Detailed Route Hearings – Segment 7

While the Trans Mountain Expansion Project has been approved, the company must now determine the exact route the pipeline will follow.

When Trans Mountain filed its Plan, Profile and Book of Reference (PPBoR) with the NEB in early 2017, the company divided its proposed route into seven segments. Four of these segments are divided into sub-segments.

Segment 7 of the route runs from Surrey, BC to the end of the route in Burnaby, BC.  

Segment 7 map

What is a Detailed Route Hearing?

We will hold separate hearings for every segment of the detailed route. During the hearings, affected landowners, Indigenous communities and registered commenters and intervenors can share their views directly with the NEB Hearing Panel. The Hearing Panel will look at all of the written evidence and information, consider the input gathered during the oral hearing and come to a decision. Decisions are generally released approximately three months after the hearing ends.

The issues that will be considered in each of the detailed route hearings are:

• The best possible detailed route of the pipeline;
• The most appropriate method of constructing the pipeline; and
• The most appropriate timing of constructing the pipeline.

There is an opportunity for persons to apply to participate in the detailed route hearings as a commenter or intervenor. A commenter shares information with the NEB through a letter of comment. An intervenor is a full participant in the hearing.

The NEB does not have the authority to look at matters related to compensation. To settle compensation matters, please contact Natural Resources Canada’s Pipeline Arbitration Secretariat at nrcan.pas-sap.rncan@canada.ca

You can read more about the detailed route approval process in these Frequently Asked Questions.

Hearings for Segment 7

Oral Hearings for Segment 7

The oral portions of the detailed route hearings for Segment 7 are complete:

• January 22 – 31, 2018–Burnaby, BC
• March 14 – 22, 2018–Burnaby, BC

The Hearing Panel found that 28 of the statements of opposition filed for this portion of the route met the requirements set out in the NEB Act to be granted a hearing. In the first round of hearings in January 2018, the panel held 11 hearings, including hearings for the Cities of Burnaby and Coquitlam. In March, the Panel held an additional two hearings. The remaining 15 landowners, affected persons or indigenous communities withdrew their opposition before their oral hearings took place.

Segment 7–Burnaby, BC

Date	Landowner, Affected Person or Indigenous communities	Hearing Order Number	Status	Transcripts
January 22, 2018	Underhill Lands Ltd. [Folder 3324478]	MH-008-2018 [Filing A86549]	Hearing Concluded Decision: [Filing A91282]	Vol. 1 [Filing A89462]
January 23 – 25, 2018	City of Burnaby [Folder 3324466]	MH-033-2017 [Filing A86549]	Hearings Concluded Decision: Decisions to City of Burnaby Tunnel Section [Filing A90020] Brunette Section; Cottonwood Park Section; Lougheed-Gaglardi Section; Eastlake Section; and Shellmont Section [Filing A91505]	Vol. 2 [Filing A89490] Vol. 3 [Filing A89535] Vol. 4 [Filing A89557]
January 26 and January 30, 2018	David John Huntley [Folder 3324486]	MH-055-2017 [Filing A86549]	Hearing Concluded Decision: [Filing A90021]	Vol. 5 [Filing A89600] Vol. 7 [Filing A89677]
January 29, 2018	City of Coquitlam [Folder 332864]	MH-034-2017 [Filing A86549]	Hearing Concluded Decision: [Filing A91283]	Vol. 6 [Filing A89634]
January 31, 2018	Holly Chan [Folder 3325279] Steve Cook [Folder 3332882] Karim and Anar Dossa [Folder 3333191] Lily and Frank Fan [Folder 3333383] Claudia Leung [Folder 3333478] Michael Radano [Folder 3332890]	MH-049-2017 MH-050-2017 MH-051-2017 MH-052-2017 MH-057-2017 MH-058-2017 [Filing A86549]	Hearing Concluded Decision: [Filing A91504]	Vol. 8 [Filing A89727]
March 17, 2018	Fraser Heights Community Association [Folder 3325266]	MH-036-2017 [Filing A86549]	Hearing Concluded Decision: [Filing A91883]	Vol. 9 [Filing A90639]
March 17, 2018	Min Guo [Folder 3332988]	MH-053-2017 [Filing A86549]	Hearing Concluded Decision: [Filing A91860]	Vol. 9 [Filing A90639]

Written Hearing for Segment 7

Written Hearing for Segment 7

Landowner, Affected Person or Indigenous communities	Hearing Order Number	Status
Musqueam Indian Band [Folder 3575559]	MHW-002-2018	Written Hearing in Progress

Regulatory Documents

The evidence and information filed during the detailed route hearings is available on our website.

Links to each individual detailed route hearing for Segment 7 are available here: [Folder 3332963].

• October 4, 2017 – Letter of Decision for Segment 7 [Filing A86548]
  The Letter of Decision outlines who will and who will not receive a detailed route hearing.
• October 4, 2017 – Hearing Order for Segment 7 [Filing A85764]
  The Hearing Order outlines all of the steps and deadlines and explains where you can find more information. Section 3 of the Hearing Order provides more details on how to apply to participate in a detailed route hearing.
• December 11, 2017 – Procedural Update No. 1 [Filing A88525]
  This document provides important information about the hearing dates, locations and Oral Traditional Evidence.
• December 15, 2017 – Procedural Update No. 2 [Filing A88679]
  This document outlines a change to the deadline for filing evidence.
• December 22, 2017 – Procedural Update No. 3 [Filing A88892]
  This document provides important information about the hearing dates, locations and forms that are required to be filed with the NEB, and other details about the detailed route hearings.
• January 16, 2018 – Procedural Update No. 4 [Filing A89245]
  This document provides the current hearing schedule and additional information that hearing participants need to know leading up to and on the day of their oral hearing.
• January 22, 2018 – Procedural Update No. 5 [Filing A89433]
  This document discusses a change to the January hearing schedule.
• February 7, 2018 – Procedural Update No. 6 [Filing A89853]
  This Procedural Update confirms individual hearing dates, times and locations, provides additional information about the hearing.
• March 6, 2018 – Procedural Update No. 7 [Filing A90434]
  This document provides an updated hearing schedule.
• March 12, 2018 – Procedural Update No. 8 [Filing A90530]
  This document provides an update to the March hearing schedule, the list of witnesses and the list of attendees.

Alternative Dispute Resolution

We encourage affected landowners, indigenous communities, registered commenters and intervenors and Trans Mountain to use our Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) services. An ADR process is uniquely tailored to your individual needs and may include a meeting between affected parties.

To take advantage of ADR, affected parties, must agree to take part. This process is facilitated by trained NEB staff or by another neutral third party. The facilitator will assist participants in developing a process that may help resolve issues related to the statement of opposition.

If you are interested in taking advantage of our ADR services, a session can be scheduled at a location and time agreeable to affected parties. For more information about ADR options, please email Marie McKenney at ADR-RED@cer-rec.gc.ca or call 1-800-899-1265.