# 2025-12509: President Greenlights New Oil Pipeline Over U.S.-Canada Border 2025-12509, Authorizing Junction Pipeline Company, LLC To Construct, Connect, Operate, and Maintain Pipeline Facilities at Toole County, Montana, at the International Boundary Between the United States and Canada, is a Federal Register presidential document from Executive Office of the President published 2025-07-03, effective 2025-06-30; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-06-08). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-12509 - As of: 2026-06-08 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Document number: 2025-12509 - Title: Authorizing Junction Pipeline Company, LLC To Construct, Connect, Operate, and Maintain Pipeline Facilities at Toole County, Montana, at the International Boundary Between the United States and Canada - Type: Presidential Document - Agencies: Executive Office of the President - Citation: 90 FR 29401 - Published: 2025-07-03 - Effective: 2025-06-30 - Comments close: not stated - Significant: no - Touches household money: yes - Regulation identifier numbers: none - Last updated: 2026-06-08 ## In one line President Greenlights New Oil Pipeline Over U.S.-Canada Border ## Summary Junction Pipeline Company, LLC got the green light to build and run a new pipeline crossing the U.S.-Canada border in Toole County, Montana. This pipeline will carry crude oil and other petroleum products into the U.S., starting soon under strict rules to keep everything safe and legal. This move affects energy transport and supports cross-border oil trade without changing existing laws. ## Effects PRIA read - Permit Allows Cross‑Border Oil Imports: benefit, medium. The Presidential permit signed June 30, 2025 authorizes Junction Pipeline Company, LLC to construct, connect, operate, and maintain Border pipeline facilities in Toole County, Montana to import crude oil and petroleum products from Canada. The authorized Border facilities include a 30‑inch diameter… - Flexible Throughput and Flow Rules: benefit, medium. The permit lets the permittee change the average daily throughput capacity of the Border facilities to any volume achievable through those facilities, and it allows changes to the directional flow of products, without needing a Presidential amendment. In other words, the company may increase or red… - Subject to Inspections and Safety Laws: cost, medium. The Border facilities and their construction, connection, operation, and maintenance are subject to inspection by representatives of appropriate Federal, State, and local agencies and must comply with all applicable laws and regulations, including pipeline safety laws administered by the Pipeline a… - Permittee Must Obtain Rights‑of‑Way and Permits: cost, medium. The permittee is responsible for acquiring any required right‑of‑way grants or easements, permits, and other authorizations that become necessary or appropriate for the Border facilities. The company must secure requisite permits from relevant State and local governmental entities and relevant Fede… - Indemnity for Environmental and Other Liability: cost, high. The permit requires the permittee to hold harmless and indemnify the United States from any claimed or adjudged liability arising from construction, connection, operation, or maintenance of the Border facilities, including environmental contamination from release or threatened release of hazardous… - Removal and Decommissioning Expense Requirement: cost, high. If the permit is terminated, revoked, or surrendered, the permittee must, at its own expense, remove the Border facilities within the time the President specifies. If the permittee fails to comply, the President may direct an official or agency to remove or take other action at the permittee's expe… - U.S. Possession for National Security; Compensation: mixed, medium. The permit allows the United States, when necessary for national security, to enter, take possession of, and retain possession, management, or control of any portion of the Border facilities for as long as the President deems necessary after giving due notice. 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