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Authorizing Express Pipeline, LLC, To Operate and Maintain Existing Pipeline Facilities at the International Boundary Between the United States and Canada

This presidential permit authorizes Express Pipeline, LLC to operate and maintain existing 24-inch pipeline facilities at the U.S.-Canada border near Wild Horse, Montana, for transporting hydrocarbons and petroleum products. It supersedes and revokes three prior permits (1996, 2004, 2015) while adding conditions allowing throughput capacity changes and bidirectional flow without requiring presidential approval.

Federal Register Open PDF 85 FR 63981

Impact dates

  1. Supersede and revoke prior permits dated July 9, 2015, September 27, 2004, and August 30, 1996

Key directives

  • Grant permission to operate and maintain existing pipeline border facilities at U.S.-Canada border near Wild Horse, Montana
  • Supersede and revoke prior permits dated July 9, 2015, September 27, 2004, and August 30, 1996
  • Permittee may change average daily throughput capacity and directional flow without presidential amendment
  • Permittee must allow inspection by federal, state, and local agency representatives with free access
  • Permittee must maintain facilities in good repair and comply with PHMSA pipeline safety regulations
  • Permittee must hold harmless and indemnify U.S. for environmental contamination liabilities
  • Permittee must report ownership/control transfers immediately
  • Permittee must file required sworn statements/reports with President or designee and appropriate agencies

Timeline

Immediate

  • Permit takes effect upon issuance; Express Pipeline may continue operating existing border facilities
  • Prior permits (1996, 2004, 2015) revoked and superseded

Near term (90d)

  • Pipeline operations continue under new permit conditions

Long term

  • Ongoing operation subject to presidential termination/revocation at sole discretion
  • Potential future amendments for substantial facility changes

Risks & tensions

  • Permittee may increase throughput or reverse flow without additional environmental or presidential review, potentially reducing oversight transparency
  • Indemnification clause shifts environmental liability entirely to private entity, but enforcement depends on permittee solvency
  • Sole presidential discretion to terminate/revoke creates regulatory uncertainty for long-term infrastructure investment
  • Vague 'appropriate agencies' and 'his designee' references leave implementation details unspecified
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