{"id":192962,"date":"2012-05-31T16:25:26","date_gmt":"2012-05-31T21:25:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/?p=192962"},"modified":"2012-06-01T16:27:47","modified_gmt":"2012-06-01T21:27:47","slug":"epa-has-concerns-for-keystone-pipeline-near-coast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=192962","title":{"rendered":"EPA Has Concerns for Keystone Pipeline near Coast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/?attachment_id=192963\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-192963\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2012\/05\/thumb_Keystone-Pipeline-map21-150x118.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"thumb_Keystone-Pipeline-map2\" width=\"150\" height=\"118\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-192963\" \/><\/a>HOUSTON (AP\/Staff) \u2013 The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is concerned that permitting for the southern segment of the proposed Keystone XL pipeline could be insufficient and has asked for a more extensive review. An official in the EPA\u2019s region that oversees Texas wrote a letter to the Army Corps of Engineers saying 61 water crossings near Galveston are too large for the broad permits being pursued. The official wants an environmental review that includes a public comment period. The letter, written in November, was released Thursday. The corps says it\u2019s reviewing TransCanada\u2019s permit request. This is the latest obstacle for a controversial pipeline project that has created tensions between the U.S. and Canada. The pipeline is designed to transport Canadian crude oil across the Midwest to Texas Gulf Coast refineries. It would run through eastern Smith County and much of East Texas if completed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HOUSTON (AP\/Staff) \u2013 The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is concerned that permitting for the southern segment of the proposed Keystone XL pipeline could be insufficient and has asked for a more extensive review. An official in the EPA\u2019s region that oversees Texas wrote a letter to the Army Corps of Engineers saying 61 water crossings &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=192962\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">EPA Has Concerns for Keystone Pipeline near Coast<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-192962","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news-archive-archives"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-02 13:06:59","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192962","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=192962"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192962\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":193313,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192962\/revisions\/193313"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=192962"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=192962"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=192962"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}