[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 104 (Friday, May 30, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 31176]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-12585]
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
[Public Notice 8749]
Issuance of an Amendment of the Presidential Permit for the City
of Laredo, Texas for the Laredo World Trade Bridge
SUMMARY: The Department of State issued an amendment to the
Presidential Permit to the City of Laredo on May 22, 2014, allowing the
Laredo World Trade Bridge to carry certain hazardous materials. In
making this determination, the Department provided public notice of the
proposed amendment (79 FR 40821, July 8, 2013), offered the opportunity
for comment, and consulted with other federal agencies, as required by
Executive Order 11423, as amended.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Steven Kameny, Mexico Border Affairs
Officer, via email at [email protected], by phone at 202 647-
9894 or by mail at Office of Mexican Affairs--Room 3924, Department of
State, 2201 C St. NW., Washington, DC 20520. Information about
Presidential permits is available on the Internet at http://www.state.gov/p/wha/rt/permit/.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The following is the text of the issued
permit:
By virtue of the authority vested in me as Under Secretary for
Political Affairs, including those authorities under Executive Order
11423, 33 FR 11741, as amended by Executive Order 12847 of May 17,
1993, 58 FR 29511, Executive Order 13284 of January 23, 2003, 68 FR
4075, and Executive Order 13337 of April 30, 2004, 69 FR 25299; and
Department of State Delegation of Authority 118-2 of January 26,
2006; I hereby amend as set forth herein the permission granted in
the Presidential Permit signed on October 7, 1994, to the City of
Laredo, Texas (hereinafter referred to as ``permittee '') to
construct, operate, and maintain an international vehicular and
pedestrian bridge between Laredo, Webb County, Texas and Nuevo
Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico.
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1. Article 13(2) of the Presidential Permit signed on October 7,
1994, is amended and replaced in its entirety with the following
provision:
(2) The permittee shall route all hazardous materials from the
downtown bridges to the United States facilities at Colombia
Solidarity Bridge, or to the United States facilities at Laredo
World Trade Bridge. However, U.S. Department of Transportation
(USDOT) Table I Materials--Explosives, Radioactive, Poison Gas, and
Other Toxic Compounds (as defined in USDOT 49 Code of Federal
Regulations [CFR] 172.504[e]) shall not be routed to Laredo World
Trade Bridge.
2. The permittee shall not commence the transit of hazardous
materials over Laredo World Trade Bridge until it has been informed
that the Government of the United States and the Government of
Mexico have exchanged diplomatic notes confirming that both
governments authorize the commencement of such transit of hazardous
materials.
3. Aside from the amendment to Article 13(2) detailed above, the
Presidential Permit signed on October 7, 1994, remains unaltered and
in effect.
In witness whereof, I, Wendy R. Sherman, Under Secretary of
State for Political Affairs, have hereunto set my hand this 22 day
of May 2014 in the City of Washington District of Columbia.
Wendy R. Sherman,
Under Secretary for Political Affairs.
Kevin M. O'Reilly,
Director, Office of Mexican Affairs, Bureau of Western Hemisphere
Affairs, U.S. Department of State.
[FR Doc. 2014-12585 Filed 5-29-14; 8:45 am]
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