As the countdown of the 45 day public evaluation period of the proposed Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for the Keystone Pipeline XL [prepared in accordance to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)] progresses, I thought it prudent to present this document to a wider audience. The link to the Draft SEIS on the USA.gov website is found below:
Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) for the Keystone Pipeline XL
(March 1, 2013)
http://www.keystonepipeline-xl.state.gov/
While one peruses and reviews this comprehensive document for comment, I also include an abstract available via a Royal Society of Chemistry publication link, and two PDFs to three recent research articles concerning Oil Sand Development, and its environmental as well as (bio)geochemical impacts on the Athabasca River in Alberta, Canada:
Chemical Speciation and Partitioning of Trace Metals (Cd, Co, Cu, Ni, Pb) in the Lower Athabasca River and its Tributaries
(GUÉGUN et al., 2011)
http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2011/em/c1em10563a
Geochemical Interactions between Process-Affected Water from Oil Sands Tailing Ponds and North Alberta Surficial Sediments
(HOLDEN et al., 2010)
http://ipac.kacst.edu.sa/edoc/2011/191354_1.pdf
Oil Sand Development Contributes Elements Toxic at Low Concentrations to the Athabasca River and its Tributaries
(KELLY et al., 2010)
http://www.pnas.org/content/107/37/16178.full.pdf
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