[Federal Register: August 19, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 160)] [Notices] [Page 44499] From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov] [DOCID:fr19au98-101] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF STATE [Public Notice 2870] Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs; National Interest Determination Concerning a Pipeline Operated on the Border of the United States at Neche, North Dakota by Lakehead Pipe Line Company Pursuant to the authority vested in me under Executive Order 11423 of August 16, 1968 as amended by Executive Order 12847 of May 17, 1993, and Department of State Delegation of Authority No. 118-1 of April 11, 1973, and subject to satisfaction of the requirements of sections 1(d) and 1(f) of the said Executive Order, I hereby determine that issuance of a permit to Lakehead Pipe Line Company, a Delaware limited partnership, to construct, connect, operate and maintain a pipeline for the transportation of crude oil and natural gas liquids across the international boundary between the United States and Canada near Neche, North Dakota would serve the national interest. This determination shall become final fifteen days after the Secretaries of Defense, Treasury, Interior, Commerce, Transportation, the Attorney General, the Chairman of the Surface Transportation Board, and the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency has been notified of this proposed determination, unless the matter must be referred to the President for consideration and final decision pursuant to section 1(f) of said Executive Order. Dated: July 23, 1998. Stuart E. Eizenstat, Under Secretary of State for Economic, Business and Agricultural Affairs. [FR Doc. 98-22308 Filed 8-18-98; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4710-07-M