<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt"><div id="yiv1635601721"><div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><div id="yiv1635601721yui_3_7_2_16_1362295559101_250" class="yiv1635601721yui_3_7_2_16_1362295559101_249"><span style="font-size: 13px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" id="yiv1635601721yui_3_7_2_16_1362295559101_368">Hi folks</span></div><div id="yiv1635601721yui_3_7_2_16_1362295559101_252" class="yiv1635601721yui_3_7_2_16_1362295559101_251"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div style="background-color:transparent;" id="yiv1635601721yui_3_7_2_16_1362295559101_254"><font size="2" id="yiv1635601721yui_3_7_2_16_1362295559101_369" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">The Keystone XL Environmental
Assessment report was released with a 45 day public feedback process. </font></div><div style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-style:normal;" id="yiv1635601721yui_3_7_2_16_1362295559101_256" class="yiv1635601721yui_3_7_2_16_1362295559101_255"><span style="font-size: 13px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2013/03/205547.htm">http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2013/03/205547.htm</a><br></span></div><div style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-style:normal;" id="yiv1635601721yui_3_7_2_16_1362295559101_258" class="yiv1635601721yui_3_7_2_16_1362295559101_257"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-style:normal;" id="yiv1635601721yui_3_7_2_16_1362295559101_260"
class="yiv1635601721yui_3_7_2_16_1362295559101_259"><span style="font-size: 13px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" id="yiv1635601721yui_3_7_2_16_1362295559101_371">For the EA data etc. visit here: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.keystonepipeline-xl.state.gov/">http://www.keystonepipeline-xl.state.gov/</a></span></div><div style="background-color:transparent;
color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-style:normal;" id="yiv1635601721yui_3_7_2_16_1362295559101_262" class="yiv1635601721yui_3_7_2_16_1362295559101_261"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-style:normal;" id="yiv1635601721yui_3_7_2_16_1362295559101_266" class="yiv1635601721yui_3_7_2_16_1362295559101_265"><font size="2" style="font-weight: bold; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" id="yiv1635601721yui_3_7_2_16_1362295559101_375">Some of the key points to consider are below along with references.</font></div><div style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-style:normal;" id="yiv1635601721yui_3_7_2_16_1362295559101_268" class="yiv1635601721yui_3_7_2_16_1362295559101_267"><font size="2" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br></font></div><div style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-style:normal;"
id="yiv1635601721yui_3_7_2_16_1362295559101_270" class="yiv1635601721yui_3_7_2_16_1362295559101_269"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><font size="2"></font></span></div><div style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(37, 35, 35);" id="yiv1635601721yui_3_7_2_16_1362295559101_272" class="yiv1635601721yui_3_7_2_16_1362295559101_271"><font size="2" id="yiv1635601721yui_3_7_2_16_1362295559101_378" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">The US State Department states the Keystone will not increase Tar Sands production but this conflicts with the data previously released by the Canadian Association of <span id="yiv1635601721misspell-0" class="yiv1635601721"><span id="yiv1635601721yui_3_7_2_1_1362295559101_3539">Petroleum</span></span> Producers released in June 2012 which states the Keystone XL will result in increase production. </font></div><div style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(37, 35, 35);"
id="yiv1635601721yui_3_7_2_16_1362295559101_274" class="yiv1635601721yui_3_7_2_16_1362295559101_273"><font size="2"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.capp.ca/getdoc.aspx?DocId=209546&DT=NTV" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">http://www.capp.ca/getdoc.aspx?DocId=209546&DT=NTV</a></font></div><div style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-style:normal;" id="yiv1635601721yui_3_7_2_16_1362295559101_278" class="yiv1635601721yui_3_7_2_16_1362295559101_277"><font size="2" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br></font></div><div style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-style:normal;" id="yiv1635601721yui_3_7_2_16_1362295559101_280" class="yiv1635601721yui_3_7_2_16_1362295559101_279"><font size="2"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:rgb(17, 17, 17);line-height:24px;" class="yiv1635601721yui_3_7_2_16_1362295559101_314"
