Keystone XL Pipeline Project

TransCanada is committed to treating landowners with honesty, respect, and fairness. We recognize that you have a right to know, and want to understand, what is occurring on or near your land. We want you to know what we’re proposing and how you can participate in the process. We will always take the time to answer your questions and address your concerns.

We developed the route of the proposed Keystone XL Pipeline from Hardisty, AB to Steele City, NE based on an analysis of land use, environmental data, and topography. As landowners, communities along the route and government agencies review our proposal – and as we conduct our own detailed environmental and engineering studies – we make refinements to the route. Throughout the process, including construction and operation, we will address all landowner and community questions and concerns.

Guiding Principles for Landowner Relations

As the Keystone XL Pipeline moves forward, we will:

• Work to develop fair, honest relationships with landowners by establishing and maintaining open communication
• Keep landowners regularly informed of the project status throughout the project
• Negotiate in good faith and pay fair value for the land rights needed for the pipeline project
• Work with landowners on any specific issues relating to crops, livestock, fences, wells, improvements, equipment, drainage and irrigation systems and other similar issues
• Return landowners’ property to its productivity level prior to our work and address any related needs
• Plan, design, operate and maintain the Keystone XL Pipeline in a way that respects the needs of landowners and the environment

Pipeline Easements

An easement consists of a limited set of rights across a piece of land. A right- of-way easement, negotiated in good faith between the landowner and the pipeline company, would grant TransCanada the right to construct, operate, and maintain Keystone XL Pipeline across a portion of a piece of property. The landowner retains the ownership of the property and can continue to use it.

The easement specifies an area within which certain activities are restricted or prohibited, with the primary goal of keeping the pipeline safe. For example, while buildings and excavation are restricted in the right-of-way, normal farming and cultivation practices are not impacted.

The easement includes liability provisions that are consistent with existing property rights and law. TransCanada is responsible for damages caused during construction as well as during operation of the pipeline, including any pipeline incident such as a leak or spill. However, consistent with rights each of us has to protect our personal property, in the case of willful, reckless or negligent damage to the pipeline, TransCanada could seek to hold responsible parties accountable.

To help avoid potential damages and risk of injury, TransCanada works regularly and consistently with landowners, local communities and emergency response authorities to discuss safety and activities along the pipeline right-of-way.

TransCanada will be responsible for any taxes assessed against the pipeline; responsibility for taxes on the property itself remains with the landowner.

The easement rights run with the land and are not impacted by changes in land ownership. It is important for landowners to carefully read and understand easement agreements.

Respect for the Land

• TransCanada will reclaim land in areas where we work along the pipeline route and return it to its level of productivity prior to the project
• Permanent right-of-way easements will be 50 feet wide, with additional temporary workspace typically totaling 60 feet in width
• For road crossings and other unique construction features, additional temporary workspace will be needed
• TransCanada is responsible for repair of drain tiles, irrigation, or other buried utilities, if damaged during pipeline construction
• TransCanada will minimize road impact during construction and will be responsible for repairing road damage caused by construction
• Normal farming equipment may cross the right-of- way without restriction
• Safety First!
• Crossing the right-of-way with unusually heavy equipment, or excavating (which includes deep ripping or deep tilling) near the right-of-way requires advance notice to TransCanada
• Before undertaking either of these activities, it is necessary to contact TransCanada and the state one-call number to help ensure the safety of landowners, work crews and the pipeline itself