The Bureau of Land Management said Friday it has OK’d a 74-mile natural gas pipeline from Helena to Three Forks that federal officials said will strengthen America’s energy supply and create local jobs.
The BLM said it approved NorthWestern Energy’s proposal to build the pipeline through an accelerated 14-day environmental review process, which is being used in response to the national energy emergency declared by President Donald J. Trump.
They said the project marks “important progress in expanding energy infrastructure on public land.”
However, NorthWestern Energy will still have to get permits and authorizations from various federal and state agencies, including the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Montana Department of Environmental Quality, Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation, State Historic Preservation Office and Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, according to the BLM.
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