Pipeline Whistleblower: Cracks in The System
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It's exactly these kind of problems and accountability failures that Vokes is now trying to highlight as Canada prepares to double its pipeline capacity with controversial bitumen and diluent highways across the continent.
"Someone is going die and they just don't know it yet," explains Vokes, a large, intense and careful man who spoke to both the Tyee and the CBC over the last several weeks.
He's also filed his concerns and allegations with the National Energy Board, the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Alberta (APEGA) and U.S. Pipeline Hazardous Materials Standard Administration (PHMSA). Documents have also been sent to the office of the prime minister.
The NEB told the Tyee that the board is taking the allegations and complaints made by Vokes seriously and is investigating them. In contrast, AGEGA, a self-regulating professional body, did not answer two separate queries from the Tyee.
http://thetyee.ca/News/2012/10/01/Cracks-In-Pipeline-System/