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Partners, SBIC I, L.P., owns more than 

ten percent of LDR Holding Corporation. 

Therefore, this transaction is considered 

a financing of an Associate requiring an 

exemption. 

Notice is hereby given that any 

interested person may submit written 

comments on the transaction within 

fifteen days of the date of this 

publication to the Associate 

Administrator for Investment, U.S. 

Small Business Administration, 409 

Third Street, SW., Washington, DC 

20416. 

Dated: December 29, 2010. 

Sean Greene, 

Associate Administrator for Investment. 

[FR Doc. 2010–33276 Filed 1–4–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8025–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice: 7286] 

Notice of Receipt of Application for a 

Presidential Permit To Operate and 

Maintain Pipeline Facilities on the 

Border of the United States 

Notice is hereby given that the 

Department of State received on May 14, 

2010 an updated application from Dome 

Petroleum Corp., a North Dakota 

corporation (‘‘Dome Petroleum’’), with 

its registered office at 30600 Telegraph 

Road, Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025, 

and its principal offices at 240n 4th 

Avenue, SW., Calgary, Alberta, Canada 

T2P 2H8, for a Presidential permit, 

pursuant to Executive Order 13337 of 

April 30, 2004, to operate and maintain 

six (6) cross-border pipelines Dome 

Petroleum acquired from Dome Pipeline 

Corporation (‘‘Dome Pipeline’’). These 

pipelines carry, or are permitted to 

carry, liquefied hydrocarbons under 

pressure between the United States and 

Canada. The pipelines cross from the 

City of Sarnia in Canada to the United 

States underneath the St. Clair River, 

terminating on the American shore in 

the City of Marysville, Michigan at a 

property commonly known as Tax 

Parcel No. 74–03–032–2002–000, and 

also underneath the adjacent River 

Road. 

According to the application, on 

March 15, 2007, Dome Pipeline was 

sold to Kinder Morgan Energy Partners 

LP, a master limited partnership with its 

principal office in Houston, Texas, by 

Dome Petroleum, the former parent 

corporation of Dome Pipeline. The 

application states that the sale was a 

stock sale, with the provision that some 

of the assets held by Dome Pipeline 

were to be transferred back to its former 

parent Dome Petroleum, and that, under 

the terms of the sale, the ownership of 

the pipelines which are the subject of 

this Application, and any related 

permits, easements, licenses and leases, 

were transferred back to Dome 

Petroleum. 

Because of the transfer of ownership 

of the pipelines and related real 

properties, leases, licenses, easements 

and permits, Dome Petroleum now 

seeks to have new permits issued in its 

name to reflect the transfer of ownership 

of the pipelines and permission to 

operate, maintain and repair these 

pipelines underneath the St. Clair River. 

The present Application would 

supersede an authorization to cross the 

border granted by President Woodrow 

Wilson on June 10, 1918 with regard to 

permit No. 88253/18 granted by the 

Secretary of War on June 8, 1918 for two 

pipelines (discussed below—Two 

Pipelines). It would also cover four 

additional pipelines permitted from the 

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 

(discussed below—Four Pipelines). 

Existing Permit No. 88253/18—Two 

Pipelines 

A permit for two pipelines to cross 

the international border was issued by 

the U.S. Secretary of War to the Imperial 

Pipe Line Company on June 8, 1918. 

According to records provided with the 

application, the Imperial Pipeline 

Company assigned its pipeline permit 

rights to the Transit and Storage 

Company on December 28, 1936 and the 

Transit and Storage Company was 

acquired by Buckeye Pipe Line 

Company in 1953. The records also 

appear to show that Buckeye Pipe Line 

sold these pipelines to Dome Pipeline 

Corporation on June 28, 1971. The 

records provided to the Department 

with the application also include a letter 

from the Office of the Legal Adviser at 

the U.S. State Department dated June 1, 

1971, acknowledging notice of the sale 

to Dome Petroleum and not objecting to 

the sale/purchase of the two pipelines. 

