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[Public Notice 6654]
60-Day Notice of Proposed Information
Collection: DS–3013 and 3013–s,
Application Under the Hague
Convention on the Civil Aspects of
International Child Abduction, OMB
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ACTION: Notice of request for public
comments.
SUMMARY: The Department of State is
seeking Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) approval for the
information collection described below.
The purpose of this notice is to allow 60
days for public comment in the Federal
Register preceding submission to OMB.
We are conducting this process in
accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995.
• Title of Information Collection:
Application Under the Hague
Convention on the Civil Aspects of
International Child Abduction
• OMB Control Number: 1405–0076
• Type of Request: Revision
• Originating Office: CA/OCS/PRI
• Form Number: DS–3013, 3013–s
• Respondents: Person seeking return
of or access to child
• Estimated Number of Respondents:
2,355
• Estimated Number of Responses:
2,355
• Average Hours per Response: 1
hour
• Total Estimated Burden: 2,355
• Frequency: On occasion
• Obligation to Respond: Voluntary
DATES: The Department will accept
comments from the public up to 60 days
from August 7, 2009.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
by any of the following methods:
• E-mail: ASKPRI@state.gov.
• Mail (paper, disk, or CD–ROM
submissions): U.S. Department of State,
CA/OCS/PRI, SA–29, 4th Floor,
Washington, DC 20520
• Fax: (202) 736–9111
You must include the DS form
number (if applicable), information
collection title, and OMB control
number in any correspondence.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information
regarding the collection listed in this
notice, including requests for copies of
the proposed information collection
should be made to Derek A. Rivers,
Bureau of Consular Affairs, Overseas
Citizens Services (CA/OCS/PRI), U.S.
Department of State, SA–29, 4th Floor,
Washington, DC 20520, who may be
reached on (202) 736–9082 or
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We are
soliciting public comments to permit
the Department to:
• Evaluate whether the proposed
information collection is necessary for
the proper performance of our
functions.
• Evaluate the accuracy of our
estimate of the burden of the proposed
collection, including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used.
• Enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected.
• Minimize the reporting burden on
those who are to respond, including the
use of automated collection techniques
or other forms of technology.
Abstract of proposed collection: The
Application Under the Hague
Convention on the Civil Aspects of
International Child Abduction (DS–3013
and DS 3013–s) is used by parents or
legal guardians who are asking the State
Department’s assistance in seeking the
return of, or access to, a child or
children alleged to be wrongfully
removed from or retained outside of the
child’s habitual residence and currently
located in another country that is also
party to the Hague Convention on the
Civil Aspects of International Child
Abduction. The application requests
information regarding the identities of
the applicant, the child or children, and
the person alleged to have wrongfully
removed or retained the child or
children. In addition, the application
requires that the applicant provide the
circumstances of the alleged wrongful
removal or retention and the legal
justification for the request for return or
access. The State Department, as the
U.S. Central Authority, uses this
information to establish, if possible, the
applicants’ claims under the
Convention; to advise applicants about
available remedies under the
Convention; and to provide the
information necessary to the foreign
Central Authority in its efforts to locate
the child or children, and to facilitate
return of or access to the child or
children pursuant to the Convention.
Methodology: The completed form
DS–3013 and DS 3013–s may be
submitted to the Office of Children’s
Issues by mail, by fax, or electronically
through https://www.travel.state.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
DEPARTMENT OF STATE
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Mary Ellen Hickey,
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
[Public Notice 6657]
Notice of Availability of the Final
Environmental Impact Statement;
Enbridge Energy, Limited Partnership
(‘‘Alberta Clipper Project’’)
Department of State.
Notice of Availability of the
Final Environmental Impact Statement;
Enbridge Energy, Limited Partnership
(‘‘Alberta Clipper Project’’).
