[All] Montreal to ask NEB to withhold approval of Line 9

[Louisette Lanteigne]

The mayor and head of the Montreal Metropolitan Community (representing 82 communities), says Enbridge has not met all 30 conditions set out to earn his approval on the controversial Line 9 pipeline project.


Coderre said the MMC won't approve the reversal project until Enbridge meets key criteria:
	* Detailing its plan to protect waterways touched by Line 9.
	* Outlining its emergency plan in case of a spill.
"I'm for economic development, but if you don't fulfill those conditions, I'm not going to support it," Coderre said. 
"So right now, it's not a matter of, 'Well, a good average is 28 out of 30.' No. It's got to be 30 out of 30," he continued.
He said his next step is to ask the National Energy Board and the federal minister responsible for natural resources to withhold approval of Line 9's reversal until the concerns of the MMC are properly addressed.
Enbridge spokesman Eric Prud'Homme says the project will only proceed if all the criteria are met.
"We always said we would fulfill all conditions, and this is what our team is working on...If we can’t fulfill the conditions as prescribed by the NEB order, there won’t be any project.  There won’t be any reversal.”
Here's the complete article: 

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/enbridge-s-line-9-pipeline-reversal-plan-not-ok-d-by-montreal-1.2764660
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