The existing permit allows these 

pipelines to transport crude oil. 

However, according to the application, 

the pipelines are not actively carrying 

product currently, but rather are being 

held in reserve to be used in the event 

of an increase in demand or as backup 

to the active pipelines operated under 

Permit 73–12–19 (discussed below). The 

application states that the pipelines are 

not abandoned but are maintained 

under pressure with an inert gas, and 

continue to receive cathodic protection 

to protect against corrosion. 

Existing Permit No. 73–12–19—Four 

Pipelines 

On October 16, 1973, Dome Pipeline 

Corporation received Permit No. 73–12– 

19 from the U.S. Army Corps of 

Engineers (COE) to construct up to four 

(4) additional pipelines to carry 

liquefied hydrocarbons. According to 

the application, all four (4) pipelines 

were constructed prior to the December 

31, 1976 deadline set forth in Permit 

73–12–19. The application goes on to 

state, however, that only two of these 

pipelines currently actively transport 

liquefied hydrocarbons under pressure 

and that the remaining two pipelines are 

being held in reserve to be used in the 

event of an increase in demand or 

alternate method of transporting 

product is required. The application 

asserts that the latter two pipelines are 

not abandoned but rather are 

maintained under pressure with an inert 

gas, and continue to receive cathodic 

protection to protect against corrosion. 

According to the Federal Register 

notice issued on May 31, 2005, 

transferee entities are required to submit 

applications for new permits that 

contain ‘‘information explaining the 

nature of the entity, its ownership, its 

place of incorporation or organization, 

information concerning its acquisition 

of relevant facility, bridge or border 

crossing from the prior permit holder 

and any other relevant information 

concerning its operation of the facility, 

bridge or border crossing.’’ (70 FR 

30990). In addition, the notice provides 

that, if the ‘‘transferee commits to 

abiding by the relevant terms and 

conditions of the previously-issued 

permit and further indicates that the 

operations of the relevant facility, bridge 

or border crossing will remain 

essentially unchanged from that 

previously permitted, the Department of 

State, pursuant to 22 CFR 161 .7(b)(3), 

does not intend to conduct an 

environmental review of the application 

under its regulations implementing the 

National Environmental Policy Act, 22 

CFR part 161, unless information is 

brought to its attention in connection 

with the application process that the 

transfer potentially would have a 

significant impact on the quality of the 

human environment.’’ 

According to the application, Dome 

Petroleum has, in written 

correspondence to the Department of 

State, committed to abide by the 

relevant terms and conditions of the 

permits previously issued to Dome 

Pipeline or its predecessors-in-interest 

with regard to these six (6) pipelines. 

Further, Dome Petroleum has indicated 

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no substantial changes in the operations 

of all six (6) pipelines than those 

originally authorized and further stated 

that the future operation of the pipelines 

will remain essentially unchanged from 

that previously permitted. Therefore, in 

accordance with 22 CFR 161.7(b)(3) and 

the Department’s 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, May 31, 2005), the Department of 

State does not intend to conduct an 

environmental review of the application 

unless information is brought to its 

attention that the transfer potentially 

would have a significant impact on the 

quality of the human environment. 

As required by E.O. 13337, the 

Department of State is circulating this 

application to concerned Federal 

agencies for comment. 

DATES: Interested parties are invited to 

submit, in duplicate, comments relative 

to this application on or before February 

4, 2011 to Michael P. Stewart, Office of 

International Energy and Commodity 

Policy (EB/ESC/IEC/EPC), Department 

of State, Washington, DC 20520; or by 

telephone at (202) 647–1291; or by email at StewartMP@State.gov. 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 Commodities 

Policy during normal business hours. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

information regarding environmental 

concerns and permitting, contact Alex 

Yuan at (202) 647–4284; or by e-mail at 

YuanAW@State.gov. For all other 

concerns, contact Michael P. Stewart, 

Office of International Energy and 

Commodity Policy (EB/ESC/IEC/EPC), 

Department of State, Washington, DC 

20520; or by telephone at (202) 647– 

1291; or by e-mail at 

StewartMP@State.gov. 

