Sunday, August 25, 2013

Pipeline review finds river rules lacking.

Crews prepare a boom on the Gleniffer Reservoir to contain oil from a Plains Midstream pipeline leak in June 2012.
Photograph by: Jeff McIntosh, THE CANADIAN PRESS

Pipeline review finds river rules lacking.

Update: Critics pan review that finds Alberta pipeline rules lacking


Inconsistency an issue as lines cross water bodies, says safety report

By Dan Healing, Calgary Herald August 23, 2013

Pipeline safety regulations in Alberta are among the best in Canada but are inadequate when oil-bearing lines approach rivers and creeks, according to a long-awaited review of pipeline safety unveiled Friday.

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