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South Dakota Public Utilities Commission Meeting
May 6, 2008, at 9:30 A.M.
State Capitol Building, Room 464
Pierre, South Dakota
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ADDENDUM TO THE
AGENDA OF COMMISSION MEETING
Hydrocarbon Pipeline
On April 27, 2007, TransCanada Keystone Pipeline, LP, (Keystone) filed a siting permit application for the South Dakota portion of the Keystone Pipeline Project (Project). The Project will transport crude oil starting in Hardisty, Alberta, Canada and ending in Patoka, Illinois. The proposed 30 inch diameter pipeline will have a nominal capacity of 435,000 barrels of oil per day (bpd) with a possible expansion to 591,000 bpd. The proposed route will enter South Dakota at the North Dakota/South Dakota border in Marshall County and extend in a southerly direction, exiting the state at the South Dakota/Nebraska border in Yankton County. The length of the pipeline in South Dakota will be approximately 220 miles and it will cross the counties of Marshall, Day, Clark, Beadle, Kingsbury, Miner, Hanson, McCook, Hutchinson and Yankton. The Project also includes four pump stations in South Dakota located in Day, Beadle, Miner and Hutchinson counties along with 15 mainline valves with an average spacing of 15 miles between valves. A scheduling and procedural order was issued at the September 11, 2007, commission meeting. A hearing in this docket was held December 3 – 7, 2007, and December 10 – 11, 2007. On March 11, 2008, the commission granted a siting permit with certain conditions. On April 29, 2008, Keystone filed a Motion for Approval of Public Liaison Officer. A Motion for Approval of Construction Bond was filed by Keystone on April 30, 2008.
TODAY, shall the Commission Grant the Motion for Approval of Public Liaison Officer? AND, shall the Commission Grant the Motion for Approval of Construction Bond?
_/S/ Heather Forney_________
Heather K. Forney
Deputy Executive Director
heather.forney@state.sd.us
May 2, 2008
