Canadian Regulator Seeks Feedback on CGL Extension Request

Canada’s National Energy Board (NEB) said December 19 it has asked other intervenors in the review examining jurisdiction of the Coastal GasLink (CGL) pipeline project for their opinions on whether a request to extend CGL’s deadline for filing evidence should be approved.

On December 17, CGL asked for a four-week extension, to January 25, 2019 from December 28, 2018, to file its evidence in the jurisdictional review. LNG Canada, whose liquefaction terminal in Kitimat will be the terminus of the CGL pipeline, supported the extension request, as did two of its joint venture partners, Diamond LNG Canada Partnership (Japan’s Mitsubishi) and Kogas Canada LNG (Korea Gas).

BC environmentalist Michael Sawyer, who initiated the request for a jurisdictional review, is opposed to the extension, while Ecojustice, the lone environmental non-government organisation with standing in the review, offered no opinion on the request.

The NEB has asked that other intervenors file their comments on the extension request by 12 noon (MST) on December 21 and that CGL file any replies to those comments by 9 am (MST) on December 24.