{"id":4976,"date":"2015-01-28T14:48:43","date_gmt":"2015-01-28T19:48:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=4976"},"modified":"2015-01-28T14:48:43","modified_gmt":"2015-01-28T19:48:43","slug":"enbridge-gets-another-federal-tar-sands-crude-pipeline-permit-as-senate-debates-keystone-xl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=4976","title":{"rendered":"Enbridge Gets Another Federal Tar Sands Crude Pipeline Permit As Senate Debates Keystone XL"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/www.desmogblog.com\/2015\/01\/28\/enbridge-gets-another-federal-tar-sands-pipeline-permit-senate-debates-keystone-xl\" target=\"_blank\">Enbridge Gets Another Federal Tar Sands Crude Pipeline Permit As Senate Debates Keystone XL<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>On January 16, the\u00a0<span class=\"caps\">U.S.<\/span>\u00a0Army Corps of Engineers gave\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.desmogblog.com\/directory\/vocabulary\/4389\">Enbridge<\/a>\u00a0a controversial<a href=\"http:\/\/www.desmogblog.com\/directory\/vocabulary\/14049\">Nationwide Permit 12<\/a>\u00a0green-light\u00a0for its proposed\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.enbridge.com\/Line78PipelineProject\/Maps.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Line 78 pipeline<\/a>, set to bring heavy tar sands\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.desmogblog.com\/directory\/vocabulary\/6951\">diluted bitumen (\u201cdilbit\u201d)<\/a>from Pontiac, Illinois to its\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.desmogblog.com\/directory\/vocabulary\/15732\">Griffith, Indiana holding terminal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/file\/\/\/Users\/Steve_Horn_Computer\/Downloads\/LRC-2013-226_Line78_NW_Autho_1_14_2015.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">permit<\/a>\u00a0for the pipeline with the capacity to carry 800,000 barrels-per-day of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.desmogblog.com\/directory\/vocabulary\/2632\">tar sands<\/a>\u00a0dilbit\u00a0came ten days after the introduction of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/114th-congress\/senate-bill\/1\" target=\"_blank\">S.1\u00a0\u2014 the\u00a0Keystone\u00a0<span class=\"caps\">XL<\/span>\u00a0Pipeline Act<\/a>\u00a0\u2014 currently up for debate on the\u00a0<span class=\"caps\">U.S.<\/span>\u00a0Senate floor, which calls for the permitting of the northern leg of TransCanada&#8217;s\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.desmogblog.com\/directory\/vocabulary\/5857\">Keystone\u00a0<span class=\"caps\">XL<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"file:\/\/\/Users\/Steve_Horn_Computer\/Downloads\/LRC-2013-226_Line78_NW_Autho_1_14_2015.pdf\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.desmogblog.com\/sites\/beta.desmogblog.com\/files\/Screen%20Shot%202015-01-26%20at%204.47.32%20PM.png\" alt=\"Enbridge Line 78 Army Corps of Engineers Permit\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Image Credit:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/file\/\/\/Users\/Steve_Horn_Computer\/Downloads\/LRC-2013-226_Line78_NW_Autho_1_14_2015.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"caps\">U.S.<\/span>\u00a0Army Corps of Engineers<\/a>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Griffith is located just south of Whiting, Indiana, home of a massive refinery owned by\u00a0<span class=\"caps\">BP<\/span>. 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