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There are several things we can possibly add to the CalNev Pipeline. I think the most important issue to address is the potential environmental impact it has and the potential slack in regulations Trump will allow for pipelines like these.

The $400 million expansion project proposed 233 of new pipeline in California and Nevada. This would be a third, 16-inch pipeline to accompany two existing pipelines from North Colton, California to Bracken Junction in Las Vegas, Nevada. It required right-of-way access to the land it would run across. The estimated time of construction would be 12 months starting around the beginning of 2010. This would help meet the demands of a new airport in Ivanpah Valley in Clark County.

Environmental Effects
In 2010, Kinder Morgan proposed an expansion project which would add a third, 16-inch pipeline to accompany the two existing pipelines. Several organizations as well as state government agencies responded to the CalNev Expansion Project such as the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California and the Nevada Department of Wildlife. The project proposed building across Cajon Creek Conservation Area in San Bernardino which would affect over 20 sensitive species. Construction would alter the area's hydrological regime and pose a risk to the animals living in this area.

The CalNev Pipeline is one of the oldest pipelines in operation, with the 8 5/8" pipeline being constructed in the early 1960's. The pipeline is protected by an exterior coating as well as cathodic protection systems to prevent corrosion. However, many areas of the pipeline are subject to corrosion. In July 2015, the Mojave National Preserve (MNP) assessed the portion of the CalNev pipeline that ran through the Mojave National Preserve and proposed upgrading or replacing the current cathodic protection systems. The MNP claimed that if no action was taken, the pipeline would pose a risk of an unscheduled fuel leak or emergency shutdown of the pipeline.

https://www.blm.gov/style/medialib/blm/ca/pdf/Barstow/calnev_pipeline.Par.95926.File.dat/DEIS-EIR%20for%20Calnev%20Pipeline%20Expansion%20Project_FOR%20CD3.pdf