Application for a Presidential Permit To Operate and Maintain Pipeline Facilities on the Border of the United States and Canada, 67056-67057 [2012-27330]
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Hydrocarbons Inc. (‘‘Polysar’’) and
permitted under a 1986 Presidential
Permit issued to Polysar. NOVA Inc.
requests a new Presidential Permit be
issued under its name with respect to
Lines 16, 18 and 19.
NOVA Inc. is incorporated in the
State of Delaware and is a whollyowned 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.
Polysar received a Presidential Permit
in 1986 to construct Lines 16, 18 and 19.
and transport natural gas liquids
(NGLs), propylene, and ethylene
between the United States and Canada.
Lines 16, 18 and 19 each consist of
approximately 1,350 feet of pipeline
extending from a block valve site in St.
Clair County, Michigan near the City of
Marysville to the international border
with Canada. NOVA Inc. anticipates no
change in the operations of Lines 16, 18
and 19 relative to those that were
authorized by the 1986 Presidential
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 nongaseous 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 Lines 16, 18, and 19 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 Novachemicalpermit@state.gov with
regard to whether issuing a new
Presidential Permit reflecting the
corporate succession and authorizing
NOVA, Inc. to operate and maintain
Lines 16, 18, and 19 would be in the
national interest. The application is
available at https://www.state.gov/e/enr/
c52945.htm.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Office of Energy Diplomacy, Energy
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Resources Bureau (ENR/EDP/EWA),
Department of State, 2201 C St. NW., Ste
4843, Washington, DC 20520, Attn:
Michael Brennan, Tel: 202–647–7553.
Douglas R. Kramer,
Acting Director, Office of Europe, Western
Hemisphere and Africa, Bureau of Energy
Resources, U.S. Department of State.
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
[Public Notice 8082]
Application for a Presidential Permit
To Operate and Maintain Pipeline
Facilities on the Border of the United
States and Canada
Department of State.
Notice of Receipt of Application
for a Presidential Permit to Operate and
Maintain Pipeline Facilities on the
Border of the United States and Canada.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
Notice is hereby given that
the Department of State (DOS) has
received from NOVA Chemicals Inc.
(‘‘NOVA Inc.’’) an application for reinstatement of a Presidential Permit
authorizing the operation and
maintenance of pipeline facilities to
transport natural gas liquids (‘‘NGLs’’)
extending 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.
NOVA Inc. is incorporated in the
State of Delaware and is a whollyowned subsidiary of 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.
NOVA Inc. requests the permit to
operate and maintain a pipeline (‘‘Line
20’’) consisting of approximately 1350
feet of 12-inch diameter pipeline as well
as certain appurtenant facilities that can
accommodate the transportation of up to
65,000 barrels per day (‘‘bpd’’) of NGLs.
NOVA Inc. intends to make use of the
existing Line 20 pipeline facilities as
one of the final links in a pipeline
system that will transport NGLs (in
particular, ethane) derived from gas
produced in the Marcellus Shale play in
Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia, and
neighboring states to the international
boundary under the St. Clair River and
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onward in the Province of Ontario,
Canada, to a petrochemical complex
located in Corunna, Ontario. Line 20
was constructed in 1986 and owned by
Polysar Hydrocarbons Inc. (‘‘Polysar’’)
and its upstream owner, Polysar Energy
and Chemical Corporation.
Since 1995, the Line 20 facilities have
been used pursuant to lease
arrangements for the transportation of
natural gas under Presidential Permits
which the Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission (‘‘FERC’’) issued to
Bluewater Gas Storage, L.L.C.
(‘‘Bluewater Gas Storage’’) and a
predecessor. The lease under which
Bluewater Gas Storage has been
operating the Line 20 facilities includes
a provision permitting its termination
on not less than two years’ notice.
NOVA Inc. provided Bluewater Gas
Storage notice that the Line 20 facilities
lease will terminate effective no later
than January 27, 2013. Upon
termination of the lease, possession and
operation of the Line 20 facilities will
revert to NOVA Inc., which proposes to
convert the Line 20 facilities back to
NGLs transportation service.
The Department of State has
concluded that the 1986 Presidential
Permit expired as to the Line 20
facilities when these were converted to
a natural gas transportation service and
operated pursuant to a Presidential
Permit issued to Bluewater Gas Storage
LLC., by FERC. Because NOVA intends
to place Line 20 facilities back into
natural gas liquids transportation
service in 2013, NOVA is seeking
reinstatement of the 1986 Presidential
permit on Line 20 facilities with
changes reflecting its ownership of the
Line 20 facilities.
