[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 217 (Thursday, November 8, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 67055]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-27328]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 8081]


Application for a Presidential Permit To Operate and Maintain 
Pipeline Facilities (Line 39) on the Border of the United States and 
Canada

AGENCY: Department of State.

ACTION: Notice of Receipt of Application for a Presidential Permit To 
Operate and Maintain Pipeline Facilities (Line 39) on the Border of the 
United States and Canada.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the Department of State (DOS) has 
received from NOVA Chemicals Inc. (``NOVA Inc.'') notice that by way of 
corporate succession, NOVA Inc. now owns, operates, and maintains 
pipeline facilities (Line 39) used to transport brine from a block 
valve site in St. Clair County, Michigan, near the city of Marysville 
to the international border between the United States and Canada. Line 
39 was previously owned by Polysar Hydrocarbons Inc. (``Polysar'') and 
permitted under a 1986 Presidential Permit issued to NOVA 
Petrochemicals, Inc. NOVA Inc. requests a new Presidential Permit be 
issued under its name with respect to Line 39.
    NOVA Inc. is incorporated in the State of Delaware and is a wholly-
owned subsidiary of NOVA Chemicals Corporation (``NOVA Corporation''). 
NOVA Corporation is a company continued under the laws of the Province 
of New Brunswick, Canada. All of the issued and outstanding shares of 
NOVA Corporation are owned by a wholly owned subsidiary of the 
International Petroleum Investment Corporation (``IPIC'') which is 
wholly owned by the government of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, United Arab 
Emirates.
    Line 39 was initially constructed and owned by Polysar Hydrocarbons 
Inc. (``Polysar'') in 1990-91. The initial application for the permit 
requested that the permit be issued to Polysar. The 1991 permit was 
actually issued instead to NOVA Petrochemicals Inc. an affiliate of 
Polysar that was mentioned in the application, as owning the brine that 
would be transported on line 39. In February 1991, through a series of 
internal transactions, Polysar's direct parent was merged into NOVA 
Inc. and Polysar changed its name to Novacor Hydrocarbons Inc. 
(``Novacor''). Novacor then changed its name to NOVA Hydrocarbons and 
then NOVA Chemicals Hydrocarbon, and shortly thereafter was merged into 
NOVA Inc. Through several more corporate transactions involving changes 
in ownership of NOVA Inc.'s corporate parent, none has affected NOVA 
Inc.'s or its parent NOVA Chemicals Corporation's (``NOVA 
Corporation'') ownership of the border crossing facility subject to the 
1991 Presidential Permit. NOVA Inc. anticipates no change in the 
operations of Line 39 relative to those that were authorized by the 
1991 permit.
    Under E.O. 13337 the Secretary of State is designated and empowered 
to receive all applications for Presidential Permits for the 
construction, connection, operation, or maintenance at the borders of 
the United States, of facilities for the exportation or importation of 
liquid petroleum, petroleum products, or other non-gaseous fuels to or 
from a foreign country. The Department of State is circulating this 
application to concerned federal agencies for comment. The Department 
of State has the responsibility to determine whether issuance of a new 
Presidential Permit reflecting the change in ownership or control of 
Line 39 would be in the U.S. national interest.

DATES: Interested parties are invited to submit comments within 30 days 
of the publication of this notice by email to 
[email protected] with regard to whether issuing a new 
Presidential Permit reflecting the corporate succession and authorizing 
NOVA, Inc. to operate and maintain Line 39 would be in the national 
interest. The application is available at http://www.state.gov/e/enr/c52945.htm.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Office of Energy Diplomacy, Energy 
Resources Bureau (ENR/EDP/EWA), Department of State, 2201 C St. NW., 
Ste 4843, Washington, DC 20520, Attn: Michael Brennan, Tel: 202-647-
7553. Email: [email protected].

    Dated: October 26, 2012.
Douglas R. Kramer,
Acting Director, Office of Europe, Western Hemisphere and Africa, 
Bureau of Energy Resources, U.S. Department of State.
[FR Doc. 2012-27328 Filed 11-7-12; 8:45 am]
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