[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 144 (Thursday, July 28, 1994)]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 94-18397]


[Federal Register: July 28, 1994]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs
[Public Notice 2043]


Finding of No Significant Impact: Lakehead Pipe Line Company 
Pipeline at Neche, ND

AGENCY: Department of State.

ACTION: Notice of a finding of no significant impact with regard to an 
application to construct, connect, operate and maintain a pipeline to 
transport crude oil and natural gas liquids across the U.S.-Canada 
border.

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SUMMARY: The Department of State has conducted an environmental 
assessment of the proposed construction by Lakehead Pipe Line Company 
of an oil pipeline across the international boundary at Neche, North 
Dakota. Based on the environmental assessment and after reviewing all 
comments, the Department of State has concluded that issuance of a 
Presidential Permit authorizing construction of the proposed pipeline 
will not have a significant effect on the human environment within the 
United States. An environmental impact statement will not be prepared.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON THE PIPELINE PERMIT APPLICATION, CONTACT: 
Donald E. Grabenstetter, Office of International Energy Policy, Room 
3535, U.S. Department of State, Washington, DC, 20520, (202) 647-4557.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT, CONTACT:
Evelyn Wheeler, Office of Ecology and Terrestrial Conservation, Room 
4325, U.S. Department of State, Washington, DC 20520, (202) 647-3367.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Lakehead Pipe Line Company, Limited 
Partnership has applied for a Presidential Permit to authorize 
construction, connection, operation and maintenance of a 20 inch 
diameter pipeline to convey crude oil and natural gas liquids across 
the border with Canada at Neche, North Dakota. The proposed pipeline 
would be constructed in the same right of way presently occupied by 
three oil pipelines owned and operated by the company. The existing 
pipelines are operating at full capacity and are unable to transport 
the volume of oil demanded by U.S. markets in the midwest. The purpose 
of the proposed new pipeline is to eliminate this capacity constraint.
    The Department of State has concluded that issuance of the permit 
will not have a significant effect on the quality of the human 
environment within the United States. This finding is based on an 
environmental assessment conducted by the Department of State which 
included a review of comments submitted in response to the Notice of 
Application published on March 4, 1994. On the basis of the 
environmental assessment, a finding of no significant impact is 
adopted, and an environmental impact statement will not be prepared.
    Construction and operation of the proposed pipeline is subject to 
regulation by the North Dakota Public Service Commission and the 
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

    Dated: June 16, 1994.
Joan E. Spero,
Under Secretary of State, for Economic, Business and Agricultural 
Affairs.
[FR Doc. 94-18397 Filed 7-27-94; 8:45 am]
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