[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 23 (Wednesday, February 4, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6156-6157]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-02245]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 9029]


Notice of Receipt of Kinder Morgan Cochin, LLC, Application for 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 (DOS) has 
received information from Kinder Morgan Cochin, LLC (``KM Cochin'')

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that, by way of corporate succession, KM Cochin now owns, operates, and 
maintains pipeline facilities previously owned by Dome Pipeline 
Corporation (``Dome Pipeline''), at the U.S.-Canadian border in 
Detroit, Michigan (the ``Detroit River Crossing''). The Detroit River 
Crossing is permitted under a 1972 Presidential Permit issued to Dome 
Pipeline for the transmission of petroleum, petroleum products, and 
other liquid hydrocarbons. KM Cochin requests a new Presidential Permit 
be issued to reflect its ownership of the Detroit River Crossing. KM 
Cochin has stated that it intends to operate and maintain the Detroit 
River Crossing in a manner that is substantially unchanged from the 
terms of the existing permit. KM Cochin's application is available at 
http://www.state.gov/e/enr/applicant/applicants/index.htm.
    KM Cochin is a Delaware limited liability company with its 
principal office at 500 Dallas Street, Suite 1000, Houston, TX 77002. 
It is engaged in the interstate, intrastate and international 
transportation by pipeline of light liquid hydrocarbons. KM Cochin is 
an indirectly wholly owned subsidiary of KMP, a Delaware master limited 
partnership listed on the NYSE as ``KMP'', with its principal office at 
500 Dallas Street, Suite 1000, Houston, TX 77002. The general partner 
of KMP is Kinder Morgan G.P., Inc., (``KMGP'') a Delaware corporation, 
which is owned by Kinder Morgan, Inc., (``KMI'', as listed on the 
NYSE), a Delaware corporation. KMP is owned by KMI through common and 
class B limited partner units, by KMG though its 1% general partner 
interest, and by public investors as limited partners holding common 
units purchased on the NYSE.
    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 non-gaseous 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 reflecting the change in ownership or control of 
the Detroit River Crossing would serve 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 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.

DATES: Interested parties are invited to submit comments within 30 days 
of the publication date of this notice on http://www.regulations.gov 
with regard to whether issuing a new Presidential Permit reflecting the 
corporate succession and authorizing KM Cochin to operate and maintain 
the Detroit River Crossing would be in the national interest. To submit 
a comment, go to http://www.regulations.gov, enter the title of this 
Notice into the search field and follow the prompts. Or: To submit a 
comment, go to http://www.regulations.gov, enter Docket No. DOS-2015-
0005, and follow the prompts. Written comments should be addressed to: 
Mr. Chris Davy, U.S. Department of State, 2201 C Street NW., Suite 
4843, Washington, DC 20520.
    Comments are not private. They will be posted on the site. The 
comments will not be edited to remove identifying or contact 
information, and the State Department cautions against including any 
information that one does not want publicly disclosed. The State 
Department requests that any party soliciting or aggregating comments 
received from other persons for submission to the State Department 
inform those persons that the State 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.

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: Chris Davy, Tel: 202-647-7553.

    Dated: January 27, 2015.
Chris Davy,
Office Director, Office of Europe, Western Hemisphere and Africa, 
Bureau of Energy Resources, U.S. Department of State.
[FR Doc. 2015-02245 Filed 2-3-15; 8:45 am]
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