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, 24200-24201 [2017-10685]

Download as PDF 24200 Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 100 / Thursday, May 25, 2017 / Notices (Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number 59008) Rafaela Monchek, Acting Associate Administrator for Disaster Assistance. [FR Doc. 2017–10699 Filed 5–24–17; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 8025–01–P SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION Meeting of the Interagency Task Force on Veterans Small Business Development U.S. Small Business Administration ACTION: Notice of open Federal Interagency Task Force meeting. AGENCY: The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) is issuing this notice to announce the location, date, time and agenda for the next meeting of the Interagency Task Force on Veterans Small Business Development. The meeting is open to the public. DATES AND TIMES: Wednesday, June 7, 2017, from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. ADDRESSES: U.S. Small Business Administration, 409 3rd Street SW., Washington, DC 20416. Where: Eisenhower Conference Room B, located on the Concourse level. Teleconference Call In Number: 888–858–2144 Passcode: 4881729. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C., Appendix 2), SBA announces the meeting of the Interagency Task Force on Veterans Small Business Development (Task Force). The Task Force is established pursuant to Executive Order 1354 to coordinate the efforts of Federal agencies to improve capital, business development opportunities, and pre-established federal contracting goals for small business concerns owned and controlled by veterans and servicedisabled veterans. Moreover, the Task Force shall coordinate administrative and regulatory activities and develop proposals relating to ‘‘six focus areas’’: (1) Improving capital access and capacity of small business concerns owned and controlled by veterans and service-disabled veterans through loans, surety bonding, and franchising; (2) ensuring achievement of the preestablished Federal contracting goals for small business concerns owned and controlled by veterans and service disabled veterans through expanded ´ ´ mentor-protege assistance and matching SUMMARY: VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:04 May 24, 2017 Jkt 241001 such small business concerns with contracting opportunities; (3) increasing the integrity of certifications of status as a small business concern owned and controlled by a veteran or servicedisabled veteran; (4) reducing paperwork and administrative burdens on veterans in accessing business development and entrepreneurship opportunities; (5) increasing and improving training and counseling services provided to small business concerns owned and controlled by veterans; and (6) making other improvements relating to the support for veterans business development by the Federal Government. Additional Information: This meeting is open to the public. Advance notice of attendance is requested. Anyone wishing to attend and/or make comments to the Task Force must contact SBA’s Office of Veterans Business Development no later than June 2, 2017 at veteransbusiness@ sba.gov. Comments for the record should be applicable to the ‘‘six focus areas’’ of the Task Force and will be limited to five minutes in the interest of time and to accommodate as many participants as possible. Written comments should also be sent to the above email no later than June 2, 2017. Special accommodations requests should also be directed to SBA’s Office of Veterans Business Development at (202) 205–6773 or to veteransbusiness@ sba.gov. For more information on veteran owned small business programs, please visit www.sba.gov/veterans. Dated: May 16, 2017. Richard W. Kingan, SBA Committee Management Officer. [FR Doc. 2017–10730 Filed 5–24–17; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE P 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 Department of State. Notice. AGENCY: ACTION: 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 SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00106 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 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 https:// 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 E:\FR\FM\25MYN1.SGM 25MYN1 Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 100 / Thursday, May 25, 2017 / Notices 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 https:// 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] BILLING CODE 4710–AE–P SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD [Docket No. AB 290 (Sub-No. 393X)] Norfolk Southern Railway Company— Abandonment Exemption—Between Mansfield and Bloomington, in McLean, Dewitt and Piatt Counties, Ill. Norfolk Southern Railway Company (NSR) has filed a verified notice of exemption under 49 CFR part 1152 subpart F—Exempt Abandonments to abandon approximately 30.40 miles of rail line between milepost UM 47.9 and milepost UM 78.3 between Mansfield and Bloomington, in McLean, Dewitt and Piatt Counties, Ill. (the Line).1 The 1 NSR was authorized to discontinue service over the Line in 2004. Norfolk S. Ry.