The State Department on Friday notified those agencies have only until February 2 “to provide their views on the national interest with regard to the Keystone XL Pipeline permit application,” a department official told CNN Saturday, adding that the department “continues its review” of the pipeline’s permit application.
The State Department is involved because the pipeline originates outside U.S. borders, and is reviewing whether TransCanada Corp.’s 1,179-mile project is in the national interest. The U.S. government’s review had been delayed pending a decision by the Supreme Court of Nebraska, one of the states it would run through. That court recently ruled the pipeline could proceed. So now it is up to the State Department to make its recommendation.
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CNN’s Eric Bradner contributed to this story.
