Tag: Canada Energy Regulator

Trans Mountain Pipeline Fine for Bird Disturbances Upheld While Penalty Slashed

A review panel is upholding a fine against the Trans Mountain pipeline for violations that resulted in disturbing bird nests. But the Canada Energy Regulator is dramatically slashing the amount of the penalty from $88,000 in the original ruling to $4,000. In February, the regulator found the pipeline company hadn’t given its contractors enough environmental…


Trans Mountain Tree Cutting Can Resume as Stop Work Order on Pipeline Route Lifts

CALGARY—A federal regulator has lifted a stop−work order on tree cutting and grass mowing along the route of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project. The Canada Energy Regulator says in a statement Trans Mountain has submitted a plan to correct deficiencies in the oversight of its contractors that could pose threats to nesting birds. The…