REGULATORY COMMISSION OF ALASKA - Notice of Pipeline Application Notice of Pipeline ApplicationThe REGULATORY COMMISSION OF ALASKA (Commission) gives notice that on September[...]

REGULATORY COMMISSION OF ALASKA - Notice of Pipeline Application

Notice of Pipeline Application

The REGULATORY COMMISSION OF ALASKA (Commission) gives notice that on September 17, 2024, Kuparuk Pipeline Company (KPC) and North Alaska Pipeline, LLC (NAP) filed a joint application for approval to transfer 21.056 percent of KPC's ownership interest in Kuparuk Transportation Company (KTC) to NAP. KTC currently holds Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity No. 307, for the transportation of crude oil. Docket P-24-012 was opened to address this matter.

KTC is a general partnership that owns the Kuparuk Pipeline. KPC currently owns 95 percent of the KTC partnership. If the Commission approves the joint application, KPC will own 75 percent, NAP will own 20 percent, and Unocal Pipeline Company will retain 5 percent ownership of the KTC partnership.

In conjunction with its application, KPC filed a request for waiver of the requirement in 3 AAC 48.625(a)(7)(B) to include audited financial statements for the two most recent fiscal years preceding the date of the application. KPC has also filed a petition seeking confidential treatment of its unaudited financial information submitted in compliance with 3 AAC 48.625(a)(7)(D)(ii). Any interested person may file a response to the waiver request and the petition for confidential treatment with the Commission by 5:00 p.m., October 10, 2024.

The Commission has not assessed the completeness of the application or ruled on the request for waiver and petition for confidential treatment. The Commission will rule on the request for waiver and petition for confidential treatment and determine whether the application is complete by November 12, 2024.

You may obtain more information about this filing by contacting Dean D. Thompson, counsel for KPC, at Kemppel, Huffman and Ellis, P.C., 255 East Fireweed Lane, Suite 200, Anchorage, AK 99503, phone: (907) 277-1604. The complete filing is also available for inspection at the Commission's office, at 701 West 8th Avenue, Suite 300, Anchorage, AK, 99501; phone: (907) 276-6222, or may be viewed at the Commission's website at http://rca.alaska.gov/ by typing Docket No. "P-24-012" in the Find a Matter search box.

To comment on this filing, please file your comments by 5:00 p.m., October 10, 2024, at the Commission's address above or via our website at:

https://rca.alaska.gov/RCAWeb/WhatsNew/PublicNoticesComments.aspx

Please reference Docket No. P-24-012 and include a statement that you have filed a copy of the comments with KPC at the address given above. Individuals or groups of people with disabilities, who require special accommodations, auxiliary aids or service, or alternative communications formats, please contact Sam Vukasin at (907) 276-6222, toll-free at 1-800-390-2782, TTY/Alaska Relay: 7-1-1 or 1 -800-770-8973, or send a request via electronic mail to [email protected] by October 3, 2024.

Dated at Anchorage, Alaska, this 19^th day of September 2024.

REGULATORY COMMISSION OF ALASKA

John M. Espindola
Chairman