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Authorizing Enbridge Energy Company, Inc. To Operate and Maintain Existing Pipeline Facilities at St. Clair County, Michigan, at the International Boundary Between the United States and Canada

This Presidential Permit authorizes Enbridge Energy Company, Inc. to operate and maintain existing pipeline border facilities at the U.S.-Canada international boundary in St. Clair County, Michigan, for transporting crude oil and petroleum products. The permit supersedes and revokes the 1953 permit for the same facilities, while maintaining all applicable regulatory requirements and adding conditions for operation, inspection, national security access, and environmental liability.

Federal Register Open PDF 91 FR 21217

Impact dates

  1. Permit takes effect upon issuance April 15, 2026

Market exposure

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Sectors

Oil & gasShipping & logistics

Mechanisms

Licensing

Role pressure

  • MixedDownstream manufacturer — Flexible throughput and directional flow changes without new permit may improve supply reliability, but single-operator dependence at this crossing creates concentration risk
  • UncertainTrading-partner exporter — Canadian parent Enbridge Inc. benefits from continued operation, but national security takeover provision and unilateral presidential amendment authority create sovereign risk for Canadian energy interests

Geographies

USCA

Illustrative public companies

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Key directives

  • Grant permission to operate and maintain existing 30-inch diameter pipeline border facilities at St. Clair County, Michigan international boundary
  • Supersede and revoke April 28, 1953 Presidential permit
  • Require PHMSA and other agency inspection access
  • Permittee must hold harmless and indemnify U.S. for environmental contamination
  • Permittee must maintain facilities in good repair and compliance with applicable law
  • Require immediate written notification of ownership/control transfers
  • President retains right to take possession for national security with just compensation

Timeline

Immediate

  • Permit takes effect upon issuance April 15, 2026
  • 1953 permit superseded and revoked

Near term (90d)

  • Enbridge must maintain compliance with PHMSA and other agency inspections
  • Potential filing of required reports with federal agencies

Long term

  • Ongoing operation and maintenance subject to presidential amendment for substantial changes
  • Potential national security takeover under Article 4 conditions
  • Indefinite permit duration until termination, revocation, or surrender

Risks & tensions

  • Revocation of 1953 permit may create legal uncertainty for historical contractual obligations
  • Article 4 national security takeover provision creates regulatory uncertainty for permittee investment decisions
  • Article 1 allows throughput and directional flow changes without presidential approval, potentially affecting regional supply dynamics
  • Environmental indemnification requirement (Article 6(2)) places full liability on Enbridge without clear limitation
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