AGENCY:
ACTION:
SUMMARY: Enbridge Energy, Limited
Partnership (‘‘Enbridge’’) has applied to
the Department of State for a
Presidential Permit, pursuant to
Executive Order 13337 of April 30,
2004, to construct, connect, operate, and
maintain a 36-inch diameter crude oil
and liquid hydrocarbon pipeline at the
U.S.-Canadian border near Neche,
Pembina County, North Dakota, for the
purpose of transporting liquid
hydrocarbons and other petroleum
products between the United States and
Canada. Enbridge seeks this
authorization in connection with its
Alberta Clipper Pipeline, which is
designed to transport Canadian crude
oil from the Western Canadian
Sedimentary Basin (‘‘WCSB’’) to
existing refinery markets in the Midwest
region of the United States. The
Department of State has prepared a final
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)
for the United States portion of the
proposed Alberta Clipper Pipeline
(‘‘Proposed Project’’).
The Secretary of State is designated
and empowered to receive all
applications for Presidential Permits, as
referred to in Executive Order 13337, as
amended, for the construction,
operation, and maintenance, at the
borders of the United States, of facilities
for the exportation or importation of
petroleum, petroleum products, coal, or
other fuels to or from a foreign country.
Any person wishing to comment on the
final EIS may do so. To ensure
consideration prior to a Department of
State decision on the Enbridge proposal,
it is important that we receive
comments no later than July 3, 2009.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The final
EIS was prepared in conformity with the
requirements of the National
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and
to evaluate the potential environmental
impacts of the United States portion of
the proposed pipeline. The document
also evaluates alternatives to the
proposal, including system alternatives
and pipeline route alternatives.
The federal cooperating agencies for
the development of this EIS are: U.S.
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Army Corps of Engineers; U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service; U.S. Department of
Agriculture—Farm Service Agency,
Natural Resources Conservation Service;
U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau
of Indian Affairs; and the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency. In
addition, two Indian Bands are acting as
cooperating agencies for this EIS: the
Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior
Chippewa; and the Leech Lake Band of
Ojibwe Indians. Cooperating agencies
either have jurisdiction by law or
special expertise with respect to the
environmental impacts assessed in
connection with the proposal and are
involved in the Department’s analysis of
those environmental impacts.
The Alberta Clipper pipeline would
be a new pipeline that would transport
crude oil from Enbridge’s existing
facilities in Hardisty, Alberta, Canada to
its existing terminal in Superior,
Wisconsin. From there, the liquid
hydrocarbons would be transported to
Midwestern markets, the eastern United
States and Canada, and the
Midcontinent and U.S. Gulf markets.
Crude oil would be transported to
markets in the Midwest via Enbridge’s
Lakehead System, which is currently
being expanded, and potentially
through pipelines that may be
constructed in the future. The pipeline
would be designed to transport an
average crude oil volume of
approximately 450,000 bpd.
The Proposed Project would consist of
approximately 326.9 miles of new 36inch-diameter pipeline and associated
facilities installed primarily within or
adjacent to existing Enbridge pipeline
corridors. The Proposed Project also
would require new construction at
existing pump stations and construction
of delivery facilities and mainline
valves. The pipeline would have the
capacity to deliver an average of 450,000
barrels per day (bpd) of heavy crude oil
from a supply hub near Hardisty to an
existing terminal in Superior. In
Canada, the pipeline includes
approximately 673 miles of new
pipeline and associated facilities from
Hardisty to the U.S./Canada border near
Neche, North Dakota. The Canadian
portion of the Alberta Clipper pipeline
system has been approved by the
Canadian National Energy Board and
other Canadian reviewing entities, and
is under construction.
Approximately 82 percent of the
proposed pipeline route in the United
States would be within or adjacent to an
existing Enbridge pipeline corridor. The
existing corridor houses six pipelines
between the U.S./Canada border and
Clearbrook, Minnesota (including the
Southern Lights LSr Project pipeline
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which began construction in summer
2008), and four existing pipelines
between Clearbrook and Superior. The
existing pipelines transport crude oil or
petroleum products. A fifth pipeline has
been proposed for the corridor between
Clearbrook and Superior, and Enbridge
proposes to construct it concurrently
with the Alberta Clipper Project
pipeline.