id="yiv1635601721yui_3_7_2_16_1362295559101_382">U.S. Department of Transportation's Leak Detection Study states there are up to </span><span style="color:rgb(17, 17, 17);line-height:24px;" class="yiv1635601721yui_3_7_2_16_1362295559101_315"> </span><span style="color:rgb(17, 17, 17);line-height:24px;" class="yiv1635601721yui_3_7_2_16_1362295559101_316">$5 billion in property damages due to pipeline related accidents annually. It's up to the public to find the majority of leaks and the report concludes that</span><span style="color:rgb(17, 17, 17);line-height:24px;" class="yiv1635601721yui_3_7_2_16_1362295559101_317"> </span><span style="color:rgb(17, 17, 17);line-height:24px;" class="yiv1635601721yui_3_7_2_16_1362295559101_318">leak detection technology around pipelines is not modern, scientific or technical. In today’s age, that will just not fly politically.</span></span><br></font></div><div
style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-style:normal;" id="yiv1635601721yui_3_7_2_16_1362295559101_282" class="yiv1635601721yui_3_7_2_16_1362295559101_281"><font size="2" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://oilandgas-investments.com/2012/energy-services/leak-detection-pipeline-industry/">http://oilandgas-investments.com/2012/energy-services/leak-detection-pipeline-industry/</a><br></font></div><div style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-style:normal;" id="yiv1635601721yui_3_7_2_16_1362295559101_284" class="yiv1635601721yui_3_7_2_16_1362295559101_283"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-style:normal;" id="yiv1635601721yui_3_7_2_16_1362295559101_286" class="yiv1635601721yui_3_7_2_16_1362295559101_285"><span style="font-size: small;
font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-style:normal;" id="yiv1635601721yui_3_7_2_16_1362295559101_288" class="yiv1635601721yui_3_7_2_16_1362295559101_287"><span style="font-size: 13px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">The Natural Resource
Defence Council (NRDC) states: <span style="color:rgb(37, 35, 35);line-height:21px;" class="yiv1635601721yui_3_7_2_16_1362295559101_319"> NRDC has completed a preliminary review of the Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement and concludes that the State Department failed to account for the pipeline’s impact to water and climate. There is now significant evidence the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline would trigger greater tar sands development</span><span style="color:rgb(37, 35, 35);line-height:21px;" class="yiv1635601721yui_3_7_2_16_1362295559101_320" id="yiv1635601721yui_3_7_2_16_1362295559101_386"> leading to a <span id="yiv1635601721misspell-6" class="yiv1635601721"><span id="yiv1635601721yui_3_7_2_1_1362295559101_3610">sizable</span></span> increase in greenhouse gas emissions equal to adding 6 million new cars on the road. No regard for Petecoke impacts used to power operations in Alberta which bumps up the
associated carbon by 13%.</span></span></div><div style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(37, 35, 35);font-style:normal;" id="yiv1635601721yui_3_7_2_16_1362295559101_290" class="yiv1635601721yui_3_7_2_16_1362295559101_289"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://switchboard.nrdc.org/blogs/ddroitsch/another_flawed_environmental_r.html#.UTFpyNq3fE0.twitter">http://switchboard.nrdc.org/blogs/ddroitsch/another_flawed_environmental_r.html#.UTFpyNq3fE0.twitter</a><br></span></div><div style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(37, 35, 35);font-style:normal;" id="yiv1635601721yui_3_7_2_16_1362295559101_292" class="yiv1635601721yui_3_7_2_16_1362295559101_291"><br></div><div style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(37, 35, 35);font-style:normal;" id="yiv1635601721yui_3_7_2_16_1362295559101_296" class="yiv1635601721yui_3_7_2_16_1362295559101_295"><span
style="font-size: 13px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" id="yiv1635601721yui_3_7_2_16_1362295559101_393">It ignores the fact that even Syncrude admits the
product is more corrosive. Here is a Syncrude report about the impacts of corrosion on it's own bitumen upgrading plant in Alberta. <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/ef020098y" style="background-color:transparent;" id="yiv1635601721yui_3_7_2_16_1362295559101_438">http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/ef020098y</a></span></div><div style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(37, 35, 35);font-style:normal;" id="yiv1635601721yui_3_7_2_16_1362295559101_296" class="yiv1635601721yui_3_7_2_16_1362295559101_295"><br id="yiv1635601721yui_3_7_2_16_1362295559101_442"></div><div style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(37, 35, 35); font-style: normal; font-size: 16px; font-family: 'helvetica neue', arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" id="yiv1635601721yui_3_7_2_16_1362295559101_296" class="yiv1635601721yui_3_7_2_16_1362295559101_295"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"
