[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 214 (Tuesday, November 4, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 65713]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-26259]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 6422]


Receipt of Application for a Permit for Pipeline Facilities To Be 
Constructed and Maintained on the Borders of the United States

    The Department of State has received an application from 
TransCanada Keystone Pipeline, L.P. (``Keystone''), for a Presidential 
permit, pursuant to Executive Order 13337 of April 30, 2004, to 
construct, connect, operate, and maintain the Keystone XL Pipeline 
Project at the U.S.-Canadian border at Phillips County, Montana, for 
the purpose of transporting Canadian crude oil production from the 
Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin (``WCSB'') to existing terminals in 
the Texas Gulf Coast area.
    Keystone is a limited liability company, organized under the laws 
of the State of Delaware, and owned equally by affiliates of 
TransCanada Corporation, a Canadian public company organized under the 
laws of Canada, and ConocoPhillips Company, a Delaware corporation. 
Keystone's primary business address is 450 1st Street, SW., Calgary, 
Alberta, Canada T2P 5H1. Although Keystone is seeking a permit for 
solely that portion of the pipeline crossing the international border 
(up to the first pipeline isolation valve to be located in the United 
States approximately 1.2 miles from the United States-Canada border), 
the length of the proposed new pipeline would consist in the U.S. of 
1,375 miles of 36-inch diameter pipeline installed in three segments: 
The 850 mile-long ``Steele City'' segment from the U.S. border to 
Steele City, Nebraska; the 478 mile-long ``Gulf Coast'' segment from 
Cushing, Oklahoma to Nederland, Texas; and the 47 mile-long ``Houston 
Lateral'' segment from Liberty County, Texas to the Moore Junction area 
in Harris County, Texas. In Canada, 327 miles of 36-inch pipeline will 
be constructed from Hardisty, Alberta to Monchy, Saskatchewan where it 
will cross the U.S.-Canadian border into Phillips County, Montana.
    As required by E.O. 13337, the Department of State is circulating 
this application to concerned federal agencies for comment. The 
Department anticipates that additional information concerning the 
Keystone XL Pipeline Project will be developed during the course of 
processing the permit application.

DATES: Interested parties are invited to submit, in duplicate, comments 
relative to this proposal on or before December 4, 2008 to J. Brian 
Duggan, Room 4843, Office of International Energy and Commodity Policy, 
Department of State, Washington, DC 20520. The application and related 
documents that are part of the record to be considered by the 
Department of State in connection with this application are available 
for inspection in the Office of International Energy and Commodity 
Policy during normal business hours.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: J. Brian Duggan, Office of 
International Energy and Commodity Policy, Department of State, 
Washington, DC 20520, telephone 202-647-1291, facsimile 202-647-8758, 
e-mail [email protected].

    Dated: October 22, 2008.
Stephen J. Gallogly,
Director, Office of International Energy and Commodity Policy, 
Department of State.
 [FR Doc. E8-26259 Filed 11-3-08; 8:45 am]
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