Enbridge proposes to begin
construction activities for the Project in
summer 2009, with a planned in-service
date of early 2010, subject to receipt of
all necessary permits, approvals, and
authorizations pursuant to DOS
regulations (40 CFR 1500–1508 and 22
CFR 161).
As a separate but connected action to
the Proposed Project, Enbridge is
proposing to construct, operate, and
maintain the Superior Terminal
Expansion Project. This project would
consist of five new 250,000-barrel
storage tanks and associated piping and
facilities at the existing Enbridge
terminal. The Superior Terminal
Expansion Project is not part of the
Presidential Permit Application
submitted to DOS and would be
permitted separately from the Alberta
Clipper Project.
Construction of the Proposed Project
would generally require a 140-foot-wide
construction right-of-way to allow
temporary storage of topsoil and spoil
and to accommodate safe operation of
construction equipment. Enbridge
would retain a portion of the
construction right-of-way in order to
maintain a 75-feet right-of-way from the
current outermost pipeline.
The Proposed Project would not
require construction of new pump
stations. Mainline valves would be
installed along the pipeline to limit the
volume of a spill if one were to occur.
Enbridge conducted an analysis to
determine the most appropriate
locations for mainline valves in
compliance with the requirements of 49
CFR Part 195. Construction of the
pipeline would require establishment of
rail unloading sites for delivery of pipe
and contractor/pipe storage yards at
locations near the construction right-ofway to temporarily store pipe and the
contractor’s vehicles, equipment, tools,
and other construction-related items.
Rail unloading areas would be located
adjacent to railroad sidings. Enbridge
would need to gain access to the
construction right-of-way during
pipeline installation and the permanent
right-of-way during operation. In
general, Enbridge would use existing
public roads to gain access to the
construction right-of-way as much as
possible. In areas where public roads are
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limited, existing privately owned roads
may be used for access, provided that
Enbridge receives permission from the
landowners. If neither public nor
privately owned roads are available,
Enbridge would construct new access
roads that typically would be
approximately 10 to 30 feet wide.
U.S. States and counties that could
possibly be affected by construction of
the proposed pipeline are:
• North Dakota: Pembina;
• Minnesota: Kittson, Marshall,
Pennington, Red Lake, Polk, Clearwater,
Beltrami, Hubbard, Cass, Itasca, Aitkin,
St. Louis, Carlton; and
• Wisconsin: Douglas.
Comment Procedures and Public
Meetings: Any person wishing to
comment on the final EIS may do so. To
ensure consideration prior to a
Department of State decision on the
proposal, it is important that we receive
your comments no later than July 3,
2009.
Options for submitting comments on
the Final EIS are as follows:
• By mail to: Elizabeth Orlando,
Alberta Clipper Project Manager, U.S.
Department of State, OES/ENV Room
2657, Washington, DC 20520.
Please note that Department of State
mail can be delayed due to security
screening.
• Fax to: (202) 647–5947, attention
Elizabeth Orlando.
• E-mail to:
albertaclipperEIS@state.gov.
• Comment over the Internet via the
Alberta Clipper EIS Web site: https://
www.albertaclipper.state.gov.
Comments received will be included
in the public docket without change and
may be made available on-line at
https://www.albertaclipper.state.gov,
including any personal information
provided, unless the commenter
indicates that the comment includes
information claimed to be Confidential
Business Information (CBI) or other
information whose disclosure is
restricted by statute. Do not submit
information that you consider to be CBI,
or otherwise protected, through e-mail.
