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across Montana, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas. TransCanada also has proposed connecting it to the Bakken oil field in Montana and North Dakota.
• Environmental groups have opposed the project because of concerns that the pipeline could foul underground and surface water supplies, increase air pollution around refineries and harm wildlife.
• TransCanada's original application for a federal permit to build the pipeline was rejected in January by President Barack Obama after congressional Republicans imposed a deadline

for approval that didn't allow enough time to address questions about the route through Nebraska.
• Since then, TransCanada has split the project into two pieces. The company hopes to quickly get approval for the southern section of the pipeline between Oklahoma and the Gulf Coast. And TransCanada has proposed a new route through Nebraska that avoids the environmentally sensitive Sandhills region.
• Nebraska officials held public hearings on the new proposed pipeline route earlier this month. The state's review process for the new route is expected to be completed in late summer or fall.
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• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- The state Department of Public Safety is asking gasoline retailers to post cautionary labels that advise vehicle owners to check their owners' manuals before purchasing 85 octane fuel.

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