Notice of Receipt of an Application by Magellan Pipeline Company, L.P., for Issuance of a Presidential Permit To Operate and Maintain Existing Pipeline Facilities on the Border of the United States and Mexico

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Notice is hereby given that the Department of State (DOS) has received from Magellan Pipeline Company, L.P. ("Magellan") notice that it has acquired the rights to operate and maintain pipeline facilities permitted under a 1995 Presidential Permit issued to Chevron Pipeline Company ("Chevron"). Magellan requests that a new or amended Presidential Permit be issued to it with respect to the pipeline facilities. Magellan is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Magellan Midstream Partners, L. P. ("MMP") and owns and operates a lengthy pipeline for the transportation of refined petroleum products that extends into 14 states along the Gulf Coast and through the middle part of the United States. The permitted facilities consist of existing 2.75-mile 8.625-inch carbon steel pipelines that extend from El Paso, Texas to the U.S. boundary with Mexico. Through corporate transactions, Chevron assigned the permit to Plains Pipeline L.P. (Plains). On July 1, 2013, Plains assigned its rights to the 1995 permit to NMPL LLC which was subsequently merged into Magellan. Magellan affirms that the operation and maintenance of the permitted facilities authorized by the 1995 Permit will remain substantially the sa