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HR 3301 does replace the current procedure and requirements to obtain a presidential permit for construction of transboundary oil or natural gas pipelines and electric transmission lines. What does it really do? [source: http://democrats.
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1. The bill’s new approval process effectively requires approval of all transboundary pipelines and transmission projects with little or no federal environmental review.
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2. Modifications to existing cross-border pipelines or transmission lines would not require any approval or review at all.
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3. The bill also exempts permit decisions from the National Environmental Policy Act, which requires analysis of the environmental effects of major federal actions. Under the current process, the permitting agency must affirmatively determine that a project is in the “national interest” or “public interest.” The bill’s much narrower standard and NEPA exemption would preclude the permitting agency from understanding, even considering, much less conditioning or rejecting a project based on, environmental, safety, electric reliability, economic, or competitiveness impacts.
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4. The revised language significantly narrows the environmental review process to just the segment of the project that crosses the border, ignoring the other environmental impacts along the project’s route.
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5. The revised language also allows projects denied under the existing process to reapply under the new process, where approval is almost certain.
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The League of Conservation Voters brings the real problem to light--we will be forced to carry Canadian Tar Sands [http://www.lcv.org/media/
" H.R.3301 would exempt any modifications to existing pipelines from the permitting process. This means more than just repairs – it includes flow reversals, volume expansion no matter how significant, and changes in the fuel mixture carried. This can have tragic consequences for the communities transited by modified pipelines. The Pegasus pipeline was built in the 1940s to carry light oil from the Gulf Coast to the Midwest, but in 2006, operator Exxon Mobil reversed the flow direction so the pipeline could carry Canadian tar sands oil to refiners in Texas. Three years later, they expanded the capacity of Pegasus from 65,000 to 95,000 barrels of oil per day. In 2013, the pipeline burst and flooded a suburban Arkansas community with thousands of barrels of tar sands oil.
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Unlike normal crude oil, the bitumen from tar sands is a heavy,
asphalt-like product that must be diluted with toxic chemicals in order
to flow through a pipeline. These chemicals evaporate during a spill,
leaving nearby people with headaches, nausea, and respiratory issues
with unknown long term effects.
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The product left behind sinks to the bottom of water bodies in semi-solid form, making cleanup far more difficult than in the case of normal oil spills".
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IF elected to Congress, I would oppose such a reckless bill. I urge the President to veto it [ See http://www.whitehouse.gov/
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Cook is comfortable with his multiple pensions and upper class life style with bottled and filtered water...but why would he want to increase the risk of harm to the rest of us Americans? Is it a hate for this President (whose authority HR3301 takes away, which Bush had the power to invoke)? Is PAUL COOK signaling that he would supporting impeachment of President Obama?
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The product left behind sinks to the bottom of water bodies in semi-solid form, making cleanup far more difficult than in the case of normal oil spills".
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IF elected to Congress, I would oppose such a reckless bill. I urge the President to veto it [ See http://www.whitehouse.gov/
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Cook is comfortable with his multiple pensions and upper class life style with bottled and filtered water...but why would he want to increase the risk of harm to the rest of us Americans? Is it a hate for this President (whose authority HR3301 takes away, which Bush had the power to invoke)? Is PAUL COOK signaling that he would supporting impeachment of President Obama?
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Message prepared by candidate
Bob Conaway for Congress (CA-08)
Bob Conaway for Congress (CA-08)
12127 Mall Blvd, Suite A-363
Victorville CA 92392
Contact No. (760) 617-8305
This action, and his lame justification are perfect examples of Paul Cook's activities since his election. The very commitments he made during his campaign have been reversed and then he claims only the best intentions in a very transparent lie. Disgusting in every respect, on every count.
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