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 nongaseous 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 Presidential Permit
reflecting the change in ownership or
control of Line 20 and the reversion to
transporting natural gas liquids 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
Novachemicalpermit@state.gov with
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regard to whether issuing a new
Presidential Permit reflecting the
corporate succession and authorizing
NOVA, Inc. to operate and maintain
Line 20 would be in the national
interest. The application is available at
https://www.state.gov/e/enr/c52945.htm.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Michael Brennan, Bureau of Energy
Resources, Office of Energy
Diplomacy—Europe, Western
Hemisphere and Africa (ENR/EDP/
EWA), Department of State,
Washington, DC 20520, Tel: 202–647–
9158, EMAIL: BrennanMF@state.gov.
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.
New safety and security improvements
would be constructed.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Daniel Yuska, 1200 New Jersey Ave.
SE., Washington, DC 20590; phone:
(202) 366–0714; or email:
Daniel.yuska@dot.gov. Persons who use
a telecommunications device for the
deaf (TDD) may call the Federal
Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–
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individuals during business hours. The
FIRS is available twenty-four hours a
day, seven days a week, to leave a
message or question with the above
individuals. You will receive a reply
during normal business hours.
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By Order of the Maritime Administrator.
Dated: November 2, 2012.
Julie P. Agarwal,
Secretary, Maritime Administration.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Maritime Administration
Surface Transportation Board
[Docket No. MARAD–2012–0098]
Notice of Availability of a Finding of No
Significant Impact for the Port of Guam
Modernization Program
U.S. Department of
Transportation, Maritime
Administration.
ACTION: Notice of Availability of the
Finding of No Significant Impact for the
Port of Guam Modernization Program.
AGENCY:
The purpose of this Notice is
to make available to the public the
Finding of No Significant Impact
(FONSI) derived from the
Environmental Assessment (EA)
regarding the Port of Guam
Modernization Program (Program).
The objective of this Program is to
improve or replace existing port
facilities, reconfigure operations,
expand storage capacity, and upgrade
existing infrastructure. Specifically, the
proposed action would construct a new
break-bulk terminal area in the western
portion of the terminal yard. A non-port
operations area would be developed east
of the proposed new break-bulk
terminal to improve efficiency and
security. New entrance and exit gates
would be constructed to increase
processing efficiency and reduce truck
queuing times. Some existing buildings
would be demolished, expanded, and/or
refurbished and new buildings would be
constructed. Deteriorating or failing
utilities would be upgraded or replaced.
Oil/water separators would be installed
in storm water outfalls into the harbor.
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[Docket No. AB 55 (Sub-No. 722X)]
CSX Transportation, Inc.—
Discontinuance of Service
Exemption—in Anderson County, TN
CSX Transportation, Inc. (CSXT) filed
a verified notice of exemption under 49
CFR pt. 1152 subpart F—Exempt
Abandonments and Discontinuances of
Service to discontinue service over
approximately a 4.85-mile rail line on
CSXT’s Southern Region, Huntington
Division, KD Subdivision, extending
between milepost 0AE 251.15 at the
connection with CSXT’s main line and
milepost 0AE 256.0 at the end of the
track in Oak Ridge, Anderson County,
Tenn. The line traverses United States
Postal Service Zip Code 37830.
CSXT has certified that: (1) No local
traffic has moved over the line for at
least two years; (2) any overhead traffic
can be and has been rerouted; (3) no
formal complaint filed by a user of rail
service on the line (or by a state or local
government entity acting on behalf of
such user) regarding cessation of service
over the line either is pending with the
Surface Transportation Board or with
any U.S. District Court or has been
decided in favor of complainant within
the two-year period; and (4) the
requirements at 49 CFR 1105.12
(newspaper publication) and 49 CFR
1152.50(d)(1) (notice to governmental
agencies) have been met.
As a condition to this exemption, any
employee adversely affected by the
discontinuance of service shall be
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protected under Oregon Short Line
Railroad—Abandonment Portion
Goshen Branch Between Firth &
Ammon, in Bingham & Bonneville
Counties, Idaho, 360 I.C.C. 91 (1979). To
address whether this condition
adequately protects affected employees,
a petition for partial revocation under
49 U.S.C. 10502(d) must be filed.
Provided no formal expression of
intent to file an offer of financial
assistance (OFA) has been received, this
exemption will be effective on
December 8, 2012, unless stayed
pending reconsideration. Petitions to
stay that do not involve environmental
issues and formal expressions of intent
to file an OFA for continued rail service
under 49 CFR 1152.27(c)(2) 1 must be
filed by November 19, 2012.2 Petitions
to reopen must be filed by November 28,
2012, with the Surface Transportation
Board, 395 E Street SW., Washington,
DC 20423–0001.
