[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 244 (Wednesday, December 19, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 75253]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-30542]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice: 8128]


Notice of Receipt of Kinder Morgan Cochin, LLC, Application for a 
Presidential Permit To Operate and Maintain Pipeline Facilities on the 
Border of the United States and Canada

AGENCY: Department of State.

ACTION: Notice of Receipt of Kinder Morgan Cochin, LLC, Application for 
a Presidential Permit To Operate and Maintain Pipeline Facilities 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 Kinder Morgan Cochin, LLC (``KM Cochin'') notice that by 
way of corporate succession, KM Cochin now owns, operates, and 
maintains pipeline facilities (``Cochin Pipeline'') previously owned by 
Dome Pipeline Corporation (``Dome Pipeline'') and permitted under a 
1974 Presidential Permit issued to Dome Pipeline. KM Cochin requests a 
new Presidential Permit be issued under its name with respect to the 
Cochin Pipeline.
    KM Cochin is a Delaware limited liability company with its 
principal office at 500 Dallas Street Suite 1000, Houston, TX 77002. It 
is engaged in the interstate, intrastate and international 
transportation by pipeline of light liquid hydrocarbons, including 
transportation of light liquid hydrocarbons between the United States 
and Canada on the Cochin Pipeline crossing the border of North Dakota 
and Saskatchewan. KM Cochin is an indirectly wholly owned subsidiary of 
KMP, a Delaware master limited partnership listed on the NYSE as 
``KMP'', with its principal office at 500 Dallas Street, Suite 1000, 
Houston, TX 77002. The general partner of KMP is Kinder Morgan G.P., 
Inc., (``KMGP'') a Delaware corporation, which is owned by Kinder 
Morgan, Inc., (``KMI'', as listed on the NYSE), a Delaware corporation. 
KMP is owned by KMI through common and class B limited partner units, 
by KMG though its 1% general partner interest, and by public investors 
as limited partners holding common units purchased on the NYSE.
    Dome Pipeline built, operated and maintained the pipeline pursuant 
to the 1974 Permit from the date the Permit was issued until March 15, 
2007, when Dome Petroleum Corp., a North Dakota corporation with 
principal offices in Bismarck, North Dakota, sold Dome Pipeline, its 
former subsidiary, to Kinder Morgan Operating L.P. ``A'' (``KMOLPA''), 
a Delaware limited partnership and affiliate of Kinder Morgan Energy 
Partners LP, (``KMP''), a Delaware limited partnership, both with 
principal offices in Houston, Texas. Following the sale, Dome Pipeline 
was converted from a Delaware corporation to a Delaware limited 
liability company and merged into KM Cochin, which is now the legal 
name of the former Dome Pipeline Corporation. Since March 15, 2007, KM 
Cochin has owned, operated and maintained the Cochin Pipeline in 
compliance with all the terms and conditions of the previously issued 
Permit.
    The Cochin Pipeline is a 1,819 mile, 12-inch diameter pipeline that 
originates in Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta, and terminates at Windsor, 
Ontario. Cochin is presently approved by the Department of 
Transportation's Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration 
(PHMSA) to operate at a pressure of 1,000 psi, and is able to transport 
up to 95,000 barrels per day of light liquid hydrocarbons. Currently, 
the pipeline is used to move propane from Alberta to distribution 
terminals in the United States and Windsor, Ontario. A planned Cochin 
reversal project will involve reversing the flow of petroleum liquids 
so that shippers will be able to ship condensate from the United States 
westward for delivery into Canada.
    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 
the Cochin Pipeline would be in the U.S. national interest.

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

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.

    Dated: December 13, 2012.
Michael Brennan,
Acting Director, Office of Europe, Western Hemisphere and Africa, 
Bureau of Energy Resources, U.S. Department of State.
[FR Doc. 2012-30542 Filed 12-18-12; 8:45 am]
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