week and next.

To read the 50 conditions, go to this link and scroll down to page 25.

https://puc.sd.gov/commission/orders/hydrocarbonpipeline/2010/hp09-001c.pdf

Credit Victoria Wicks
Landowner John Harter is an intervener in the KXL hearing. He tried to stop the pipeline from crossing his land near Colome, but failed.

Rapid City freelancer Victoria L. Wicks has been producing news for SDPB since August 2007. She Retired from this position in March 2023.
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