ENERGY EAST: Tar Sands Pipeline Facts tise that could help the hearing panel gain a greater understanding of a given matter under con- sideration.” http://www.neb-one.gc.ca A Pipeline from West to East http://www.neb-one.gc.ca/clf-nsi/rcmmn/hm-eng.html

Called the Energy East Pipeline by TransCanada, the proposed 4,400-kilometre pipeline will Applying to Participate in a Hearing carry between 500,000 and 1.1 million barrels of crude oil per day from and Saskatche- wan to refineries in Eastern .This exceeds the capacity of the proposed Keystone XL http://www.neb-one.gc.ca/clf-nsi/rthnb/pblcprtcptn/pblchrng/pblchrng-eng.html pipeline to the Gulf of Mexico. NEB Intervenor Status Application Electronic Submission www.neb-one.gc.ca/efile/ElectronicDocumentSubmission.aspx The project has the following expected major components: Application for intervenor status must be within 14 days of the original proposal’s submission to the NEB. •The conversion of an existing 3000km natural gas pipeline to an oil transportation pipeline Matters in Relation to Landowners may be submitted here •The construction of 1,400km of new pipeline in Alberta, , Manitoba, Eastern On- http://www.neb-one.gc.ca/clf-nsi/rthnb/pblcprtcptn/nvlvngthpblc-eng.html tario, Québec and to link up with the converted pipe Landowner Rights and Liability issues are considered here •Constructing the associated facilities, pump stations and tank terminals, required to move crude When the Landsman Comes Calling: Don’t Sign Anything Until you are Absolutely Sure oil from Alberta and Saskatchewan to Québec and New Brunswick, including marine export fa- cilities that enable access to other markets by ship Canadian Association of Energy and Pipeline Landowner Association http://landownerassociation.ca/rsrcs/WhentheLandsmanComesCalling_DontSignAnything2010.pdf •The exact route is subject to both public and regulatory review. The planned starting point is a West East Pipe Line proposed Route in NB new tank terminal in Hardisty, Alta. Three other new terminals will be built along the pipeline’s route: One in Saskatchewan, one in the Québec City area and another at , Saint John, The Energy East pipeline closely follows the NB Power transmission line right of way from N.B.. The terminals in the Québec City and Saint John areas will include facilities for marine East of the Saint John River through Edmundston, Saint Andre and Plaster Rock towards tanker loading. The project will also deliver oil to existing Québec refineries in Montréal, near Juniper where in turns Québec City and in Saint-John. New pipeline will be built in Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, cross country to Minto Eastern Ontario, Québec and New Brunswick. and Chipman past Grand

Lake turning South be- •TransCanada’s Information website can be found at: tween Norton and Hamp- www.energyeastpipeline.com/about/the-project/#sthash.nNS6slhH.dpuf ton then West to the Can- aport LNG terminus at The Saint John.

The NEB both licenses the construction and operation of and requires regu- Such a route would cross lated companies such as TransCanada Pipeline to “anticipate, prevent, manage and mitigate any more than 100 steams potentially dangerous conditions associated with their pipelines.” It has authority over the pro- and major watersheds posed EnergyEast pipeline as it will cross provincial borders. including the Mada- waska, Little River, The National Energy Board recognizes the importance “...of hearing from the people who have a Salmon, Tobique, South stake in a proposed facility project.” Specifically, the Board will hear from the people who stand West Branch Miramichi, to be directly affected by a proposed project. This effectively means only landowners on the pro- Nashwaak, Canaan and posed route. The NEB asserts it also “ ...may hear from those who have information and exper- Kennebecasis Rivers . Pipeline Leaks The Alberta and Climate. Neil C. Swart and Andrew J. Weaver in Nature Climate Change, Vol. 2, pages 134–136; February 19, 2012. or diluted bitumen from tar sands prepared for pipeline transport is associated with 1 - 2.5x the rate of failure, 1.5/1000km/year, of other fluids. It is considered difficult to The Facts on Oil Sands. clean up as it is sticky and sinks in water. Dilbit spills in Kalamazoo, Michigan and Mayfield, Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers, 2013. Available as a PDF at Arkansas are proving difficult to remediate. www.capp.ca/getdoc.aspx?DocId=220513&DT=NT

TransCanada’s 1, a new pipeline, has had 14 major spills in less than three Bay of Fundy years of operation.The 400km length of the EnergyEast pipeline in NB can be expected to expe- rience a significant spill once every two years over its lifetime. An increase in large oil tanker shipping would further endanger Right Whales and increase the risk of catastrophic oil spills in the Bay of Fundy. Neither the province of New Brunswick nor Amid Pipeline Debate, Two Costly Cleanups Forever Change Towns the Federal government has the resources to deal with a major oil spill. New York Times, August 10th, 2013 Evidence that ship noise increases stress in right whales Crude, Dirty, Dangerous Rolland et al Proc. R. Soc. B June 2012 vol. 279 no. 1737 2363 - 2368 NewYorkTimes, August 20th, 2013 Whale Facts: Mortality http://www.rightwhale.ca/mortality-motalite_e.php Crude Awakening http://globalnews.ca/tag/crude-awakening/ Hear This: ship noise stresses whales Live Science, February 07, 2012 A Dilbit Primer: How it’s different from Conventional Oil htttp://www.livescience.com/18367_ship-noise-stresses-whales.html http://insideclimatenews.org/news/20120626/dilbit-primer-diluted-bitumen-conventional-oil-tar-sands-Al berta-Kalamazoo-Keystone-XL-Enbridge

PetCoke Request a chaired meeting with TransCanada for a meaningful consultation. TransCanada can be reached at 1 855 895 8750. Petroleum coke or PetCoke is a major byproduct of upgraded diluted bitumen. It presents prob- lems of on site storage unless sold overseas or consumed locally in coal fired electrical generat- Meet with your MP and MLA. ing stations. It cannot be sold in the U.S. The bulk of the tar sands bitumen transported by the EnergyEast pipeline will be exported from the new terminal at Mispec Point. Apply as an intervenor to the National Energy Board

Petroleum Coke: The Coal Hiding in the Tar Sands Hold a local public meeting. http://priceofoil.org/2013/01/17/petroleum-coke-the-coal-hiding-in-the-tar-sands/

Tar Sands Oil Join the Conservation Council www.conservationcouncil.ca Tar sands oil is a global carbon budget buster. It simply cannot be burned without driving global warming beyond acceptable limits.

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Greenhouse Goo: the fate of the Alberta’s tar sands mines—and the climate—may come down to the Keystone XL pipeline Conservation Council of New Brunswick by David Biello Scientific American 2013, July 180 rue Saint John Fredericton, NB E3B A49 Warming Caused by Cumulative Carbon Emissions towards the Trillionth Tonne. (506) 458 - 8747 [email protected] Myles R. Allen et al. in Nature,Vol. 458, pages 1163–1166; April 30, 2009.