Polityka i handel międzynarodowy · 08/11/2012

Application for a Presidential Permit To Operate and Maintain Pipeline Facilities (Line 39) on the Border of the United States and Canada

Notice is hereby given that the Department of State (DOS) has received from NOVA Chemicals Inc. ("NOVA Inc.") notice that by way of corporate succession, NOVA Inc. now owns, operates, and maintains pipeline facilities (Line 39) used to transport brine from a block valve site in St. Clair County, Michigan, near the city of Marysville to the international border between the United States and Canada. Line 39 was previously owned by Polysar Hydrocarbons Inc. ("Polysar") and permitted under a 1986 Presidential Permit issued to NOVA Petrochemicals, Inc. NOVA Inc. requests a new Presidential Permit be issued under its name with respect to Line 39. NOVA Inc. is incorporated in the State of Delaware and is a wholly- owned subsidiary of NOVA Chemicals Corporation ("NOVA Corporation"). NOVA Corporation is a company continued under the laws of the Province of New Brunswick, Canada. All of the issued and outstanding shares of NOVA Corporation are owned by a wholly owned subsidiary of the International Petroleum Investment Corporation ("IPIC") which is wholly owned by the government of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Line 39 was initially constructed and owned by Polysar Hydrocar