The National Energy Board says it will accept submissions until next Monday from Smithers resident Mike Sawyer, the provincial and federal governments, and other parties on whether the LNG Canada pipeline should be considered a federal project.
And if it is considered a federal project, it will require the National Energy Board’s approval to proceed.
The energy board says Sawyer’s jurisdictional challenge was received in July.
LNG Canada announced earlier this month that it was going ahead with a plant in Kitimat, with the pipeline delivering natural gas from the northeast corner of the province.