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Yukon Pipeline Abandonment Order Amendments Include New Conditions

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09/04
For release at 2:30 p.m. (MDT)
31 March 2009

Yukon Pipeline Abandonment Order Amendments Include New Conditions

CALGARY - The National Energy Board (NEB) today amended the Yukon Pipeline Abandonment Order to include new conditions for the abandonment of the pipeline and associated facilities.

In handing down its decision, the Board ruled that the conditions for the abandonment of the Pipeline Right of Way had been met, and for the purposes of abandonment, that the Right of Way could be dealt with separately from the Carcross Station and Tank Farm. The Carcross Station site may be abandoned once monitoring and sampling confirms that product recovery is complete and the residual contamination is not a risk. The Tank Farm site may be abandoned once Yukon Pipelines Limited (YPL) demonstrates that the soil meets a remediation standard suitable for an industrial land use.

The Yukon Pipeline, owned by YPL, consisted of 144 km of pipeline running from White Pass on the international boundary between Alaska and British Columbia to Whitehorse, Yukon, including the Carcross Station, located near Carcross, Yukon, and the Tank Farm located in Whitehorse. The Tank Farm contained 24 above ground steel tanks and nine sites for pumping and storing product. The NEB's review of the Abandonment Order looked at the remediation of contamination along the Pipeline Right of Way, at the Carcross Station and at the Tank Farm.

In February 2008 the Board decided to review the Yukon Pipeline Abandonment Order, and began the process by way of a written hearing on 2 October 2008. In coming to its decision, the Board considered all of the evidence on the record in this matter, including the matters agreed to at a pre-hearing technical conference held in Whitehorse 26 and 27 August 2008.

Celebrating 50 years of regulatory leadership, the NEB is an independent federal agency that regulates several parts of Canada's energy industry. Its purpose is to promote safety and security, environmental protection, and efficient energy infrastructure and markets in the Canadian public interest, within the mandate set by Parliament in the regulation of pipelines, energy development and trade.

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For further information:

Tara O'Donovan
Communications Officer
National Energy Board
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Related documents:

• Reasons for Decision MHW-R-1-2008 [Filing A21449]
• All Regulatory Documents under: Facilities, Oil, Yukon Pipelines Limited, 2008-10-02 - Abandonment Order Review (MHW-R-1-2008) [Folder 533687]

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Date Modified:

2011-10-28