[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 53 (Monday, March 20, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 14050]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-3973]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 5347]


Notice of Receipt of Application for a Presidential Permit for 
Pipeline Facilities To Be Operated and Maintained on the Border of the 
United States

AGENCY: Department of State.

ACTION: Notice.

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    Notice is hereby given that the Department of State has received an 
application from PMC (Nova Scotia) Company (``PMC Nova Scotia'') for 
itself, and on behalf of Plains Marketing Canada L.P. (both Canadian 
companies), for a Presidential permit, pursuant to Executive Order 
13337 of April 30, 2004, to operate and maintain a pipeline crossing 
the U.S.-Canada border at a point near Raymond, Montana. In 1972, the 
Department originally issued a permit to construct, operate and 
maintain this oil pipeline to Wascana Pipe Line Incorporated. According 
to the PMC Nova Scotia application, Wascana Pipe Line Ltd. was 
dissolved in 1999 and its assets distributed to the Murphy Oil Company 
Ltd. These assets, including the Wascana River pipeline, were 
subsequently acquired from Murphy Oil Company Ltd. in May, 2001 by PMC 
Nova Scotia, for itself and on behalf of Plains Marketing Canada, L.P. 
Therefore, PMC Nova Scotia for itself, and on behalf of Plains 
Marketing Canada L.P., seeks a new Presidential permit reflecting the 
change of ownership.
    PMC Nova Scotia and Plains Marketing Canada are direct subsidiaries 
of Plains All American Pipeline, L.P., a Texas partnership. The 
existing pipeline originates eight miles northeast of Poplar, Montana, 
and runs to the international boundary between the U.S. and Canada at a 
point near Raymond, Montana, then connects to similar facilities in the 
Province of Alberta, Canada. PMC Nova Scotia has, in written 
correspondence to the Department of State, committed to abide by the 
relevant terms and conditions of the permit previously held by Wascana 
Pipe Line Ltd. Further, PMC Nova Scotia indicated in that 
correspondence that the operation of the pipeline will remain 
essentially unchanged from that previously permitted. Therefore, in 
accordance with 22 CFR 161.7(b)(3) and the Department's Procedures for 
Issuance of a Presidential Permit Where There Has Been a Transfer of 
the Underlying Facility, Bridge or Border Crossing for Land 
Transportation (70 FR 30990, May 31, 2005), the Department of State 
does not intend to conduct an environmental review of the application 
unless information is brought to its attention that the transfer 
potentially would have a significant impact on the quality of the human 
environment.
    As required by E.O. 13337, the Department of State is circulating 
this application to concerned federal agencies for comment.

DATES: Interested parties are invited to submit, in duplicate, comments 
relative to this proposal on or before April 19, 2006 to Charles Esser, 
Office of International Energy and Commodity Policy, U.S. Department of 
State, Washington, DC 20520. The application and related documents that 
are part of the record to be considered by the Department of State in 
connection with this application are available for inspection in the 
Office of International Energy and Commodity Policy during normal 
business hours.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Charles Esser, Office of International 
Energy and Commodity Policy (EB/ESC/IEC/EPC), U.S. Department of State, 
Washington, DC 20520; or by telephone at (202) 647-1291; or by fax at 
(202) 647-4037. The alternate contact is Matthew T. McManus in the same 
office, with telephone number (202) 647-3423.

    Dated: March 10, 2006.
Matthew T. McManus,
Acting Director, Office of International Energy and Commodity Policy, 
U.S. Department of State.
 [FR Doc. E6-3973 Filed 3-17-06; 8:45 am]
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