British Columbia throws wrench in Kinder Morgan pipeline 計画(する)

CALGARY, Alberta, Aug 10 (Reuters) - British Columbia will not 許す Kinder Morgan Canada Ltd to begin work on public land for its Trans Mountain pipeline 拡大 until it "meaningfully" 協議するs aboriginal communities, 地方の 公式の/役人s said on Thursday.

The $5.5 billion 事業/計画(する) through British Columbia, which 安全な・保証するd 連邦の 政府 是認 last year, would almost 3倍になる the capacity of the 現在の Trans Mountain pipeline.

The 事業/計画(する)'s prospect has become more uncertain after a left-leaning 政府 took 力/強力にする in British Columbia in June, although the 行政 has since 軟化するd its rhetoric.

British Columbia 環境 大臣 George Heyman told reporters in Vancouver it is ありそうもない that Kinder Morgan can begin work on public land by its September construction 的.

British Columbia will also 捜し出す to 参加する in 法廷,裁判所 事例/患者s against 連邦の 是認 of the 事業/計画(する), Heyman said.

Kinder Morgan said in a 声明 it takes the British Columbia 政府's comments 本気で and remains willing to 会合,会う with 地方の 公式の/役人s. The company, which has scheduled most major work for next year, said Heyman's 告示 will not 影響する/感情 its timeline for Trans Mountain construction.

But 株 in Kinder Morgan Canada and Houston-based parent Kinder Morgan Inc fell soon after the 大臣's comments and ended 負かす/撃墜する 3.7 パーセント and 1.8 パーセント それぞれ. The (判断の)基準 Toronto 株 索引 shed 0.9 パーセント.

Canadian 天然のまま 生産者s say they need the 拡大 to 接近 new markets and 命令(する) better prices.

Heyman said the 州 has not 受託するd five of Kinder Morgan's eight 計画(する)s to mitigate the 事業/計画(する)'s 環境の 衝撃 because they do not adequately 演説(する)/住所 aboriginal 協議.

"Until those 計画(する)s are 完全にするd, Kinder Morgan, with the exception of 私的な land ... cannot put shovels in the ground," the 大臣 said. He did not 明示する the (判断の)基準 for consultatio n, a 必要物/必要条件 under Canadian 法律, to be done "meaningfully."

University of British Columbia 法律 professor Jocelyn Stacey said, given the 政府's 姿勢 on indigenous 問題/発行するs, it will likely have high 基準s.

The pipeline begins in Alberta, home to almost all of Canada's oil 生産/産物. Alberta 首相 Rachel Notley said she does not think the British Columbia 政府 will 封鎖する the 事業/計画(する) as it no longer says it will "stop" it.

British Columbia's Green Party, which 支え(る)s up the 現在の 政府, said in a 声明 that to "stop" Trans Mountain was a 重要な 条件 for its support.

The Canadian 協会 of 石油 生産者s 産業 group said British Columbia was "not 不当な" in 保護するing its 利益/興味s. (報告(する)/憶測ing by Ethan Lou; Editing by Phil Berlowitz and Lisa Shumaker)

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