Nebraska Governor Dave Heineman says President Obama should have used a little common sense before he made a controversial decision to reject the Keystone pipeline project. Obama blamed Republicans for not giving him enough time to weigh the decision.

Heineman says the decision could create legal problems for Nebraska. State agency officials are examining what a State Department ruling could mean for a Nebraska-based environmental review of the project.

Pipeline developer TransCanada agreed to the review last year, and company officials said they would voluntarily reroute the line following concerns about running it through Nebraska’s sensitive Sandhills.

Heineman says moving the line a few miles east will solve the problem. He says Obama should have issued a “conditional yes,” to give Nebraska the time to complete its review, and says the President could have used a little common sense.