Dozens of people testified -- some emotionally -- at a packed daylong hearing Monday at the Capitol as a proposal to give Nebraska authority to say where TransCanada's Keystone XL oil pipeline could go through the state got a public airing. The Legislature's Natural Resources Committee listened to testimony on the the Major Oil Pipeline Siting Act (LB1), which was introduced by Sen. Annette Dubas of Fullerton. Dubas' bill would give siting authority to the state Public Service Commission. Currently, the state has no power to say where a pipeline might go. "Through the application process, I seek to ensure the welfare of Nebraskans by protecting our property rights, as well as our natural resources and economic interests," Dubas said. "I clearly understand our authority only goes to siting and can no way infringe on the federal government's control of safety, operation and maintenance of such pipelines...
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Anybody know how this is done in NM?
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