Notice of Availability of the Final Environmental Assessment and a Finding of No Significant Impact for the Proposed Enbridge Southern Lights Pipeline Project

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This notice announces the availability of the Final Environmental Assessment and a Finding of No Significant Impact for the Proposed Enbridge Southern Lights Pipeline Project. On April 19, 2007, Enbridge Pipelines (Southern Lights) L.L.C. applied for a Presidential permit to construct, connect, operate, and maintain facilities (including a 20-inch diameter pipeline) at the U.S.-Canadian border at Neche, Pembina County, North Dakota, for the purpose of transporting liquid hydrocarbons and other petroleum products between the United States and Canada. EPSL seeks this authorization in connection with its Southern Lights Pipeline Project ("LSr Project"), which is designed to transport Canadian crude oil from the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin ("WCSB") to existing refinery markets in the Midwest region of the United States. Executive Order 13337 of April 30, 2004, as amended, delegates to the Secretary of State the President's authority to receive applications for permits for the construction, connection, operation, or maintenance of facilities, including pipelines, for the exportation or importation of petroleum, petroleum products, coal, or other fuels at the border of the United