Application for Presidential Permit; Montana Alberta Tie Ltd.

Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Department of Energy [OE Docket No. PP-305] AGENCY: Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability, DOE. ACTION: Notice of application. SUMMARY: Montana Alberta Tie Ltd. (MATL) has applied for a Presidential permit to construct, operate, maintain, and connect an electric transmission line across the U.S. border with Canada. DATES: Comments, protests, or requests to intervene must be submitted on or before December 1, 2005. ADDRESSES: Comments, protests, or requests to intervene should be addressed as follows: Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability (OE-20), U.S. Department of Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20585-0350. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ellen Russell (Program Office) (202) 586-9624 or Michael T. Skinker (Program Attorney) (202) 586-2793. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The construction, operation, maintenance, and connection of facilities at the international border of the United States for the transmission of electric energy between the United States and a foreign country is prohibited in the absence of a Presidential permit issued pursuant to Executive Order (EO) 10485, as amended by EO 12038 . On October 7, 2005, MATL, a Canadian corporation, filed an application with the Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability (OE) of the Department of Energy (DOE) for a Presidential permit. MATL proposes to construct a single-circuit 230-kilovolt (230-kV) electric transmission line across the U.S.-Canada international bor…