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Company suspends efforts to seize Nebraska land for Keystone

FILE- In this Jan. 16, 2015 file photo, Susan Dunavan, who opposes the Keystone XL pipeline, points to the planned route of the pipeline which will run through on her property, in York, Neb. TransCanada is temporarily suspending efforts to seize Nebraska land for the Keystone Pipeline XL amid a legal challenge. On Thursday, Feb. 12, 2015, a Holt County District judge issued a temporary injunction, keeping TransCanada from invoking eminent domain along the proposed Keystone Pipeline route in northern Nebraska. TransCanada agreed to the order, hoping to get an accelerated trial schedule. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik, file)
FILE- In this Jan. 16, 2015 file photo, Susan Dunavan, who opposes the Keystone XL pipeline, points to the planned route of the pipeline which will run through on her property, in York, Neb. TransCanada is temporarily suspending efforts to seize Nebraska land for the Keystone Pipeline XL amid a legal challenge. On Thursday, Feb. 12, 2015, a Holt County District judge issued a temporary injunction, keeping TransCanada from invoking eminent domain along the proposed Keystone Pipeline route in northern Nebraska. TransCanada agreed to the order, hoping to get an accelerated trial schedule. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik, file) FILE- In this Jan. 16, 2015 file photo, Susan Dunavan, who opposes the Keystone XL pipeline, points to the planned route of the pipeline which will run through on her property, in York, Neb. TransCanada is temporarily suspending efforts to seize Nebraska land for the Keystone Pipeline XL amid a legal challenge. On Thursday, Feb. 12, 2015, a Holt County District judge issued a temporary injunction, keeping TransCanada from invoking eminent domain along the proposed Keystone Pipeline route in northern Nebraska. TransCanada agreed to the order, hoping to get an accelerated trial schedule. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik, file)

By Associated Press 3 min read

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) – TransCanada Corp. will temporarily suspend efforts to seize Nebraska land for its much-delayed Keystone XL oil pipeline after landowners sued, in what is one obstacle the Canadian company still faces in the 1,179-mile project.

A Holt County District judge issued a temporary injunction Thursday, keeping TransCanada from invoking eminent domain along the proposed Keystone XL route in northern Nebraska while a lawsuit by landowners in that county plays out. TransCanada agreed to the order, hoping to get an accelerated trial schedule so that it can quickly resolve the legal disputes.

A TransCanada spokesman said a similar agreement is being sought in southern Nebraska’s York County, where landowners have filed another lawsuit seeking to keep the Calgary-based company from seizing land using eminent domain.

A hearing in Holt County has been set for Feb. 25 on the issue of case progression, TransCanada spokesman Mark Cooper said.

Last month, TransCanada filed legal papers in nine Nebraska counties to invoke eminent domain for the land that’s needed to construct, operate and maintain the pipeline. It would go from Canada through Montana and South Dakota to Nebraska, where it would connect with existing pipelines to carry more than 800,000 barrels of crude oil a day to refineries along the Texas Gulf Coast.