By the OGJ Online Staff
HOUSTON, Aug. 21 -- Citing regulatory delays, TransCanada PipeLines Ltd., Calgary, and St. Clair Pipelines (1996) Ltd. withdrew their applications to construct and operate the Canadian Millennium Pipeline.
TransCanada PipeLines said last month that completion of the proposed $1.35 billion (Can.), 551-mile line from Dawn, Ont., to Westchester County, NY, could be delayed for more than a year due to regulatory setbacks (OGJ Online, July 10, 2001).
TransCanada and St. Clair told Canada's National Energy Board that their withdrawal is due to unexpected delays in the issuance of regulatory approvals for the US Millennium Pipeline Project and uncertainties with marketing and commercial activities, said the NEB. They said it would have been necessary to amend significant portions of the existing applications to reflect economic and technical changes to the Canadian Project since the original filings.
In December 1998, St. Clair applied to construct and operate the Millennium West pipeline, 36-in., 74-km line from Sarnia, Ont., to Patrick Point.
That same month, TransCanada applied to construct and operate the Lake Erie Crossing pipeline, which would interconnect with the Millennium West Pipeline at Patrick Point and extend 97 km across Lake Erie to connect with the proposed Millennium Pipeline Co. LP facilities at the bottom of Lake Erie.
The two pipeline projects together were known as the Canadian Millennium Pipeline Project.
