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Horse, Montana, to Caster, Wyoming
and includes five pump stations. The
Express Pipeline has been in operation
since 1997 and transports crude oil from
Hardisty, Alberta Canada to Casper,
Wyoming.
On March 14, 2013, Spectra Energy
(through its subsidiaries Spectra Energy
Express (US) GP, LLC and Spectra
Energy Express Holding, LLC)
purchased all of the outstanding equity
and debt interests in Express US
Holdings LP. Immediately following
these acquisitions, Spectra Energy
became the 100 percent owner of the
‘‘upstream’’ entities that own Express
and reorganized those entities,
converting the direct parent corporation
of Express into a limited liability
corporation, Express Holdings (USA),
LLC. Spectra plans to assign 40% of its
ownership interests in Express Holdings
(USA), LLC, to Spectra Energy Partners,
LP, a publicly-traded master limited
partnership. Spectra Energy has control
over Spectra Energy Partners, LP; it
indirectly owns 58% of the ownership
interests in the limited partnership and
also indirectly owns 100% of Spectra
Energy Partners, LP’s general partner,
Spectra Energy Partners (DE) GP, LP.
Spectra affirms that operation and
maintenance of the permitted facilities
will remain substantially the same as
before its acquisition of Express and
acknowledges the Express is obligated
to comply with the existing 2004
Permit. Spectra does not request any
changes to the terms and conditions of
the 2004 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 or amended
Presidential Permit in light of Spectra’s
acquisition of the entities that own
Express would be in the U.S. national
interest.
Interested parties are invited to
submit comments within 30 days of the
publication date of this notice by email
to SpectraEnergypermit@state.gov with
regard to whether issuing a new
Presidential Permit reflecting the
corporate succession would be in the
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national interest. The application is
available at https://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: June 7, 2013.
Michael Brennan,
Office of Europe, Western Hemisphere and
Africa, Bureau of Energy Resources, U.S.
Department of State.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
[Docket Number FRA–2012–0093]
Petition for Waiver of Compliance
In accordance with Part 211 of Title
49 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR),
this document provides the public
notice that by a document dated
November 30, 2012, the Union Pacific
Railroad Company (UP) has petitioned
the Federal Railroad Administration
(FRA) for a waiver of compliance from
certain provisions of the Federal
railroad safety regulations contained at
49 CFR Part 219, Subpart G, Random
Alcohol and Drug Testing Programs.
FRA assigned the petition Docket
Number FRA–2012–0093.
UP is requesting FRA’s approval to
periodically and intermittently adjust
UP’s random drug and alcohol testing
rates at specific locations based on
objective, performance-based criteria or,
alternately, approval for a pilot program
in which UP can increase random
testing of its employees at specific
locations based on objective,
performance-based criteria.
A copy of the petition (included at the
end of this notice), as well as any
written communications concerning the
petition, is available for review online at
www.regulations.gov and in person at
the U.S. Department of Transportation’s
Docket Operations Facility, 1200 New
Jersey Avenue SE., W12–140,
Washington, DC 20590. The Docket
Operations Facility is open from 9 a.m.
to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday,
except Federal Holidays.
Interested parties are invited to
participate in these proceedings by
submitting written views, data, or
comments. FRA does not anticipate
scheduling a public hearing in
connection with these proceedings since
the facts do not appear to warrant a
hearing. If any interested party desires
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an opportunity for oral comment, they
should notify FRA, in writing, before
the end of the comment period and
specify the basis for their request.
All communications concerning these
proceedings should identify the
appropriate docket number and may be
submitted by any of the following
methods:
• Web site: https://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the online
instructions for submitting comments.
• Fax: 202–493–2251.
• Mail: Docket Operations Facility,
U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200
New Jersey Avenue SE., W12–140,
Washington, DC 20590.
• Hand Delivery: 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE., Room W12–140,
Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m.
and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday,
except Federal Holidays.
Communications received by July 29,
2013 will be considered by FRA before
final action is taken. Comments received
after that date will be considered as far
as practicable.
Anyone is able to search the
electronic form of any written
communications and comments
received into any of our dockets by the
name of the individual submitting the
comment (or signing the document, if
submitted on behalf of an association,
business, labor union, etc.). See https://
www.regulations.gov/#!privacyNotice
for the privacy notice of regulations.gov
or interested parties may review DOT’s
complete Privacy Act Statement in the
Federal Register published on April 11,
2000 (65 FR 19477).
Issued in Washington, DC, on June 10,
2013.
Robert C. Lauby,
Deputy Associate Administrator for
Regulatory and Legislative Operations.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Surface Transportation Board
[Docket No. AB 290 (Sub-No. 348X)]
Norfolk Southern Railway Company—
Discontinuance of Service
Exemption—in Tipton and Howard
Counties, Ind.
Norfolk Southern Railway Company
(NSR) filed a verified notice of
exemption under 49 CFR part 1152
subpart F—Exempt Abandonments and
Discontinuances of Service to
discontinue service over an
approximately 10.8-mile rail line
between milepost I–41.0 (north of
Market Road near Tipton) and milepost
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
[Docket Number FRA-2012-0093]
Petition for Waiver of Compliance
In accordance with Part 211 of Title 49 Code of Federal Regulations
(CFR), this document provides the public notice that by a document
dated November 30, 2012, the Union Pacific Railroad Company (UP) has
petitioned the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) for a waiver of
compliance from certain provisions of the Federal railroad safety
regulations contained at 49 CFR Part 219, Subpart G, Random Alcohol and
Drug Testing Programs. FRA assigned the petition Docket Number FRA-
2012-0093.
UP is requesting FRA's approval to periodically and intermittently
adjust UP's random drug and alcohol testing rates at specific locations
based on objective, performance-based criteria or, alternately,
approval for a pilot program in which UP can increase random testing of
its employees at specific locations based on objective, performance-
based criteria.
A copy of the petition (included at the end of this notice), as
well as any written communications concerning the petition, is
available for review online at www.regulations.gov and in person at the
U.S. Department of Transportation's Docket Operations Facility, 1200
New Jersey Avenue SE., W12-140, Washington, DC 20590. The Docket
Operations Facility is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through
Friday, except Federal Holidays.
Interested parties are invited to participate in these proceedings
by submitting written views, data, or comments. FRA does not anticipate
scheduling a public hearing in connection with these proceedings since
the facts do not appear to warrant a hearing. If any interested party
desires an opportunity for oral comment, they should notify FRA, in
writing, before the end of the comment period and specify the basis for
their request.
All communications concerning these proceedings should identify the
appropriate docket number and may be submitted by any of the following
methods:
Web site: https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the online
instructions for submitting comments.
Fax: 202-493-2251.
Mail: Docket Operations Facility, U.S. Department of
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., W12-140, Washington, DC
20590.
Hand Delivery: 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Room W12-140,
Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday,
except Federal Holidays.
Communications received by July 29, 2013 will be considered by FRA
before final action is taken. Comments received after that date will be
considered as far as practicable.
Anyone is able to search the electronic form of any written
communications and comments received into any of our dockets by the
name of the individual submitting the comment (or signing the document,
if submitted on behalf of an association, business, labor union, etc.).
See https://www.regulations.gov/#!privacyNotice for the privacy notice
of regulations.gov or interested parties may review DOT's complete
Privacy Act Statement in the Federal Register published on April 11,
2000 (65 FR 19477).
Issued in Washington, DC, on June 10, 2013.
Robert C. Lauby,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Regulatory and Legislative
Operations.
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