2. Identification of Applicant

Pacific Pipeline is a Delaware Limited Liability Company authorized to do business in California. Its principal place of business is in Long Beach, California.

Pacific Pipeline owns and operates two separate common carrier crude oil pipeline systems. One system, the Pacific System, which began operation in 1999, consists of a 130-mile, 20-inch insulated pipeline that extends from Kern County to the Long Beach and El Sequndo areas. The increase in rates requested in this application is not applicable to the Pacific System.

The second system owned and operated by Pacific Pipeline is the Line 63 System. The Line 63 System includes a 118-mile, 16-inch and 14-inch trunk line from Kern County to the City of Carson, with an average pumping capacity of approximately 105,000 barrels per day. The Line 63 System also includes gathering and distribution lines. Gathering lines gather oil from various locations in the San Joaquin Valley. This gathered oil is transported north to Bakersfield area refineries and south into the Los Angeles Basin. The new rates requested in this application are applicable to the Line 63 System.