NOTICE OF PIPELINE APPLICATION
The REGULATORY COMMISSION OF ALASKA (Commission) gives notice that ExxonMobil Pipeline Company (EMPCo) and BP Transportation (Alaska) Inc. (BPTA) (collectively the Applicants) filed a joint application on November 5, 2019, requesting approval to transfer of a 5.0% ownership interest in PTE Pipeline, LLC (PTEP), holder of Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity (CPCN) No. 746, from EMPCo to BPTA. Docket No. P-19-019 was opened to address this matter.
The transaction proposed in the application filed in Docket No. P-19-019 is part of a larger series of transactions under consideration in Docket Nos. P-19-015, P-19-016, and P-19-017. In Docket No. P-19-015, BP Pipelines (Alaska) Inc. (BPPA) and Harvest Alaska, LLC (Harvest Alaska) requested approval of the transfer of BPPA’s indirect 32.0% ownership interest in PTEP through the transfer of BPPA’s 100% stock ownership interest in BPTA to Harvest Alaska. Currently BPTA owns 32% of PTEP. If the Commission grants the application filed in Docket No. P-19-015 and the application filed in Docket No. P-19-019, BPTA will own 37% of PTEP. The proposed transfer of 5.0% interest in PTEP from EMPCo to BPTA is intended to align ownership of PTEP with the anticipated ownership percentages in the Point Thomson Unit after the completion of the sale of BP Exploration (Alaska) Inc. assets to Hilcorp Alaska, LLC (Hilcorp Alaska).
With the application, the BPTA and Harvest Alaska filed a motion for waiver of providing audited financial statements required by 3 AAC 48.625(a)(7)(B). Harvest Alaska, Hilcorp Alaska, and Harvest Midstream I, L.P. have filed a petition to keep their audited and unaudited financial statements confidential. Interested persons may file a response to the waiver request and the petition for confidential treatment with the Commission by the end of the comment period.
You may obtain more information about the filings by contacting either Rich Novcaski, Vice President and Pipeline Manager, Harvest Alaska, LLC, 3800 Centerpoint Drive, Suite 1400, Anchorage, AK 99503, phone: (907) 777-8300, email: rnovcaski@harvestmidstream.com or Michael S. McLaughlin, Guess & Rudd P.C., 1029 West 3rd Avenue, Suite 400, Anchorage, AK 99501, phone: (907) 793-2200, email: mmclaughlin@guessrudd.com. The complete filing is also available for inspection at the Commission’s office, 701 West 8th Avenue, Suite 300, Anchorage, AK 99501; phone: (907) 276-6222, or may be viewed at the Commission’s website, www.rca.alaska.gov by typing Docket No. “P-19-019” in the Find a Matter search box.
To comment on the motion for waiver, petition for confidential treatment, and the application, please file your comments by 5:00 p.m., December 13, 2019, at the Commission’s address given above or via our website at:
https://rca.alaska.gov/RCAWeb/WhatsNew/PublicNoticesComments.aspx
Please reference Docket No. P-19-019 and include a statement that you have filed a copy of your comments with the Applicants at the addresses given above.
The Commission has not assessed the completeness of the application. The Commission has not ruled on the motion for waiver or the petition for confidentiality. The Commission will rule on the petition for waiver, petition for confidentiality and determine if the application is complete by January 10, 2020.
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
December 4, 2019.
Dated at Anchorage, Alaska, this 14th day of November, 2019.
REGULATORY COMMISSION OF ALASKA
Robert M. Pickett
Chairman