Somebody educate me. Why is the State Dept. involved in a Nebraska issue? I know it’s International, but everything but Neb is done.
Somebody educate me. Why is the State Dept. involved in a Nebraska issue? I know it’s International, but everything but Neb is done.
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It has been this way for a while. International border for petroleum import/export:
Executive Order 13337 of April 30, 2004
http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2004/pdf/04-10378.pdf
Except with respect to facilities covered by Executive Order
10485 of September 3, 1953, and Executive Order 10530 of May 10, 1954, the Secretary of State is hereby designated and empowered to receive all applications for Presidential permits, as referred to in Executive Order 11423, as amended, for the construction, connection, operation, or maintenance, at the borders of the United States, of facilities for the exportation or importation of petroleum, petroleum products, coal, or other fuels to or from a foreign country.
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Executive Order 11423 of Aug. 16, 1968
http://www.archives.gov/federal-register/codification/executive-order/11423.html
Except with respect to facilities covered by Executive Orders No. 10485 and No. 10530, the Secretary of State is hereby designated and empowered to receive all applications for permits for the construction, connection, operation, or maintenance, at the borders of the United States, of: (i) pipelines, conveyor belts, and similar facilities for the exportation or importation of petroleum, petroleum products, coal, minerals, or other products to or from a foreign country; (ii) facilities for the exportation or importation of water or sewage to or from a foreign country; (iii) monorails, aerial cable cars, aerial tramways and similar facilities for the transportation of persons or things, or both, to or from a foreign country; and (iv) bridges, to the extent that congressional authorization is not required.