T.C. Energy, formerly Trans Canada earlier stopped its project to run a tar sands pipeline across the U.S. crossing a large area in Nebraska. That was after their federal permit was revoked. Nebraska Farmers Union leaders says there are many unanswered questions about the Canadian company’s use of eminent domain and what effect that has on several landowners. Farmers Union President John Hansen wants to know why Nebraska’s Public Service Commission hasn’t revoked Trans Canada’s permit.
He says his group sent a letter to the State PSC asking them why the permit hasn’t been pulled.
Hansen says when Trans Canada comes out and says their project is defunct, why should those easements be in place for a defunct project. He says that puts many landowners on edge and makes them nervous about what happens next.
Hansen says the Governor has turned a blind eye to the abuse of private property rights of Nebraska landowners who have been subjected to eminent domain proceedings in Nebraska put forward by Trans Canada, now T.C. Energy.