—Discontinuance of VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:04 May 24, 2017 Jkt 241001 Line traverses United States Postal Service Zip Codes 61701, 61704, 61705, 61736, 61752, 61842, and 61854. NSR has certified that: (1) No local traffic has moved over the Line for at least two years; (2) no overhead traffic has moved over the Line for at least two years and overhead traffic, if there were any, could be rerouted over other lines; (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 (Board) or with any U.S. District Court or has been decided in favor of a complainant within the two-year period; and (4) the requirements at 49 CFR 1105.7(c) (environmental report), 49 CFR 1105.11 (transmittal letter), 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 abandonment shall be 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 June 24, 2017, unless stayed pending reconsideration. Petitions to stay that do not involve environmental issues,2 formal expressions of intent to file an OFA under 49 CFR 1152.27(c)(2),3 and interim trail use/rail banking requests under 49 CFR 1152.29 must be filed by June 2, 2017. Petitions to reopen or requests for public use conditions under 49 CFR 1152.28 must be filed by June 14, 2017, with the Surface Transportation Board, 395 E Street SW., Washington, DC 20423–0001. Serv. Exemption—in McLean, Dewitt, & Piatt Ctys., Ill., AB 290 (Sub-No. 249X) (STB served Feb. 11, 2004). 2 The Board will grant a stay if an informed decision on environmental issues (whether raised by a party or by the Board’s Office of Environmental Analysis (OEA) in its independent investigation) cannot be made before the exemption’s effective date. See Exemption of Out-of-Serv. Rail Lines, 5 I.C.C.2d 377 (1989). Any request for a stay should be filed as soon as possible so that the Board may take appropriate action before the exemption’s effective date. 3 Each OFA must be accompanied by the filing fee, which is currently set at $1,700. See 49 CFR 1002.2(f)(25). PO 00000 Frm 00107 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 24201 A copy of any petition filed with the Board should be sent to William A. Mullins, Baker & Miller PLLC, 2401 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Suite 300, Washington, DC 20037. If the verified notice contains false or misleading information, the exemption is void ab initio. NSR has filed a combined environmental and historic report that addresses the effects, if any, of the abandonment on the environment and historic resources. OEA will issue an environmental assessment (EA) by May 30, 2017. Interested persons may obtain a copy of the EA by writing to OEA (Room 1100, Surface Transportation Board, Washington, DC 20423–0001) or by calling OEA at (202) 245–0305. Assistance for the hearing impaired is available through the Federal Information Relay Service at (800) 877– 8339. Comments on environmental and historic preservation matters must be filed within 15 days after the EA becomes available to the public. Environmental, historic preservation, public use, or trail use/rail banking conditions will be imposed, where appropriate, in a subsequent decision. Pursuant to the provisions of 49 CFR 1152.29(e)(2), NSR shall file a notice of consummation with the Board to signify that it has exercised the authority granted and fully abandoned the Line. If consummation has not been effected by NSR’s filing of a notice of consummation by May 25, 2018, and there are no legal or regulatory barriers to consummation, the authority to abandon will automatically expire. Board decisions and notices are available on our Web site at ‘‘WWW.STB.GOV.’’ Decided: May 22, 2017. By the Board, Scott M. Zimmerman, Acting Director, Office of Proceedings. Kenyatta Clay, Clearance Clerk. [FR Doc. 2017–10746 Filed 5–24–17; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4915–01–P SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD [Docket No. FD 36109] ´ Grupo Mexico, S.A.B. de C.V. and ´ GMexico Transportes, S.A. de C.V.— Control Exemption—Florida East Coast Holdings Corp. Surface Transportation Board. Correction to notice of exemption. AGENCY: ACTION: ´ On April 10, 2017, GMexico ´ Transportes, S.A. de C.V. (GMexico Transportes), a non-carrier holding E:\FR\FM\25MYN1.SGM 25MYN1

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[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 https://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 https://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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