Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs; Finding of No Significant Impact: Portal Pipe Line Company, Pipeline to Canadian Border Near Portal, ND

Resumen

In accordance with the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), 42 U.S.C. 4231 et seq., The Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) regulations, 40 CFR 1500-1508, and Department's regulations for implementation of NEPA (22 CFR Part 161), the Department of State has conducted an environmental assessment of the proposed construction by Portal Pipe Line Company of a crude oil pipeline across the international boundary near Portal, North Dakota. The Department of State is charged with the issuance of Presidential Permits authorizing construction of such international pipelines under Executive Order 11423 (1968), as amended by Executive Order 12847 (1993). Several federal agencies cooperated in preparation of the environmental assessment, reviewing and commenting on the analysis and conclusions presented therein. Agencies participating in this process together with the Department of State included: the Environmental Protection Agency, the Departments of Defense, Treasury, Interior, Commerce, Transportation, the Attorney General, the Chairman of the Surface Transportation Safety Board, and the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Interested parties wer