The Financial Post reports in its Saturday, April 25, edition that the National Energy Board will conduct a comprehensive audit of emergency response and safety plans for Enbridge pipeline rival Kinder Morgan. A Canadian Press dispatch to the Post reports that the audit will focus only on existing facilities and will not include the companies planned Trans Mountain pipeline expansion between Alberta and the British Columbia coast. Both Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson and B.C. Premier Christy Clark have called for Kinder Morgan's full emergency response plan for the Trans Mountain project to be made public. A spokesman for the federal regulator says the board intends to carefully review Kinder Morgan's current practices and scrutinize how executives and employees view safety. Tom Neufeld said the audit will take about a year and is part of NEB chairman Peter Watson's efforts to respond to concerns raised about emergency response plans of the energy infrastructure giant. Mr. Watson was slated to address Metro Vancouver mayors Saturday about pipeline safety, as part of the board's national outreach initiative that started this year.
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