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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Enbridge 

is a limited partnership duly organized 

under the laws of the State of Delaware. 

Enbridge owns and operates the 

‘‘Lakehead System’’, the U.S. portion of 

an operationally integrated pipeline 

system which connects producers and 

shippers of crude oil and natural gas 

liquids in western Canada with markets 

in the United States and eastern Canada. 

Enbridge is a wholly owned subsidiary 

of Enbridge Energy Partners, L.P. 

(‘‘Enbridge Partners’’), which is a 

Delaware master limited partnership 

headquartered at 1100 Louisiana, Suite 

3300, Houston, Texas 77002 (ph. 713– 

821–2000; www.enbridgepartners.com). 

Enbridge Partners provides pipeline 

transportation of petroleum and natural 

gas in the mid-continent and Gulf Coast 

regions of the United States, in addition 

to gathering, processing, and other 

related operations. 

The 2009 Presidential Permit that 

authorized the construction, operation 

and maintenance of Line 67 from the 

U.S.-Canada border near Neche, North 

Dakota to the first mainline shut-off 

valve in the United States, was issued 

following the DOS’s issuance of a Final 

Environmental Impact Study (‘‘FEIS’’) 

on June 5, 2009. Line 67 is a 36-inch 

pipeline that transports crude oil from 

Enbridge’s facilities in Hardisty, Alberta 

to an Enbridge terminal in Superior, 

Wisconsin (‘‘Superior Terminal’’). In the 

United States, Line 67 extends 326.9 

miles from the U.S.-Canada border 

through North Dakota, Minnesota and 

Wisconsin to the Superior Terminal. 

From there, the crude oil is transported 

primarily to Midwestern markets and 

mid-central and Gulf Coast markets, as 

well as points in the eastern United 

States and Canada. The U.S. portion of 

Line 67 facilities also consist of a total 

of 32 mainline valves with current 

pumping units located in Minnesota at 

stations in Clearbrook, Viking, and Deer 

River. 

While the Line 67 expansion would 

not require any modifications to the 

facilities at the border, Enbridge intends 

to increase the capacity of Line 67 in at 

least two stages. The capacity will 

initially be increased up to 570,000 bpd 

by adding horsepower to existing 

pumping units inside of the current 

footprint of Enbridge’s pump stations in 

Minnesota. Enbridge further seeks 

authority to increase the capacity from 

570,000 bpd to an average annual 

capacity of 800,000 bpd at a point in the 

future by constructing additional 

pumping units at Enbridge’s pump 

stations in Minnesota. 

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 to 

Enbridge in order to expand Line 67 

would be in the U.S. national interest. 

The Department of State intends to 

issue additional Federal Register 

notices inviting public comment on 

whether issuance of the requested 

amended Presidential Permit would be 

in the national interest, and addressing 

plans for reviewing the application 

consistent with the National 

Environmental Policy Act, the National 

Historic Preservation Act, the 

Endangered Species Act, and other 

relevant law, by preparing a 

supplemental environmental impact 

statement to the final EIS for the Alberta 

Clipper permit application, issued on 

June 5, 2009. A separate Notice of Intent 

to Prepare a Supplemental 

Environmental Impact Statement will 

follow this notice in due course. The 

application is available at http:// 

www.state.gov/e/enr. 

Dated: December 21, 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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DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice 8137] 

Suggestions for Environmental 

Cooperation Pursuant to the United 

States-Korea Environmental 

Cooperation Agreement 

AGENCY: Department of State. 

ACTION: Notice of preparation of and 

request for comments regarding the 

2013–2014 United States-Korea Work 

Program for Environmental Cooperation. 

SUMMARY: The Department invites the 

public, including NGOs, educational 

institutions, private sector enterprises 

and other interested persons, to submit 

written comments or suggestions 

regarding items for inclusion in the first 

Work Program implementing the U.S.- 

Korea Environmental Cooperation 

Agreement (ECA), signed on January 23, 

2012. In preparing such comments or 

suggestions, we encourage submitters to 

refer to: (1) The U.S.-Korea ECA, (2) the 

U.S.-Korea Free Trade Agreement (FTA) 

Environment Chapter, and (3) the 

Environmental Review of the FTA. 

These documents are available at: 

http://www.state.gov/e/oes/env/trade/ 

c49687.htm. 

DATES: To be assured of timely 

consideration, all written comments or 

suggestions are requested no later than 

January 21, 2013. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments or 

suggestions should be emailed to 

GroutDZ@state.gov or faxed to (202) 

647–5947 to the attention of Deborah 

Grout, Office of Environmental Quality 

and Transboundary Issues, Bureau of 

Oceans and International Environmental 

and Scientific Affairs, U.S. Department 

of State, with the subject line ‘‘U.S.- 

Korea Environmental Cooperation.’’ If 

you have access to the Internet, you can 

view and comment on this notice by 

going to: 

http://www.regulations.gov/#!home and 

searching on docket number: DOS– 

2012–0061. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Deborah Grout, telephone (202) 647– 

6777. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

U.S.-Korea Environmental Cooperation 

Agreement 

The United States and Korea signed 

the Environmental Cooperation 

Agreement on January 23, 2012. The 

United States and Korea negotiated the 

ECA in parallel with the U.S.-Korea Free 

Trade Agreement. In Articles 3 and 4 of 

the ECA, the Governments state that 

they plan to meet to develop and 

update, as appropriate, a Work Program 

for Environmental Cooperation. The 

Work Program will identify and outline 

environmental cooperation priorities, 

on-going efforts, and possibilities for 

future cooperation. Please refer to 

Article 4 of the ECA for a list of possible 

areas for cooperation. 

We are requesting suggestions for 

items to include in the 2013–2014 Work 

Program. For additional information, 

please visit: http://www.state.gov/e/oes/ 

env/trade/c49687.htm.21014 Work 

Program. There is no expectation of 

resources or funding associated with 

any comments or suggestions for the 

Work Program. 

Dated: December 20, 2012. 

George N. Sibley, 

Director, Office of Environmental Quality and 

Transboundary Issues, Department of State. 

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