A copy of any petition filed with the
Board should be sent to CSXT’s
representative: Louis E. Gitomer, Law
Offices of Louis E. Gitomer, LLC, 600
Baltimore Avenue, Suite 301, Towson,
MD 21204.
If the verified notice contains false or
misleading information, the exemption
is void ab initio.
Board decisions and notices are
available on our Web site at
‘‘www.stb.dot.gov.’’
Decided: November 2, 2012.
By the Board, Rachel D. Campbell,
Director, Office of Proceedings.
Jeffrey Herzig,
Clearance Clerk.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Office of the Comptroller of the
Currency
FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE
CORPORATION
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Submission for OMB
Review; Joint Comment Request
Office of the Comptroller of the
Currency (OCC), Treasury; Board of
AGENCY:
1 Each OFA must be accompanied by the filing
fee, which is currently set at $1,600. See 49 CFR
1002.2(f)(25).
2 Because CSXT is seeking to discontinue service,
not to abandon the line, trail use/rail banking and
public use conditions are not appropriate. Likewise,
no environmental or historic documentation is
required here under 49 CFR 1105.6(c) and 49 CFR
1105.8(b), respectively.
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
[Public Notice 8082]
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 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 NOVA Chemicals Inc. (``NOVA Inc.'') an application for
re-instatement of a Presidential Permit authorizing the operation and
maintenance of pipeline facilities to transport natural gas liquids
(``NGLs'') extending 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.
NOVA Inc. is incorporated in the State of Delaware and is a wholly-
owned subsidiary of 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.
NOVA Inc. requests the permit to operate and maintain a pipeline
(``Line 20'') consisting of approximately 1350 feet of 12-inch diameter
pipeline as well as certain appurtenant facilities that can accommodate
the transportation of up to 65,000 barrels per day (``bpd'') of NGLs.
NOVA Inc. intends to make use of the existing Line 20 pipeline
facilities as one of the final links in a pipeline system that will
transport NGLs (in particular, ethane) derived from gas produced in the
Marcellus Shale play in Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia, and
neighboring states to the international boundary under the St. Clair
River and onward in the Province of Ontario, Canada, to a petrochemical
complex located in Corunna, Ontario. Line 20 was constructed in 1986
and owned by Polysar Hydrocarbons Inc. (``Polysar'') and its upstream
owner, Polysar Energy and Chemical Corporation.
Since 1995, the Line 20 facilities have been used pursuant to lease
arrangements for the transportation of natural gas under Presidential
Permits which the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (``FERC'')
issued to Bluewater Gas Storage, L.L.C. (``Bluewater Gas Storage'') and
a predecessor. The lease under which Bluewater Gas Storage has been
operating the Line 20 facilities includes a provision permitting its
termination on not less than two years' notice. NOVA Inc. provided
Bluewater Gas Storage notice that the Line 20 facilities lease will
terminate effective no later than January 27, 2013. Upon termination of
the lease, possession and operation of the Line 20 facilities will
revert to NOVA Inc., which proposes to convert the Line 20 facilities
back to NGLs transportation service.
The Department of State has concluded that the 1986 Presidential
Permit expired as to the Line 20 facilities when these were converted
to a natural gas transportation service and operated pursuant to a
Presidential Permit issued to Bluewater Gas Storage LLC., by FERC.
Because NOVA intends to place Line 20 facilities back into natural gas
liquids transportation service in 2013, NOVA is seeking reinstatement
of the 1986 Presidential permit on Line 20 facilities with changes
reflecting its ownership of the Line 20 facilities.
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
Presidential Permit reflecting the change in ownership or control of
Line 20 and the reversion to transporting natural gas liquids 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
Novachemicalpermit@state.gov with
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regard to whether issuing a new Presidential Permit reflecting the
corporate succession and authorizing NOVA, Inc. to operate and maintain
Line 20 would be in the national interest. The application is available
at https://www.state.gov/e/enr/c52945.htm.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael Brennan, Bureau of Energy
Resources, Office of Energy Diplomacy--Europe, Western Hemisphere and
Africa (ENR/EDP/EWA), Department of State, Washington, DC 20520, Tel:
202-647-9158, EMAIL: BrennanMF@state.gov.
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.
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