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The federally appointed Joint Review Panel (JRP) released its report on the
Mackenzie Gas Project on Wednesday December 30th, 2009. The panel
examining the socio-economic and environmental impact of the Project for the
last five years granted its approval based on fully implementing the 176
recommendations highlighted in the 679-page report.
In that report the panel said that they it was “confident that the project
as filed, if built and operated with full implementation of the panel's
recommendations, would deliver valuable and lasting overall benefits and
avoid significant adverse environmental impacts".
The $16.2-billion project would transport processed natural gas 1,196
kilometres from Inuvik, N.W.T., south through the Mackenzie Valley to a
facility to be built in north western Alberta.
The JRP's report is now before the National Energy Board for a final round
of hearings scheduled for April. The board will then decide if the Mackenzie
Gas Project may go ahead subject to final approval from the federal cabinet.
View the
complete report and executive summary
View
the detailed Mackenzie Valley Project map
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