Dated: December 29, 2010. 

Stephen J. Gallogly, 

Director, Office of International Energy and 

Commodity Policy, Department of State. 

[FR Doc. 2010–33297 Filed 1–4–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4710–07–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Commercial Space Transportation 

Advisory Committee—Public 

Teleconference 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of Commercial Space 

Transportation Advisory Committee 

Teleconference. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to Section 10(a)(2) of 

the Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(Pub. L. 92–463, 5 U.S.C. App. 2), notice 

is hereby given of a teleconference of 

the Commercial Space Transportation 

Advisory Committee (COMSTAC). The 

teleconference will take place on 

Thursday, January 20, 2011, starting at 

1:30 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. 

Individuals who plan to participate 

should contact Susan Lender, DFO, (the 

Contact Person listed below) by phone 

or e-mail for the teleconference call in 

number. 

The proposed agenda for this 

teleconference is to review the structure 

of the COMSTAC Working Groups. The 

Committee will examine the current 

Working Groups and discuss whether it 

should make changes to the current 

structure. If changes are necessary, what 

should they be? 

Interested members of the public may 

submit relevant written statements for 

the COMSTAC members to consider 

under the advisory process. Statements 

may concern the issues and agenda 

items mentioned above or additional 

issues that may be relevant for the U.S. 

commercial space transportation 

industry. Interested parties wishing to 

submit written statements should 

contact Susan Lender, DFO, (the Contact 

Person listed below) in writing (mail or 

e-mail) by January 14, 2011, so that the 

information can be made available to 

COMSTAC members for their review 

and consideration before the January 20, 

2011, teleconference. Written statements 

should be supplied in the following 

formats: one hard copy with original 

signature or one electronic copy via 

e-mail. 

An agenda will be posted on the FAA 

Web site at http://www.faa.gov/go/ast. 

Individuals who plan to participate 

and need special assistance should 

inform the Contact Person listed below 

in advance of the meeting. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Susan Lender (AST–100), Office of 

Commercial Space Transportation 

(AST), 800 Independence Avenue, SW., 

Room 325, Washington, DC 20591, 

telephone (202) 267–8029; E-mail 

susan.lender@faa.gov. Complete 

information regarding COMSTAC is 

available on the FAA Web site at: 

http://www.faa.gov/about/office_org/ 

headquarters_offices/ast/ 

advisory_committee/. 

Issued in Washington, DC, December 29, 

2010. 

James B. Duffy, 

Acting Associate Administrator for 

Commercial Space Transportation. 

[FR Doc. 2010–33301 Filed 1–4–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Highway Administration 

[Docket No. FHWA–2010–0180] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Request for Comments for a 

New Information Collection 

AGENCY: Federal Highway 

Administration (FHWA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The FHWA has forwarded the 

information collection request described 

in this notice to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

approval of a new information 

collection. We published a Federal 

Register Notice with a 60-day public 

comment period on this information 

collection on September 7, 2010. We are 

required to publish this notice in the 

Federal Register by the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995. 

DATES: Please submit comments by 

February 4, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: You may send comments 

within 30 days to the Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Office of Management and Budget, 725 

17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 

20503, Attention DOT Desk Officer. You 

are asked to comment on any aspect of 

this information collection, including: 

(1) Whether the proposed collection is 

necessary for the FHWA’s performance; 

(2) the accuracy of the estimated 

burden; (3) ways for the FHWA to 

enhance the quality, usefulness, and 

clarity of the collected information; and 

(4) ways that the burden could be 

minimized, including the use of 

electronic technology, without reducing 

the quality of the collected information. 

All comments should include the 

Docket number FHWA–2010–0180. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kathleen Bergeron, (202) 366–5508, 

Office of Infrastructure, Federal 

Highway Administration, Department of 

Transportation, 1200 New Jersey 


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