If you send a comment by e-mail, your
e-mail address will be automatically
captured and included as part of the
comment that is placed in the public
docket and made available on the
Internet. If you submit an electronic
comment, we recommend that you
include your name and other contact
information in the body of your
comment and with any disk or CD–ROM
you submit. If we cannot read your
comment because of technical
difficulties and cannot contact you for
clarification, we may not be able to
consider your comment. Electronic
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comments should avoid the use of any
special characters, any form of
encryption, and be free of any defects or
viruses.
Copies of the final EIS have been
mailed to interested federal, tribal, state
and local agencies; public interest
groups; individuals and affected
landowners who requested a copy of the
final EIS or provided comments during
the scoping process; libraries;
newspapers; and other stakeholders.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The
Enbridge application for a Presidential
Permit, including associated maps and
drawings, the final EIS; a list of libraries
where the final EIS may be reviewed;
and other project information is
available for viewing and download at
the project Web site: https://
www.albertaclipper.state.gov.
For information on the proposed
project or the final EIS contact Elizabeth
Orlando, OES/ENV Room 2657, U.S.
Department of State, Washington, DC
20520, or by telephone (202) 647–4284,
or by fax at (202) 647–5947.
Daniel Fantozzi,
Director, Bureau of Oceans and International
Environmental and Scientific Affairs/Office
of Environmental Policy, Department of State.
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Issuance of an Amended Presidential
Permit Authorizing the Construction,
Operation, and Maintenance of an
International Bridge Near McAllen, TX,
at the International Boundary Between
the United States and Mexico
SUMMARY: At the request of the
permittee, the Department of State has
amended the Presidential permit,
originally issued in 1999, that
authorizes the Cities of McAllen,
Hidalgo, and Mission, Texas to
construct, operate, and maintain an
international bridge known as
‘‘Anzalduas Bridge’’ near McAllen,
Texas, at the international boundary
between the United States and Mexico.
The amendment removes an article in
the original permit that limited initial
operating hours of the bridge to twelve
hours per day. With this restriction
removed, the Department of Homeland
Security’s Bureau of Customs and
Border Patrol, working with local and
Mexican authorities, can set the bridge’s
hours of operation in accordance with
demand and available resources. In
making its determination to amend the
permit, the Department provided public
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notice of the proposed amendment and
provided the opportunity for comment
(74 FR 12173, March 23, 2009) and also
consulted with other federal agencies, as
required by Executive Order 11423, as
amended.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
Daniel Darrach, U.S.-Mexico Border
Affairs Coordinator, via e-mail at WHABorderAffairs@state.gov; by phone at
202–647–9894; or by mail at Office of
Mexican Affairs—Room 3909,
Department of State, 2201 C St., NW.,
Washington, DC 20520. Information
about Presidential permits is available
on the Internet at https://www.state.gov/
p/wha/rt/permit/.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
following is the text of the amended
permit:
By virtue of the authority vested in
me as Acting Assistant Secretary of
State for the Bureau of Economic,
Energy, and Business Affairs under
Executive Order 11423, 33 FR 11741
(1963), as amended by Executive Order
12847 of May 17, 1993, 58 FR 29511
(1993), Executive Order 13284 of
January 23, 2003, 68 FR 4075 (2003),
and Executive Order 13337 of April 30,
2004, 69 FR 25299 (2004), and
Department of State Delegation of
Authority 322 of January 16, 2009;
having considered the environmental
effects of the proposed action in
accordance with the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (83
Stat. 852; 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) and
other statutes relating to environmental
concerns; having considered the
proposed action in accordance with the
National Historic Preservation Act (80
Stat. 917, 16 U.S.C. 470f et seq.); and
having requested and received the views
of various of the federal departments
and other interested persons; I hereby
grant permission, subject to the
conditions herein set forth, to the Cities
of McAllen, Hidalgo, and Mission,
Texas (hereinafter referred to as
‘‘permittee’’), to construct, operate, and
maintain an international vehicular and
pedestrian bridge southwest of McAllen,
Texas, and adjacent to Reynosa,
Tamaulipas, Mexico.
