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CAPLA’s members include the following voluntary
pipeline landowners’ associations which were formed by landowners
who are concerned about the impact of the construction, operation
and abandonment of pipelines on their properties, families and
farming operations.
● The
Ontario Pipeline Landowners Association (OPLA)
OPLA was formed by landowners to
contend with the impact of three
pipelines owned by Edmonton based Enbridge
Pipelines in Alberta. These National Energy Board (NEB)
regulated pipelines are used to transport crude
oil as well as refined oil products, and were installed from 1957 through
1975.
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The Gas Pipeline Landowners of
Ontario-Union (GAPLO-Union)
GAPLO-Union was formed by landowners
to contend with the impact of four
natural gas pipelines on their properties, installed since 1954. These
Ontario Energy Board (OEB) regulated gas pipelines
are owned and operated by Chatham based Union Gas in Ontario, now
a
subsidiary of North Carolina based Duke Energy in the United
States.
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The Gas Pipeline Landowners of
Ontario-Vector (GAPLO-Vector)
GAPLO-Vector was formed to contend
with the impact of three gas pipelines owned by TransCanada
Pipelines, and a new
gas pipeline (the "Vector gas pipeline") owned by Enbridge
Pipelines and MCN Energy Group Inc., which has been
constructed along side the three existing pipelines on
a separate easement.
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The Manitoba Pipeline Landowners
Association (MPLA)
The MPLA was formed to contend with
the impact of five crude oil pipelines which are owned an operated
by Enbridge Pipelines Inc.. These NEB regulated pipelines were
installed between 1951 and 1999.
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The Gas Pipeline Landowners
Association-St. Clair (GAPLO-St. Clair)
GAPLO-St. Clair landowners have not
yet had to contend with any installed pipelines. The group was formed in 1997 in
response to landowner concerns about an application in 1996 by
Dresden based St. Clair
Pipelines in Ontario, a subsidiary of Westcoast Energy (now owned
by Duke Energy), to build a natural gas pipeline from the Dawn
compressor station near Sarnia to the north shore of Lake Erie. Following
the failure to obtain
NEB regulatory approval for the construction of the proposed line, the
application was withdrawn.
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The Gas Lease Landowners of
Ontario (GALLO)
GALLO landowners have a variety of
gas-producing wells and gas storage wells accompanied by small
pipelines with diameters up to 12 inches. The pipelines are
associated with the Dawn storage area which is regulated by the
Ontario Energy Board.
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Vancouver Island Pipeline
Landowners Association (VIPLA)
VIPLA landowners faced an
application by Georgia Strait Crossing Pipeline (GSX)
to construct a pipeline originating in Sumas, Washington. The
Canadian portion of the pipeline would have carried natural gas
from a point on the Canada-United States border in Boundary Pass
east of Saturna Island, British Columbia to an interconnection
with the existing Centra Gas British Columbia Inc. pipeline at a
point west of Shawnigan Lake on Vancouver Island, British
Columbia. Construction was originally scheduled to begin in June
2002, but following delays the project was finally cancelled in
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