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Keystone XL Pipeline

TransCanada Keystone Pipeline, LP, proposes to construct and operate a new 36-inch buried crude oil pipeline from Hardisty, Alberta, Canada, to the Port Arthur and east Houston areas of Texas. The project is 1,704 miles long(approximately 329 miles in Canada and 1,375 miles in the United States).  The pipeline will cross approximately 42 miles of BLM-administered public land in Montana.  

• Map
• KXL - Notice of Intent in Federal Register (January 28, 2009)
• TransCanada Keystone website
• MFSA Application and supporting documents

NorthWestern Energy proposes to construct and operate a 500kV electric transmission line between southwestern Montana and southeastern Idaho. The project has an estimated length of  350-390 miles depending on the final location.

• Dear Reader Letter 
• Notice of Intent
• Northwestern Energy--MSTI Project
• Map (pdf-3.5 mb)
• MFSA Application and supporting documents
• MSTI Environmental Report

Pathfinder/Bison Pipeline

TransCanada Northern Border Inc. filed application to construct and operate two buried natural gas pipelines to Colorado, Wyoming, Montana and North Dakota. The proposed Pathfinder pipeline is approximately 500 miles of 42-inch diameter pipe and 134 miles of 30-36 inch diameter pipe.   The proposed Bison pipeline route is approximately 284 miles of 24-inch diameter pipeline that will parallel the Pathfinder pipeline route across Wyoming, Montana, and North Dakota.   

• Map