BISMARCK – The North Dakota Public Service Commission will hold a public hearing on Wednesday, April 2, regarding an application for a siting permit for a pipeline project in Ward and Mountrail Counties.

Thunder Butte Pipeline, LLC, is requesting a siting permit for the construction of an approximately 3.84-mile pipeline and the conversion of an approximately 30.8-mile existing gathering pipeline. About 3 miles of the new pipeline would be located within the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation.

The pipeline would transport crude oil from the existing Thunder Butte Petroleum Services Crude Storage and Loading Facility within the Fort Berthold Reservation, about 2.6 miles northwest of Makoti, to the existing Enbridge Stanley Pump Station and Terminal in Stanley.

The project would have a maximum throughput of 24,000 barrels per day. Estimated cost of the project is $19.6 million.

The hearing will begin at 10 a.m. at American Legion Post 0121, 16 Main Street, Parshall. Any comments from members of the public must be received at a hearing to be part of the record.