Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 15 / Monday, January 25, 2016 / Notices 4081 

By the Commission. 

Jill M. Peterson, 

Assistant Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2016–01431 Filed 1–21–16; 11:15 am] 

BILLING CODE 8011–01–P 

SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 

[License No. 06/06–0347] 

Escalate Capital Partners SBIC III, L.P.; 

Notice Seeking Exemption Under 

Section 312 of the Small Business 

Investment Act, Conflicts of Interest 

Notice is hereby given that Escalate 

Capital Partners SBIC III, L.P., 300 W. 

6th Street, Suite 2230, Austin, TX 

78701, a Federal Licensee under the 

Small Business Investment Act of 1958, 

as amended (‘‘the Act’’), in connection 

with the financing of a small concern, 

has sought an exemption under Section 

312 of the Act and Section 107.730, 

Financings which constitute Conflicts of 

Interest of the Small Business 

Administration (‘‘SBA’’) Rules and 

Regulations (13 CFR part 107). Escalate 

Capital Partners SBIC III, L.P. proposes 

to provide debt financing to Everspring, 

Inc., 1007 Church Street, Suite 420, 

Evanston, IL 60201. UTIMCO, an 

Associate of Escalate Capital Partners 

SBIC III, L.P., holds an indirect 

ownership interest in Everspring, Inc. of 

greater than 10 percent. Therefore, 

Everspring, Inc. is an Associate of 

Escalate Capital Partners SBIC III, L.P. 

The financing is brought within the 

purview of § 107.730(a) of the 

Regulations because Everspring, Inc. is 

an Associate of Escalate Capital Partners 

SBIC III, L.P. Therefore this transaction 

requires a prior SBA 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 and 

Innovation, U.S. Small Business 

Administration, 409 Third Street SW., 

Washington, DC 20416. 

Mark L. Walsh, 

Associate Administrator, Office of Investment 

and Innovation. 

[FR Doc. 2016–01412 Filed 1–22–16; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice: 9422] 

Re-Consideration Concerning the 

Scope of Authorizations in a 

Presidential Permit Issued to Plains 

LPG Services, L.P. in May 2014 for 

Existing Pipeline Facilities on the 

Border of the United States and 

Canada Under the St. Clair River 

AGENCY: Department of State. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: On May 23, 2014, the 

Department of State (Department) issued 

two Presidential Permits to Plains LPG 

Services, L.P. (Plains LPG) based on 

Plains LPG’s acquisition of six existing 

pipelines under the St. Clair River and 

one existing pipeline under the Detroit 

River. Plains LPG had applied for new 

permits reflecting its ownership of the 

pipeline facilities, but it did not seek 

any change or expansion of the previous 

authorizations for the pipelines’ use. 

The Presidential Permits issued in 2014 

were intended to mirror previous 

authorizations from the 1970s, but the 

Department’s records were incomplete, 

particularly with regard to the six 

pipelines under the St. Clair River in the 

vicinity of Marysville, Michigan. While 

Plains LPG’s application asserted that 

the appropriate authorization was for 

the transport of any ‘‘liquefied 

hydrocarbons,’’ the Department issued 

one permit in 2014 for all of the St. Clair 

facilities authorizing the transport of 

‘‘light liquid hydrocarbons,’’ which 

reflected the Department’s 

understanding of how the St. Clair 

pipelines were actually used in the 

1970s and more recently. 

After the new permits were issued, 

Plains LPG provided new information 

that alters the Department’s 

understanding of the historic 

authorization for two of the six St. Clair 

pipelines. These two pipelines were 

constructed in 1918; they have an outer 

diameter of eight inches and have 

subsequently been fitted with five-inch 

diameter liners. Specifically, Plains LPG 

provided the Department with copies of 

correspondence from 1971 between the 

Department and Dome Petroleum Corp. 

(the previous owner). In that 

correspondence Dome informed the 

Department that it had acquired the two 

St. Clair pipelines and that it planned to 

use them to transport ‘‘crude and other 

liquid hydrocarbons.’’ The Department 

wrote back to Dome acknowledging the 

letter and the company’s plans. The 

1918 Presidential Permit had authorized 

the transport of crude oil. 

In light of this additional information, 

the Department is revisiting Plains 

LPG’s 2012 application and considering 

whether to issue a new permit for these 

two St. Clair pipelines that would 

authorize the transport of crude and 

other liquid hydrocarbons, superseding 

the authorization in the 2014 

Presidential Permit for the transport of 

only light liquid hydrocarbons. The 

Department published in the Federal 

Register a Notification of Receipt of 

Application for a Presidential Permit on 

December 5, 2012 (Federal Register 

Citation 77 FR 72430) and solicited 

public comment on the application for 

a 30-day period, during which time it 

received one public comment requesting 

the Department ensure the pipelines are 

maintained and operated under 

government environmental and safety 

oversight required by law. The 

Department notes that it is not 

reconsidering the scope of authorization 

for use of the other four Plains LPG 

pipelines under the St. Clair River, or 

the Plains LPG facilities under the 

Detroit River. 

Plains LPG is a Texas limited 

partnership with its principal place of 

business at 333 Clay Street, Suite 1600, 

Houston, Texas 77002. Plains LPG is a 

subsidiary of Plains All American 

Pipeline, L.P., a publicly traded master 

limited partnership organized under the 

laws of the State of Delaware and 

headquartered in Houston, Texas. 

The Department’s consideration of the 

Presidential Permit for the St. Clair 

pipeline facilities is pursuant to E.O. 

13337, which delegates to the Secretary 

of State the President’s authority to 

receive applications for permits for the 

construction, connection, operation, or 

maintenance of a range of facilities at 

the borders of the United States, 

including pipelines for liquid petroleum 

products, and to issue or deny such 

Presidential Permits upon a national 

interest determination. The Department 

also is soliciting the views of concerned 

federal agencies. Consistent with E.O. 

13337, the Department will determine 

whether issuance of a new Presidential 

Permit for two of the St. Clair Pipeline 

border facilities, as discussed in this 

notice, would serve the U.S. national 

interest. 

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 for two of the St. Clair pipelines 

authorizing the transport of crude and 

other liquid hydrocarbons would serve 

the national interest. To submit a 

comment, go to http://

www.regulations.gov, enter the title of 


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