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Smithers resident Michael Sawyer is arguing to the National Energy Board that a pipeline that would serve the LNG Canada plant should have undergone a federal environmental assessment. Photo: Dan Mesec \/ The Narwhal<\/div>\n
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How this man\u2019s legal challenge could stall LNG Canada<\/h3>\n
A massive new fracked gas export plant in Kitimat may have just received the go-ahead, but a Smithers resident is arguing a pipeline vital to the project should have faced a federal review \u2014 and he\u2019s won before<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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LNG Canada has announced<\/a> that the international consortium is ready to proceed with Canada\u2019s largest ever infrastructure project, but, in a David and Goliath scenario, a challenge by a Smithers environmental consultant is aiming to temporarily derail or delay the $40-billion megaproject.<\/p>\n

Michael Sawyer is arguing that the Coastal GasLink Project, a 675-kilometre pipeline running from Dawson Creek to Kitimat, should have faced a federal review by the National Energy Board instead of relying on provincial approval.<\/p>\n

Although the $4.7-billion pipeline is set to be built entirely within B.C. \u2014 which would usually put it under the jurisdiction of the province \u2014 the pipeline, which would supply the LNG Canada export terminal in Kitimat, connects to an existing pipeline system that is federally regulated.<\/p>\n

Also, Coastal GasLink Pipeline Ltd. is a wholly owned subsidiary of TransCanada Pipeline Ltd., which means under the Constitution Act the pipeline is within federal jurisdiction and should be regulated by the National Energy Board, Sawyer says in an application to the board<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Sawyer-Challenge-CoastalGasLinkProject-NEB<\/a> by The Narwhal<\/a> on Scribd<\/p>\n