Detailed Route Hearings – Segments 1 & 2

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.

Segments 1 & 2 of the route begin at Trans Mountain’s terminal in Sherwood Park, AB and ends near Jasper, AB. 

Segments 1 & 2 maps

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.

Oral Hearings for Segments 1 & 2

The oral portions of the detailed route hearings for Segments 1 & 2 are complete. The oral hearings were held in various locations to accommodate local landowners:

• November 20-22, 2017 – Hinton, AB
• November 24-29, 2017 – Edson, AB
• December 1-2, 2017 – Spruce Grove, AB
• Fall, 2018 – Spruce Grove, AB

Segments 1 & 2 – Hinton, AB

Date	Landowner, Affected Person or Indigenous communities	Hearing Order Number	Status	Transcripts
November 20, 2017	Janet and Lyle Russell [Folder 3324539]	MH-025-2017 [Filing A85764]	Hearing Concluded Decision: [Filing A89971]	Vol. 1 [Filing A87993]

Segments 1 & 2 – Edson, AB

Date	Landowner, Affected Person or Indigenous communities	Hearing Order Number	Status	Transcripts
November 24, 2017	Shawn Berry [Folder 3324847]	MH-007-2017 [Filing A85764]	Hearing Concluded Decision: [Filing A90361]	Vol. 3 [Filing A88167]
November 24, 2017	Stuart Palk and Wendy Bailer-Palk [Folder 3324531]	MH-018-2017 [Filing A85764]	Hearing Concluded Decision: [Filing A90362]	Vol. 3 [Filing A88167]
November 25, 2017	Cribb Construction Ltd. [Folder 3325076]	MH-010-2017 [Filing A85764]	Hearing Concluded Decision: [Filing A89820]	Vol. 3 [Filing A88167] Vol. 4 [Filing A88184]
November 27, 2017	Erich Ploentzke [Folder 3325415]	MH-022-2017 [Filing A85764]	Hearing Concluded Decision: [Filing A90363]	Vol. 5 [Filing A88212]
November 27, 2017	Gerald Stroud [Folder 3324757]	MH-030-2017 [Filing A85764]	Hearing Concluded Decision: [Filing A89819]	Vol. 5 [Filing A88212]
November 29, 2017	Dale and Lorna Plummer Intervenor: Carly Morin [Folder 3325089]	MH-023-2017 [Filing A85764]	Hearing Concluded Decision: [Filing A90828]	Vol. 2 [Filing A88064] Vol. 4 [Filing A88184] Vol. 6 [Filing A88256] Vol. 7 [Filing A88280] Vol. 7 Errata [Filing A88358]

Segments 1 & 2 – Spruce Grove, AB

Date	Landowner, Affected Person or Indigenous communities	Hearing Order Number	Status	Transcripts
December 1, 2017	Keelan Petterson [Folder 3324750]	MH-019-2017 [Filing A85764]	Hearing Concluded Decision Reserved	Vol. 8 [Filing A88359] Vol. 8 Errata [Filing A88362]
December 1, 2017	Javier and Annemarie Sarango [Folder 3324971]	MH-026-2017 [Filing A85764]	Hearing Concluded Decision: [Filing A90306]	Vol. 8 [Filing A88359] Vol. 8 Errata [Filing A88362]
December 2, 2017	Diane Murray [Folder 3325299]	MH-017-2017 [Filing A85764]	Hearing Concluded Decision: [Filing A89821]	Vol. 8 [Filing A88359] Vol. 8 Errata [Filing A88362] Vol. 9 [Filing A88361]
December 2, 2017	Victoria Maitland and John Gordon McKay [Folder 3338230]	MH-060-2017 [Filing A85764]	Hearing Concluded Decision: [Filing A89822]	Vol. 8 [Filing A88359] Vol. 8 Errata [Filing A88362] Vol. 9 [Filing A88361]
Fall, 2018	Alice Kalinowski [Folder 3575415]	MH-050-2018 [Filing A92501]	Pending Oral Hearing	Pending

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 1 &  2 are available here: [Folder 3325395].

• August 31, 2017 – Letter of Decision for Segments 1 & 2 [Filing A85762]
  The Letter of Decision outlines who will and who will not receive a detailed route hearing.
  
• August 31, 2017 – Hearing Order for Segments 1 & 2 [Filing A85764]
  The Hearing Order outlines all of the steps and deadlines in the Hearing 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.
  
• September 21, 2017 – Procedural Update No. 1 [Filing A86218]
  This document includes more information about the advancement of costs by Trans Mountain to participants in the Segments 1 & 2 detailed route hearings.
  
• October 3, 2017 – List of Participants for Segments 1 & 2 [Filing A86481]
  The List of Participants includes information about how each hearing participant would like to receive hearing documents.
  
• October 20, 2017 – Procedural Update No. 2 [Filing A87052]
  This document provides more information on how the NEB will determine whether or not the Hearing Panel will inspect certain properties along the proposed detailed route.
  
• November 2, 2017 – Procedural Update No. 3 [Filing A87485]
  Procedural Update No. 3 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.
  
• November 3, 2017 - Advance on Costs for Participation in detailed route hearings – Process and Form to Request Advance on Costs [Filing A87558]
  
• November 14, 2017 – Procedural Update No. 4 [Filing A87804]
  This Procedural Update confirms individual hearing dates, times and locations; provides additional information about the hearing; and requests additional information from landowners, affected persons and Trans Mountain (i.e., estimates of time for cross-examination).
• June 11, 2018 – Procedural Update No. 5 [Filing A92408]
  The NEB directed Trans Mountain to file an additional study for Hearing Order MH-019-2017 [Filing A85764]. The NEB Hearing Panel found that this study contains new evidence and that there should be an opportunity to examine the evidence. This document provides information on this additional hearing process.

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.