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Originally Posted by Mull
I don't think that's how the system works. I know pipelines, not export port facilities but a lot of the regulatory approvals are set around site specific design, including location requirements.
I don't trust/want the Government of Canada commencing on a pre-FEED design to start flushing out the regulatory issues at hand for a given project.
Not to mention per-approval of regulatory requirements would put a slap in the face of Justin's overhaul of the regulatory framework which requires more stakeholder input then before on the project (again for pipelines, but I assume similar here) - and stakeholders need more info then just a export facility will be at location B to be informed enough to provide feedback.
That said, I am sure there is a number of things the Feds could be doing to help promote and expedite this kind of investment. I bet there is some sort of mechanism in place to say its vital national interest which would reduce the regulatory and stakeholder review (but not remove stakeholder input altogether as that would be a terrible idea).
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Originally Posted by Fighting Banana Slug
Yeah, that's not how it works.
I get why most think the regulations are too complicated, but there are legitimately a lot of different stakeholders, levels of governments and competing interests. The export facilities themselves are probably the easy part. The 1000's of kms of pipelines are more difficult. Any time a government/industry player tries to short-cut the process, they end up making things worse as the issues roll through the courts.
Sadly, we missed the golden opportunity when Australia/Qatar/US got the jump. I think there is still some potential in Canada, but I can't imagine how we'll become the white knight saving Europe from itself.
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Y'all I know it's not how it works today. I am literally working on a portion of this exact project for another type of facility design. This absolutely CAN be done if we change a few small regulatory considerations. It's not about full pre approval, but getting everything not requiring exact design approval up to regulatory snuff and just requiring the design portions for the last 15 yards. This is achievable. Alternately, you can pre approve a range of design options.
We can't just say "this is not how it works". Yes, it's not how it currently works. But how it currently works doesn't actually work, and that's what we need to fix.