Canadian pipeline firm makes safety concessions

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The Canadian company that wants to build an oil pipeline from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico has dropped a proposal to run the pipeline at a higher pressure level and agreed to follow U.S. safety standards for the project.

TransCanada officials said Thursday the company would withdraw its application for a special permit and operate the Keystone XL pipeline at a normal pressure level.

Keystone pipeline vice president Robert Jones says TransCanada is responding to the concerns aired at public meetings on the project earlier this year.

Keystone XL would move oil from Canada through Montana, along the border of North Dakota and South Dakota to Nebraska. The pipeline then would hook up with another pipeline in Kansas and move oil through Oklahoma and Texas.

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