[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 23 (Monday, February 4, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 7850]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-02399]
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
[Public Notice 8174]
Notice of Availability of Finding of No Significant Impact for
the Proposed NOVA Chemicals Inc. Line 20 Facility Conversion Project
SUMMARY: The purpose of this notice is to inform the public of the
availability of the Department of State's Finding of No Significant
Impact on the proposed NOVA Chemicals Inc. Line 20 Facilities
Conversion Project. Under E.O. 13337 the Secretary of State is
authorized to issue 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. NOVA Chemicals Inc. (NOVA) has applied to the
Department of State (the Department) for reinstatement of a
Presidential Permit authorizing it to operate and maintain existing
pipeline facilities at the U.S.-Canada international boundary near
Marysville, St. Clair County, Michigan.
NOVA states that it intends to convert these pipeline facilities,
consisting of approximately 1,350 feet of 12-inch diameter pipeline
(the Line 20 Facilities), from natural gas transmission to natural gas
liquids transportation service in order to transport natural gas
liquids, principally ethane, from U.S. sources of supply to a
petrochemical complex located in Corunna, Ontario, Canada. The Corunna
complex is owned and operated by NOVA Chemicals (Canada) Ltd. (NOVA
Ltd.) which, like NOVA Chemicals Inc., is a subsidiary of NOVA
Chemicals Corporation (NOVA Corporation). According to NOVA its
conversion of the Line 20 Facilities from natural gas to natural gas
liquids service will return the Line 20 Facilities to the service for
which a Presidential Permit was issued in 1986. Consistent with NEPA
(42 U.S.C. 4321, et seq.), the regulations of the Council on
Environmental Quality (40 CFR 1500-1508), and the Department's
implementing regulations (22 CFR part 161, and in particular 22 CFR
161.7(c)), the Department of State has found that issuance of a
Presidential Permit authorizing the construction, connection,
operation, and maintenance of the Cross Border Facility would not have
a significant impact on the quality of the human environment. The
Finding of No Significant Impact was signed by the Department on
January 19, 2013.
The Finding of No Significant Impact is available from the
Department at: http://www.state.gov/e/enr/applicant/applicants/c54799.htm.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Genevieve Walker, Office of
Environmental Quality and Transboundary Issues, Department of State,
Washington, DC 20520, Tel: 202-647-9798, Email: [email protected].
Dated: January 29, 2012.
George N. Sibley,
Director, Office of Environmental Quality and Transboundary Issues,
Department of State.
[FR Doc. 2013-02399 Filed 2-1-13; 8:45 am]
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