Canada’s National Energy Board (NEB) said it has suspended its review of a request from Northern Gateway Pipelines to extend the sunset clauses for the Enbridge Northern Gateway project.
The body will also suspend its review of any filings from Northern Gateway regarding compliance with the 209 conditions attached to the project.
In a statement, the NEB said it had made the decisions in response to a 2016 Federal Court of Appeal decision that quashed the Certificates of Public Convenience and Necessity for the project and sent the matter back to the federal government for redetermination.
In its decision, the Federal Court also dismissed a number of legal challenges to the Joint Review Panel’s 2013 report which recommended that the project be approved.