The term ‘‘facilities’’ as used in this
permit means the bridge, its approaches
and any land, structure or installations
appurtenant thereto, as set forth in
Alternative #3 in the ‘‘Anzalduas
International Crossing U.S.-Side
Improvements, Final Environmental
Assessment’’ dated March 1996, as
amended and supplemented by the
Department of State (the ‘‘EA’’).
The term ‘‘United States facilities’’ as
used in this permit means that part of
the facilities in the United States.
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This permit is subject to the following
conditions:
Article 1. The United States facilities
herein described, and all aspects of their
operation, shall be subject to the
conditions, provisions, and
requirements of this permit or any
amendment thereof; further that this
permit may be terminated at the will of
the Secretary of State or the Secretary’s
delegate or may be amended by the
Secretary of State or the Secretary’s
delegate at will or upon proper
application therefore; further that the
permittee shall make no substantial
change in the location of the United
States facilities or in the operation
authorized by this permit until such
changes have been approved by the
Secretary of State or the Secretary’s
delegate.
Article 2. (1) Standards for, and the
manner of, the construction, operation,
and maintenance of the United States
facilities shall be subject to inspection
and approval by the representatives of
appropriate federal or state agencies.
The permittee shall allow duly
authorized officers and employees of
such agencies free and unrestricted
access to said facilities in the
performance of their official duties.
(2) Approval of the United States
Coast Guard in conformity with Section
5 of the International Bridge Act of 1972
(33 U.S.C. 535c), by virtue of authority
delegated to the Commandant, U.S.
Coast Guard by Section 1.46(q) of Title
49, Code of Federal Regulations, shall be
obtained prior to initiation of
construction.
Article 3. The permittee shall comply
with all federal and state laws and
regulations regarding the construction,
operation, and maintenance of the
United States facilities, and with all
applicable industrial codes.
Article 4. Upon the termination,
revocation, or surrender of this permit,
and unless otherwise agreed by the
Secretary of State or the Secretary’s
delegate, the United States facilities in
the immediate vicinity of the
international boundary shall be
removed by and at the expense of the
permittee within such time as the
Secretary of State or the Secretary’s
delegate may specify, and upon failure
of the permittee to remove this portion
of the United States facilities as ordered,
the Secretary of State or the Secretary’s
delegate may direct that possession of
such facilities be taken and that they be
removed at the expense of the permittee;
and the permittee shall have no claim
for damages by reason of such
possession or removal.
Article 5. If, in the future, it should
appear to the United States Coast Guard
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
[Public Notice 6657]
Notice of Availability of the Final Environmental Impact
Statement; Enbridge Energy, Limited Partnership (``Alberta Clipper
Project'')
AGENCY: Department of State.
ACTION: Notice of Availability of the Final Environmental Impact
Statement; Enbridge Energy, Limited Partnership (``Alberta Clipper
Project'').
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SUMMARY: Enbridge Energy, Limited Partnership (``Enbridge'') has
applied to the Department of State for a Presidential Permit, pursuant
to Executive Order 13337 of April 30, 2004, to construct, connect,
operate, and maintain a 36-inch diameter crude oil and liquid
hydrocarbon pipeline at the U.S.-Canadian border near Neche, Pembina
County, North Dakota, for the purpose of transporting liquid
hydrocarbons and other petroleum products between the United States and
Canada. Enbridge seeks this authorization in connection with its
Alberta Clipper Pipeline, which is designed to transport Canadian crude
oil from the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin (``WCSB'') to existing
refinery markets in the Midwest region of the United States. The
Department of State has prepared a final Environmental Impact Statement
(EIS) for the United States portion of the proposed Alberta Clipper
Pipeline (``Proposed Project'').
