United States Department of State_Keystone XL Pipeline CorrespondenceThe Honorable Roy D. Buol
Mayor of Dubuque
City Clerk's Office
50 West 13 Street
Dubuque, IA 52001
Dear Mayor Buol:
United States Department of State a2%
Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans and
International Environmental and Scientific Affairs
Washington, D.C. 20520
April 8, 2011
I am replying to your letter of March 24, 2011, to Secretary Clinton, commenting
on the need for a Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the
Keystone XL pipeline.
I am pleased to inform you that the State Department is indeed preparing a
Supplemental EIS and will be releasing it in April. (See attached Media Note.)
We encourage you as well as other interested parties to comment on this important
project during the 45 -day public comment period.
We appreciate the time you have taken to express your views and we will include
your letter as part of the administrative record on the application. We hope this
information is helpful to you.
Enclosure:
As stated.
Sincerely,
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Kerri -Ann Jones, Ph.D.
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE AND POSTING
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Office of the Spokesman
For Immediate Release March 15, 2011
2011/400
MEDIA NOTE
State Department Announces Next Steps in Keystone XL Pipeline Permit Process
The U.S. Department of State expects to request public comment on a Supplemental Draft
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the proposed Keystone XL pipeline in mid - April.
The Supplemental EIS will seek public comment on issues that will benefit from further public
input. A Federal Register notice, to be issued in the mid -April time period, will provide further
details.
Keystone XL is a proposed 1700 -mile oil pipeline from the U.S.- Canadian border in Montana,
through Cushing, Oklahoma, to refineries on the U.S. Gulf Coast.
In order to provide interested parties and the public the maximum opportunity to comment on
this important project, the Department will continue to solicit public comment. The State
Department has held over 20 public comment meetings along the pipeline route in Montana,
South Dakota, Nebraska, Oklahoma, and Texas, as well as in Washington, D.C.
The public will have 45 days to comment on the Supplemental Draft EIS after the anticipated
mid -April comment period begins Following issuance of a Final EIS, the State Department will
solicit public comment and host a public meeting in Washington, D.C., before it makes a
determination under Executive Order 13337 on whether issuance of this permit is in the U.S.
national interest.
The U.S. Department of State expects to make a decision on whether to grant or deny the permit
before the end of 2011.
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