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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

[OE Docket No. PP–305] 

Application for Presidential Permit; 

Montana Alberta Tie Ltd. 

AGENCY: Office of Electricity Delivery 

and Energy Reliability, DOE. 

ACTION: Notice of application. 

SUMMARY: Montana Alberta Tie Ltd. 

(MATL) has applied for a Presidential 

permit to construct, operate, maintain, 

and connect an electric transmission 

line across the U.S. border with Canada. 

DATES: Comments, protests, or requests 

to intervene must be submitted on or 

before December 1, 2005. 

ADDRESSES: Comments, protests, or 

requests to intervene should be 

addressed as follows: Office of 

Electricity Delivery and Energy 

Reliability (OE–20), U.S. Department of 

Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue, 

SW., Washington, DC 20585–0350. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Ellen Russell (Program Office) (202) 

586–9624 or Michael T. Skinker 

(Program Attorney) (202) 586–2793. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

construction, operation, maintenance, 

and connection of facilities at the 

international border of the United States 

for the transmission of electric energy 

between the United States and a foreign 

country is prohibited in the absence of 

a Presidential permit issued pursuant to 

Executive Order (EO) 10485, as 

amended by EO 12038. 

On October 7, 2005, MATL, a 

Canadian corporation, filed an 

application with the Office of Electricity 

Delivery and Energy Reliability (OE) of 

the Department of Energy (DOE) for a 

Presidential permit. MATL proposes to 

construct a single-circuit 230-kilovolt 

(230-kV) electric transmission line 

across the U.S.-Canada international 

border. 

The MATL transmission line project 

would connect the Alberta 

Interconnected Electrical System and 

NorthWestern Energy’s (NWE) 

transmission system. NWE is a U.S. 

investor-owned utility serving electric 

customers in Montana, South Dakota 

and Nebraska. The proposed 

international transmission line would 

originate at a new substation to be 

constructed northeast of Lethbridge, 

Alberta, Canada, cross the U.S.-Canada 

international border directly north of 

Cut Bank, Montana (west of Sweetgrass, 

Montana) and extend approximately 125 

miles into the U.S., terminating at an 

existing 230-kV substation owned by 

NWE north of Great Falls, Montana. 

Between the U.S.-Canada border and 

Great Falls, the transmission line would 

also connect to an existing substation 

owned by Glacier Electric Cooperatives 

in Cut Bank, Montana. A phase shifting 

transformer would be installed at the 

substation in Lethbridge, Alberta, to 

control power flows between the two 

regions. 

MATL has indicated its intention to 

operate the proposed facilities as a 

merchant transmission line and make it 

available for third-party use. MATL has 

not applied to DOE under section 202(e) 

of the Federal Power Act (FPA) (16 

U.S.C. 824a(e)) for authorization to 

export electric energy over the proposed 

facilities. If DOE were to grant the 

requested Presidential permit and 

MATL were to subsequently construct 

the proposed international transmission 

line, any person wishing to export 

electric energy to Canada utilizing those 

facilities would need to obtain export 

authority from DOE under section 

202(e) of the FPA. 

Procedural Matters 

Any person desiring to become a 

party to this proceeding or to be heard 

by filing comments or protests to this 

application should file a petition to 

intervene, comment or protest at the 

address provided above in accordance 

with §§ 385.211 or 385.214 of the 

FERC’s Rules of Practice and Procedures 

(18 CFR 385.211, 385.214). Fifteen 

copies of each petition and protest 

should be filed with the DOE on or 

before the date listed above. 

Additional copies of such petitions to 

intervene or protests also should be 

filed directly with: Mr. Bob Williams, 

Vice President Regulatory, Montana 

Alberta Tie Ltd., Rocky Mountain Plaza, 

Suite 800, 615 Macleod Trail SE., 

Calgary, Alberta, Canada AND Richard 

P. Sparling, Alston & Bird LLP, 601 

Pennsylvania Avenue NW., North 

Building, 10th Floor, Washington, DC 

20004–2601. 

Before a Presidential permit may be 

issued or amended, the DOE must 

determine that the proposed action will 

not adversely impact on the reliability 

of the U.S. electric power supply 

system. In addition, DOE must consider 

the environmental impacts of the 

proposed action (i.e., granting the 

Presidential permit, with any conditions 

and limitations, or denying the permit) 

pursuant to the National Environmental 

Policy Act (NEPA). DOE also must 

obtain the concurrence of the Secretary 

of State and the Secretary of Defense 

before taking final action on a 

Presidential permit application. 

Copies of this application will be 

made available, upon request, for public 

inspection and copying at the address 

provided above. In addition, the 

application may be reviewed or 

downloaded electronically at http:// 

www.fe.doe.gov/programs/ 

electricityregulation/. Upon reaching the 

home page, select ‘‘Pending 

Proceedings.’’

Dated: Issued in Washington, DC, on 

October 26, 2005. 

Anthony J. Como, 

Director, Siting and Permitting, Office of 

Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability. 

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