The Secretary of State is designated and empowered to receive all
applications for Presidential Permits, as referred to in Executive
Order 13337, as amended, for the construction, operation, and
maintenance, at the borders of the United States, of facilities for the
exportation or importation of petroleum, petroleum products, coal, or
other fuels to or from a foreign country. Any person wishing to comment
on the final EIS may do so. To ensure consideration prior to a
Department of State decision on the Enbridge proposal, it is important
that we receive comments no later than July 3, 2009.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The final EIS was prepared in conformity
with the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
and to evaluate the potential environmental impacts of the United
States portion of the proposed pipeline. The document also evaluates
alternatives to the proposal, including system alternatives and
pipeline route alternatives.
The federal cooperating agencies for the development of this EIS
are: U.S.
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Army Corps of Engineers; U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; U.S.
Department of Agriculture--Farm Service Agency, Natural Resources
Conservation Service; U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian
Affairs; and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. In addition, two
Indian Bands are acting as cooperating agencies for this EIS: the Fond
du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa; and the Leech Lake Band of
Ojibwe Indians. Cooperating agencies either have jurisdiction by law or
special expertise with respect to the environmental impacts assessed in
connection with the proposal and are involved in the Department's
analysis of those environmental impacts.
The Alberta Clipper pipeline would be a new pipeline that would
transport crude oil from Enbridge's existing facilities in Hardisty,
Alberta, Canada to its existing terminal in Superior, Wisconsin. From
there, the liquid hydrocarbons would be transported to Midwestern
markets, the eastern United States and Canada, and the Midcontinent and
U.S. Gulf markets. Crude oil would be transported to markets in the
Midwest via Enbridge's Lakehead System, which is currently being
expanded, and potentially through pipelines that may be constructed in
the future. The pipeline would be designed to transport an average
crude oil volume of approximately 450,000 bpd.
The Proposed Project would consist of approximately 326.9 miles of
new 36-inch-diameter pipeline and associated facilities installed
primarily within or adjacent to existing Enbridge pipeline corridors.
The Proposed Project also would require new construction at existing
pump stations and construction of delivery facilities and mainline
valves. The pipeline would have the capacity to deliver an average of
450,000 barrels per day (bpd) of heavy crude oil from a supply hub near
Hardisty to an existing terminal in Superior. In Canada, the pipeline
includes approximately 673 miles of new pipeline and associated
facilities from Hardisty to the U.S./Canada border near Neche, North
Dakota. The Canadian portion of the Alberta Clipper pipeline system has
been approved by the Canadian National Energy Board and other Canadian
reviewing entities, and is under construction.
Approximately 82 percent of the proposed pipeline route in the
United States would be within or adjacent to an existing Enbridge
pipeline corridor. The existing corridor houses six pipelines between
the U.S./Canada border and Clearbrook, Minnesota (including the
Southern Lights LSr Project pipeline which began construction in summer
2008), and four existing pipelines between Clearbrook and Superior. The
existing pipelines transport crude oil or petroleum products. A fifth
pipeline has been proposed for the corridor between Clearbrook and
Superior, and Enbridge proposes to construct it concurrently with the
Alberta Clipper Project pipeline.
Enbridge proposes to begin construction activities for the Project
in summer 2009, with a planned in-service date of early 2010, subject
to receipt of all necessary permits, approvals, and authorizations
pursuant to DOS regulations (40 CFR 1500-1508 and 22 CFR 161).
As a separate but connected action to the Proposed Project,
Enbridge is proposing to construct, operate, and maintain the Superior
Terminal Expansion Project. This project would consist of five new
250,000-barrel storage tanks and associated piping and facilities at
the existing Enbridge terminal. The Superior Terminal Expansion Project
is not part of the Presidential Permit Application submitted to DOS and
would be permitted separately from the Alberta Clipper Project.
