98-23120. Finding of No Significant Impact: Boise Cascade Corporation Pipeline at International Falls, Minnesota

[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 167 (Friday, August 28, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 46093]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-23120]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs
[Public Notice 2875]


Finding of No Significant Impact: Boise Cascade Corporation 
Pipeline at International Falls, Minnesota

AGENCY: Department of State.

ACTION: Notice of a finding of no significant impact with regard to an 
application to operate and maintain a pipeline to transport water, 
steam and filler material across the U.S.-Canada border.

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SUMMARY: The Department of State has conducted an environmental 
assessment of the continued operation by Boise Cascade Corporation of 
four existing pipelines across the international boundary at 
International Falls, Minnesota. Based on the environmental assessment 
and after reviewing all comments, the Department of State has concluded 
that issuance of a Presidential Permit authorizing the operation and 
maintenance of the proposed pipeline will not have a significant effect 
on the human environment within the United States. In accordance with 
the National Environmental Policy Act, 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq., Council 
on Environmental Quality Regulations, 40 C.F.R. 1501.4 and 1508.13 and 
Department of State Regulations, 22 C.F.R. 161.8(c), an environmental 
impact statement will not be prepared.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON THE PIPELINE PERMIT APPLICATION, CONTACT: 
Daniel L. Martinez, Office of International Energy Policy, Room 3535, 
U.S. Department of State, Washington, D.C. 20520, [phone].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT, CONTACT: Pam 
Pearson, Office of Ecology and Terrestrial Conservation, Room 4325, 
U.S. Department of State, Washington, D.C. 20520, [phone].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Boise Cascade Corporation, a Delaware 
Corporation, has applied for a Presidential Permit to authorize 
operation and maintenance of four existing pipelines used to convey 
water, steam and filler materials across the border with Canada at 
International Falls, Minnesota. The pipelines were constructed in the 
1915-40 period and have been in use since that time. There will be no 
construction and no changes in the present use of the pipelines.
    On May 29, 1998, the Department of State published a Notice of 
Application for a Presidential Permit in the Federal Register. No 
public comments were received and concerned agencies expressed no 
opposition to issuing the permit. The Department of State prepared an 
environmental assessment for the Pipeline Permit. Based on that 
assessment, the Department of State has concluded that issuance of the 
permit will not have a significant effect on the quality of the human 
environment within the United States. A finding of no significant 
impact is adopted, and an environmental impact statement will not be 
prepared.

    Dated: August 4, 1998.
Stuart E. Eizenstat,
Under Secretary of State for Economic, Business and Agricultural 
Affairs.
[FR Doc. 98-23120 Filed 8-27-98; 8:45 am]
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