[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 100 (Thursday, May 25, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24200-24201]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-10685]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice: 10001]


Notice of Receipt of Express Pipeline LLC (Express US) 
Notification for Maintaining a Presidential Permit to Operate and 
Maintain Pipeline Facilities on the Border of the United States and 
Canada

AGENCY: Department of State.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the Department of State 
(``Department'') has received from Enbridge Inc. (``Enbridge'') notice 
that Enbridge has acquired the entities that own Express Pipeline LLC 
(``Express US''), which owns, operates and maintains pipeline 
facilities (``Express Pipeline'') authorized under a Presidential 
permit issued to Express US on July 9, 2015. Express US will continue 
to own, operate, and maintain the Express Pipeline as well as hold the 
Presidential permit.
    Interested parties are invited to submit comments within 30 days of 
the publication date of this notice on http://www.regulations.gov with 
regard to whether maintaining a Presidential permit for the Express 
Pipeline would be in the national interest in light of the change in 
control of the existing border facility.

DATES: The Department will accept comments until June 26, 2017.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Presidential Permit Coordinator, 
Energy Resources Bureau, Office of Policy Analysis and Public 
Diplomacy, United States Department of State, 2201 C St. NW., Suite 
4422, Washington, DC 20520.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Enbridge's notification is available at 
https://www.state.gov/e/enr/applicant/applicants/expresspipeline/index.htm. Express US is a corporation duly organized under the laws of 
Delaware. The ultimate parent company of Express is now Enbridge, a 
publicly traded corporation based in Calgary, Canada with approximately 
15,811 miles (25,446 kilometers) of active crude pipeline across North 
America.
    The Express Pipeline is a 786-mile, 24-inch crude oil pipeline 
crossing the U.S.-Canada border near Wild Horse, Montana, and 
terminating near Casper, Wyoming. The Express Pipeline has been in 
operation since 1997 and primarily transports crude oil from Hardisty, 
Alberta, Canada.
    Under Executive Order 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 has the responsibility to 
determine whether issuance of a new Presidential permit reflecting the 
change in control of the Express Pipeline would be in the U.S. national 
interest.
    Consistent with Public Notice 5092, (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, issued on May 31, 2005), the

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Department typically does not conduct environmental analysis when 
deciding whether to issue a permit that reflects a change in ownership 
or control of an existing border facility, where that change in 
ownership or control is not accompanied by changes to the facilities or 
their use as authorized by the existing permit unless information is 
brought to the Department's attention in connection with the 
application process that the transfer potentially would have a 
significant impact on the quality of the human environment.
    To submit a comment, go to http://www.regulations.gov, enter 
Federal Registrar number DOS-2017-0024, and follow the prompts. Written 
comments should be addressed to: Mr. Marcus D. Lee, U.S. Department of 
State, 2201 C Street NW., Suite 4422, Washington, DC 20520.
    Comments are not private. They will be posted on the 
Regulations.gov site. The comments will not be edited to remove 
identifying or contact information, and the Department cautions against 
including any information that one does not want publicly disclosed. 
The Department requests that any party soliciting or aggregating 
comments received from other persons for submission to the Department 
inform those persons that the Department will not edit their comments 
to remove identifying or contact information, and that they should not 
include any information in their comments that they do not want 
publicly disclosed.

Matthew T. McManus,
Acting Director, Office of Policy, Analysis and Public Diplomacy, 
Bureau of Energy Resources, Department of State.
[FR Doc. 2017-10685 Filed 5-24-17; 8:45 am]
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