Construction of the Proposed Project would generally require a 140-
foot-wide construction right-of-way to allow temporary storage of
topsoil and spoil and to accommodate safe operation of construction
equipment. Enbridge would retain a portion of the construction right-
of-way in order to maintain a 75-feet right-of-way from the current
outermost pipeline.
The Proposed Project would not require construction of new pump
stations. Mainline valves would be installed along the pipeline to
limit the volume of a spill if one were to occur. Enbridge conducted an
analysis to determine the most appropriate locations for mainline
valves in compliance with the requirements of 49 CFR Part 195.
Construction of the pipeline would require establishment of rail
unloading sites for delivery of pipe and contractor/pipe storage yards
at locations near the construction right-of-way to temporarily store
pipe and the contractor's vehicles, equipment, tools, and other
construction-related items. Rail unloading areas would be located
adjacent to railroad sidings. Enbridge would need to gain access to the
construction right-of-way during pipeline installation and the
permanent right-of-way during operation. In general, Enbridge would use
existing public roads to gain access to the construction right-of-way
as much as possible. In areas where public roads are limited, existing
privately owned roads may be used for access, provided that Enbridge
receives permission from the landowners. If neither public nor
privately owned roads are available, Enbridge would construct new
access roads that typically would be approximately 10 to 30 feet wide.
U.S. States and counties that could possibly be affected by
construction of the proposed pipeline are:
North Dakota: Pembina;
Minnesota: Kittson, Marshall, Pennington, Red Lake, Polk,
Clearwater, Beltrami, Hubbard, Cass, Itasca, Aitkin, St. Louis,
Carlton; and
Wisconsin: Douglas.
Comment Procedures and Public Meetings: Any person wishing to
comment on the final EIS may do so. To ensure consideration prior to a
Department of State decision on the proposal, it is important that we
receive your comments no later than July 3, 2009.
Options for submitting comments on the Final EIS are as follows:
By mail to: Elizabeth Orlando, Alberta Clipper Project
Manager, U.S. Department of State, OES/ENV Room 2657, Washington, DC
20520.
Please note that Department of State mail can be delayed due to
security screening.
Fax to: (202) 647-5947, attention Elizabeth Orlando.
E-mail to: albertaclipperEIS@state.gov.
Comment over the Internet via the Alberta Clipper EIS Web
site: https://www.albertaclipper.state.gov.
Comments received will be included in the public docket without
change and may be made available on-line at https://www.albertaclipper.state.gov, including any personal information
provided, unless the commenter indicates that the comment includes
information claimed to be Confidential Business Information (CBI) or
other information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Do not
submit information that you consider to be CBI, or otherwise protected,
through e-mail. If you send a comment by e-mail, your e-mail address
will be automatically captured and included as part of the comment that
is placed in the public docket and made available on the Internet. If
you submit an electronic comment, we recommend that you include your
name and other contact information in the body of your comment and with
any disk or CD-ROM you submit. If we cannot read your comment because
of technical difficulties and cannot contact you for clarification, we
may not be able to consider your comment. Electronic
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comments should avoid the use of any special characters, any form of
encryption, and be free of any defects or viruses.
Copies of the final EIS have been mailed to interested federal,
tribal, state and local agencies; public interest groups; individuals
and affected landowners who requested a copy of the final EIS or
provided comments during the scoping process; libraries; newspapers;
and other stakeholders.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The Enbridge application for a
Presidential Permit, including associated maps and drawings, the final
EIS; a list of libraries where the final EIS may be reviewed; and other
project information is available for viewing and download at the
project Web site: https://www.albertaclipper.state.gov.
For information on the proposed project or the final EIS contact
Elizabeth Orlando, OES/ENV Room 2657, U.S. Department of State,
Washington, DC 20520, or by telephone (202) 647-4284, or by fax at
(202) 647-5947.
Daniel Fantozzi,
Director, Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and
Scientific Affairs/Office of Environmental Policy, Department of State.
[FR Doc. E9-13335 Filed 6-5-09; 8:45 am]
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