NOTICE OF PIPELINE APPLICATION

The REGULATORY COMMISSION OF ALASKA (Commission) gives notice that Unocal Pipeline Company (Unocal), BP Pipelines (Alaska) Inc. (BPPA), ConocoPhillips Transportation Alaska, Inc. (CPTAI), and ExxonMobil Pipeline Company (EMPCo) filed a joint application on October 22, 2019, requesting approval for Unocal to transfer to BPPA, CPTAI, and EMPCo, its ownership in the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System (TAPS), consisting of 1.356% of Pipeline Assets and 1.660% of Terminal Tankage. Docket No. P-19-018 was opened to address this matter.

TAPS is an oil pipeline providing common carriage transportation. It is regulated not only by the Commission but by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. Unocal has requested the Commission revoke its existing Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity (CPCN) No. 312. Currently, BPPA operates its share of TAPS under CPCN No. 311, CPTAI operates its share of TAPS under CPCN No. 301, and EMPCo operates its share of TAPS under CPCN No. 304.

In conjunction with the application, BPPA, CPTAI, and EMPCo have each filed a motion for waiver of submittal of audited financial statements under 3 AAC 48.625(a)(7)(D).

The Commission has not assessed the completeness of the application or ruled on the motion for waiver. The Commission will rule on the petition for waiver and determine whether the application is complete by
December 18, 2019. 

You may obtain information about this application by contacting J. Patrick Nevins at Latham & Watkins, 555 11^th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20004, email: patrick.nevins@LW.com; Michael S. McLaughlin at Guess & Rudd, 1029 West 3^rd Avenue, Suite 400, Anchorage, AK 99501, email: mmclaughlin@guessrudd.com; Dean D. Thompson at Kemppel, Huffman & Ellis PC, 255 E. Firewood Lane, Suite 200, Anchorage, AK 99503, email: ddt@khe.com; or Tara Kaushik at Holland & Knight, 50 California Street, Suite 2800, San Francisco, CA 94111, email: Tara.Kaushik@hklaw.com. The complete filing is also available for inspection at the Commission’s office at 701 West 8^th 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-19-018" in the Find the Matter search box.

To comment on the application and motion for waiver, please file your comments by 5:00 p.m., November 18, 2019, at the Commission’s above given address or via our website at:

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

Please reference Docket No. P-19-018 and include a statement that you have filed a copy of your comments with Unocal, BPPA, CPTAI, and EMPCo at the addresses given above.

Individuals or groups of people with disabilities who require special accommodations, auxiliary aids or service, or alternative communication formats, please contact Valerie Fletcher-Mitchell at (907) 276-6222; toll free
(800) 390-2782, or Alaska Relay: 7-1-1 or (800) 770-8973, or send a request by email to rca.mail@alaska.gov by November 11, 2019.

Dated at Anchorage, Alaska, this 28^th day of October, 2019.

REGULATORY COMMISSION OF ALASKA



ROBERT M. PICKETT
CHAIRMAN