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State Department posts feedback on Keystone pipeline

The State Department says it is taking the unusual step of releasing publicly the feedback it has received about a controversial pipeline project after an "unprecedented" response to its draft environmental report.The department said it had received more than 1.2 million comments on TransCanada Corp's proposed Keystone XL pipeline that would run from oil sands in Alberta, Canada to refineries and ports along the U.S. Gulf Coast.The State Department posted about 100,000 comments late on Thursday and plans to release sets of a similar number each week, a process that will take about three months. The comments can be viewed at http://www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=DOS-2013-0011"This marks the first time the Department has made all individual comments on a Presidential permit application available to the public," a State Department release said.The northern leg of the pipeline running from Alberta to Nebraska needs the approval of President Barack Obama because it crosses a national ...

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