Kinder Morgan Case Study Summary

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Kinder Morgan has a relatively effective spill cleanup solution and has performed studies on the local ecosystems, These studies covered environmental features such as: wildlife, fisheries, plants, species at risk or species of special status, soils, heritage resources or traditional land use and greenhouse gas emissions.
They have agreed to return the land used in the construction of the pipeline back to as much of its original state as possible. Also Kinder Morgan is required to develop Environmental Protection Plans that describe the damage reducing measures and their adequacy for addressing the effects of the expansion. As well, Kinder Morgan must indicate how they will make sure that the Protection Plans will be communicated to field

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