id="yiv1635601721yui_3_7_2_16_1362295559101_449">Alberta often uses deep saline aquifers to process oil sands
products. </span><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://environment.gov.ab.ca/info/library/8042.pdf" id="yiv1635601721yui_3_7_2_16_1362295559101_429" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">http://environment.gov.ab.ca/info/library/8042.pdf</a><span id="yiv1635601721yui_3_7_2_16_1362295559101_447" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">. </span></div><div id="yiv1635601721yui_3_7_2_16_1362295559101_302" class="yiv1635601721yui_3_7_2_16_1362295559101_301" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(37, 35, 35); font-size: 13px;"><br class="yiv1635601721Apple-interchange-newline">The Keystone XL report fails to address the fact that the Keystone is a form of bulk water transfer. Huge volumes of water are needed to dilute bitumen and when they refine it, the water is reused for refineries and possibly for fracking purposes. <span
id="yiv1635601721yui_3_7_2_16_1362295559101_453" style="background-color: transparent; font-family: 'helvetica neue', arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Seeing that the end points are the drought stricken Texas and China, it is reasonable to state the impacts of this water transfer will further add to increased production of both oil and natural gas at the endpoints refining this product but these values are not being represented in the current report. </span></div><div style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(37, 35, 35);font-style:normal;" id="yiv1635601721yui_3_7_2_16_1362295559101_298" class="yiv1635601721yui_3_7_2_16_1362295559101_297"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(37, 35, 35);font-style:normal;" id="yiv1635601721yui_3_7_2_16_1362295559101_300" class="yiv1635601721yui_3_7_2_16_1362295559101_299"><span style="font-family: arial,
helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height:21px;" id="yiv1635601721yui_3_7_2_16_1362295559101_472"><span style="font-size:13px;">Currently there is a
sweeping audit of TransCanada’s Canadian operations after confirming the account of a </span><span id="yiv1635601721misspell-11" class="yiv1635601721" style="font-size:13px;"><span id="yiv1635601721yui_3_7_2_1_1362295559101_3732">whistle blower</span></span><span style="font-size:13px;"> documenting repeated violations of pipeline safety regulations by the company.</span><span style="font-size:13px;" id="yiv1635601721yui_3_7_2_16_1362295559101_475"> </span></span></span><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://switchboard.nrdc.org/blogs/aswift/transcanadas_record_presents_a.html" id="yiv1635601721yui_3_7_2_16_1362295559101_397" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: transparent;">http://switchboard.nrdc.org/blogs/aswift/transcanadas_record_presents_a.html</a></div><div style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(37, 35, 35); font-style: normal; font-size: 13px; font-family: arial,
helvetica, sans-serif;" id="yiv1635601721yui_3_7_2_16_1362295559101_302" class="yiv1635601721yui_3_7_2_16_1362295559101_301"><br id="yiv1635601721yui_3_7_2_16_1362295559101_411"></div><div style="background-color:transparent;" id="yiv1635601721yui_3_7_2_16_1362295559101_302" class="yiv1635601721yui_3_7_2_16_1362295559101_301"><span style="color: rgb(37, 35, 35); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">During spills, booms won't work in Diluted bitumen. The product sinks and it also emits toxic vapours. Clean up costs for this product can be up to 10 times more expensive than a spill of conventional oil. </span><a href="http://thetyee.ca/News/2012/03/05/Diluted-Bitumen/" style="font-size: 10pt;">http://thetyee.ca/News/2012/03/05/Diluted-Bitumen/</a></div><div style="background-color:transparent;" id="yiv1635601721yui_3_7_2_16_1362295559101_302" class="yiv1635601721yui_3_7_2_16_1362295559101_301"><br></div><div
style="background-color:transparent;" id="yiv1635601721yui_3_7_2_16_1362295559101_302" class="yiv1635601721yui_3_7_2_16_1362295559101_301"><br></div><div style="background-color:transparent;" id="yiv1635601721yui_3_7_2_16_1362295559101_302" class="yiv1635601721yui_3_7_2_16_1362295559101_301">To have your say on this issue just email <b style="color: rgb(37, 37, 37); font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20px; text-align: -webkit-center;"><a href="mailto:keystonecomments@state.gov" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; color: rgb(38, 100, 162); line-height: 18px; text-decoration: initial;">keystonecomments@state.gov</a></b></div><div style="background-color:transparent;" id="yiv1635601721yui_3_7_2_16_1362295559101_302" class="yiv1635601721yui_3_7_2_16_1362295559101_301"><br></div><div style="background-color:transparent;"
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