# 2026-07725: Enbridge Receives Quick Renewal for North Dakota Energy Pipeline

2026-07725, Authorizing Enbridge Energy, Limited Partnership To Operate and Maintain Existing Pipeline Facilities at Pembina County, North Dakota, at the International Boundary Between the United States and Canada, is a Federal Register presidential document from Executive Office of the President published 2026-04-20, effective 2026-04-15; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-06-08).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-07725
- As of: 2026-06-08
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2026-07725
- Title: Authorizing Enbridge Energy, Limited Partnership To Operate and Maintain Existing Pipeline Facilities at Pembina County, North Dakota, at the International Boundary Between the United States and Canada
- Type: Presidential Document
- Agencies: Executive Office of the President
- Citation: 91 FR 21229
- Published: 2026-04-20
- Effective: 2026-04-15
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: yes
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-06-08

## In one line

Enbridge Receives Quick Renewal for North Dakota Energy Pipeline

## Summary

Enbridge Energy got the green light to keep running and taking care of their existing oil pipeline at the U.S.-Canada border in Pembina County, North Dakota. This new permit replaces the old one from 2017 and covers transporting all kinds of crude oil and petroleum products, but not natural gas. The permit kicks in right away and keeps all usual safety and legal rules in place.

## Effects PRIA read

- Permit Lets Enbridge Keep Pipeline Running: mixed, medium. You are allowed to keep seeing the existing 36-inch pipeline operate at the U.S.-Canada border near Neche in Pembina County, North Dakota. The Presidential permit signed April 15, 2026, supersedes the October 13, 2017 permit and authorizes transport of crude oil and petroleum products (listed examp…
- Pipeline Subject to Safety Inspections and Laws: benefit, medium. The Border facilities and how they are run must be inspected by federal, state, and local agency representatives and remain subject to all applicable laws and regulations, including pipeline safety rules administered by the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration. The permittee must…
- Throughput and Flow Changes Allowed Without New Permit: mixed, medium. The permittee may make changes to the average daily throughput capacity to any volume that the Border facilities can achieve, and may change the directional flow of products, without needing a new Presidential amendment. The Border facilities are described as the pipeline from the international bor…
- Company Must Cover Liability and Cleanup Costs: benefit, medium. The permittee must hold harmless and indemnify the United States from any liability arising out of operation or maintenance of the Border facilities, including environmental contamination from release or discharge of hazardous substances or hazardous waste. Upon termination or surrender of the perm…

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## Sources
- [2026-07725 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/04/20/2026-07725/authorizing-enbridge-energy-limited-partnership-to-operate-and-maintain-existing-pipeline-facilities)
- [2026-07725 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-04-20/pdf/2026-07725.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-07725 (as of 2026-06-08).
