The M and NE: The direct route Villeneuve, C 29 ENERGY PLANNING AND POLICY; 03 NATURAL GAS; TRANSPORT; PIPELINES; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS; NATURAL GAS DEPOSITS; OFFSHORE SITES; NEWFOUNDLAND; NOVA SCOTIA The potential environmental impacts of the proposed Maritimes and Northeast Pipeline project were discussed. Particular emphasis was placed on the probable response to the approval application in the state of Maine through which it would run in part. The area in question is not only heavily populated but it also contains many environmentally sensitive animal and plant species. Concerns arise about the safety and compensation of landowners along this portion of the route, loss of tourist traffic, and danger to certain species of Atlantic salmon, which have already been decimated by hydroelectric dams, commercial fishing on the high seas, and sport fishing on rivers, farming and forestry practices. The Maritimes and Northeast Pipeline crosses some of the rivers with fragile salmon populations. These crossings are likely to give rise to third party interventions at FERC hearings whose approval is also essential to construction on U.S. territory. The Environment and Policy Society of the Royal Society of Canada, Montreal, PQ (Canada) Royal Society of Canada, Ottawa, ON (Canada) Available from {sup E}codecision`, 119 boul. Saint-Joseph Ouest, Montreal, PQ, Canada, H2T 2P7 Canada 1997-09-01 English Miscellaneous Other Information: DN: Published as a supplement to `Ecodecision` magazine; PBD: 1997; Related Information: Is Part Of The Sable Offshore Energy Project: The environmental issues; PB: 26 p. Medium: X; Size: pp. 19-22 https://doi.org/ [] TRN: CA9702189 CANM; SCA: 290700; 032000; PA: CANM-97:002189; EDB-97:117154; SN: 97001838612 2008-02-05 515819