NEB rejects Burnaby's request to halt Trans Mountain's work at pipeline terminals

BURNABY, BC (NEWS 1130) – The National Energy Board has sided with Trans Mountain in a dispute with the City of Burnaby over whether the company can proceed with the construction of the two terminals of the City of Burnaby. city.

The city of Burnaby argued that Trans Mountain should not be allowed to continue construction after the cancellation of the project's approval by the court, but the NEB said that the two orders granting the approval was not badociated with the enlargement. The NEB argues that Trans Mountain should be allowed to continue work on the site as it prepares to provide new services to shippers, including clearing trees on the site.

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Burnaby, however, argued that the two previously approved orders should be canceled as they are based on the approval of the now-canceled pipeline extension project, and construction should not be commenced as long as the plans for the stockyard enlarged are not completed. The City of Burnaby has long been critical of the proposed pipeline, which includes the construction of an expanded facility on the Burnaby Storage Tank Facility at the Westridge Marine Terminal.

The authorizations mentioned allow Trans Mountain to modify the piping at the Burnaby terminal, which, according to the NEB, is necessary to "optimize the site in order to offer new services to shippers". Deforestation has also been authorized.

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The NEB has let the work go forward, saying the new plumbing would "enhance the integrity of the Burnaby Terminal".

However, Burnaby submitted that Trans Mountain should not proceed with the expansion of the facility after hypothetical pipeline approvals, as the entire pipeline expansion project is still being re-examined. .

Trans Mountain says work is needed for the proposed expansion of a now-canceled pipeline

On January 25, 2017, Trans Mountain requested the transfer of the pipelines to the Burnaby Mountain Terminal. In the application, the company said that it had to move the piping and other infrastructure "to allow the construction of tanks and badociated infrastructure as part of the Trans Mountain Expansion Project" .

TM originally argued that the delivery lines on the Burnaby Mountain property were to be relocated as they would "otherwise interfere with the construction" of the building. #TransMountain pipeline expansion.

– Lauren Boothby (@laurby) January 18, 2019

The company argued that the delivery lines must be moved because they "would otherwise interfere with the construction of the TMEP". It also indicates that the facility piping "would impede the construction of TMEP's reservoirs and badociated infrastructure, and would require removal or relocation."

This order allows the company to build a Suncor delivery line of 832 meters, as well as two lines of tanks, of a length of 295 and 93 meters each.