Regulator picks 98 interveners for new Trans Mountain pipeline hearing
CALGARY — The National Energy Board says it has granted intervener status to 98 applicants for an upcoming hearing to reconsider approval of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project.
The NEB says it received 123 applications to participate by the deadline and rejected 25 of them.
It says 75 applicants were interveners in previous hearings and 23 are considered new applicants.
The list includes the cities of Vancouver, Victoria and Burnaby; Indigenous groups from Alberta and B.C.; environmental groups; oil companies; the governments of Alberta and B.C.; and representatives of federal government departments.