TransCanada Gets Final Permit for Keystone XL 2.0S -- The Gulf Coast Project; Keystone XL 2.0N In Limbo; The "Gap" Remains

"Final" permits from US Army Corps of Engineers for southern leg, the Gulf Coast Project

TransCanada has received the final of three key permits needed from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in order to advance the 485-mile Gulf Coast Project. With the permit from the Fort Worth, Texas Army Corps district added to previously received permits from the Galveston, Texas and the Tulsa, Oklahoma districts, TransCanada is now in a position to start construction of the oil pipeline in the coming weeks.

This was buried deeply in the press release from TransCanada (wow, it took a lot of reading to get to this key paragraph):

The U.S. Department of State is currently reviewing TransCanada's application for a Presidential Permit to proceed with the 1,179-mile (1,897-km) Keystone XL pipeline from Hardisty, Alberta to Steele City, Nebraska and is expected to make a decision in the first quarter of 2013. TransCanada also continues to work with the Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality to finalize a route that avoids the environmentally sensitive Sandhills area of Nebraska.

So, the gap remains. The permitorium continues.