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British Columbia’s Agricultural Land Commission has granted Kinder Morgan Canada permission to disturb about nine square kilometres of farmland along its proposed Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project route, according to a decision issued July 13.

The decision approves the Trans Mountain expansion’s temporary non-farm use of farm land and is the latest provincial administrative permit that the project needs to proceed. Kinder Morgan, in 2016, asked the commission for permission to temporarily displace agriculture on 621 properties along its proposed route, to accommodate a new pipeline right of way and allow room for equipment laydown areas, pipe storage and spaces to keep excavated topsoils separate for post-construction restoration.

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According to the decision, signed by commission chairman Frank Leonard, “Given all of the contributing factors, the (ALC) executive committee is amenable to the (Trans Mountain expansion) proposal, provided that mitigation and reclamation measures are employed both during and after construction.”