South Dakota Hearings Start On Crude Oil Pipeline

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SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Western South Dakota residents get their chance Monday and Tuesday to speak out about a planned crude oil pipeline that could one day carry 900,000 barrels of oil a day through the state.

TransCanada Keystone Pipeline already is building a pipeline through eastern South Dakota. The company's second proposed pipeline, Keystone XL, is designed to run 313 miles through western South Dakota as part of a project to deliver Alberta tar sands crude oil to Gulf Coast terminals and refineries in Texas.

If approved, construction would begin in 2011. ...