Amendment adds to the findings in Section 2 highlighting the State Department's scientific and environmental findings which conclude that the Keystone XL pipeline is a safe and environmentally sound project.

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   Change 1: Replaces “pipeline.” with “pipeline, and--(A) the Department of State assessments found that the Keystone XL pipelin…”

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   [struck: pipeline.][inserted: pipeline, and--(A) the Department of State assessments found that the Keystone XL pipeline "is not likely to impact the amount of crude oil produced from the oil sands" and that "approval or denial of the proposed project is unlikely to have a substantial impact on the rate of development in the oil sands"; (B) the Department of State found that incremental life-cycle greenhouse gas emissions associated with the Keystone XL project are estimated in the range of 0.07 to 0.83 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalents, with the upper end of this range representing twelve one-thousandths of one percent of the 6,702 million metric tons of carbon dioxide emitted in the United States in 2011; and (C) after extensive evaluation of potential impacts to land and water resources along the Keystone XL pipeline's 875 mile proposed route, the Department of State found that "The analyses of potential impacts associated with construction and normal operation of the proposed Project suggest that there would be no significant impacts to most resources along the proposed Project route (assuming Keystone complies with all laws and required conditions and measures).".]

   Original wording

   Page 2, line 18, strike “pipeline.” and insert “pipeline, and--(A) the Department of State assessments found that the Keystone XL pipeline “is not likely to impact the amount of crude oil produced from the oil sands” and that “approval or denial of the proposed project is unlikely to have a substantial impact on the rate of development in the oil sands”; (B) the Department of State found that incremental life-cycle greenhouse gas emissions associated with the Keystone XL project are estimated in the range of 0.07 to 0.83 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalents, with the upper end of this range representing twelve one-thousandths of one percent of the 6,702 million metric tons of carbon dioxide emitted in the United States in 2011; and (C) after extensive evaluation of potential impacts to land and water resources along the Keystone XL pipeline's 875 mile proposed route, the Department of State found that “The analyses of potential impacts associated with construction and normal operation of the proposed Project suggest that there would be no significant impacts to most resources along the proposed Project route (assuming Keystone complies with all laws and required conditions and measures).”.”.

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   Change 2: Replaces “of doing so.” with “of doing so, and--(A) transportation of oil via pipeline has a record of unmatched safety…”

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   In H.R. 3 · Reported in House

   (5) The Department of State and other Federal agencies have over a long period of time conducted extensive studies and analysis of the technical aspects and of the environmental, social, and economic impacts of the proposed Keystone XL pipeline.

   Struck: (6) The transportation of oil via pipeline is the safest and most economically and environmentally effective means of doing so.

   Inserted: (6) The transportation of oil via pipeline is the safest and most economically and environmentally effective means of doing so, and--(A) transportation of oil via pipeline has a record of unmatched safety and environmental protection, and the Department of State found that "Spills associated with the proposed Project that enter the environment expected to be rare and relatively small", and that "there is no evidence of increased corrosion or other pipeline threat due to viscosity" of diluted bitumen oil that will be transported by the Keystone XL pipeline; and (B) plans to incorporate 57 project-specific special conditions related to the design, construction, and operations of the Keystone XL pipeline led the Department of State to find that the pipeline will have "a degree of safety over any other typically constructed domestic oil pipeline".

   (7) The Keystone XL is in much the same position today as the Alaska Pipeline in 1973 prior to congressional action. Once again, the Federal regulatory process remains an insurmountable obstacle to a project that is likely to reduce oil imports from insecure foreign sources.

   Original wording

   Page 2, line 21, strike “of doing so.” and insert “of doing so, and--(A) transportation of oil via pipeline has a record of unmatched safety and environmental protection, and the Department of State found that “Spills associated with the proposed Project that enter the environment expected to be rare and relatively small”, and that “there is no evidence of increased corrosion or other pipeline threat due to viscosity” of diluted bitumen oil that will be transported by the Keystone XL pipeline; and (B) plans to incorporate 57 project-specific special conditions related to the design, construction, and operations of the Keystone XL pipeline led the Department of State to find that the pipeline will have “a degree of safety over any other typically constructed domestic oil pipeline”.”.

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