[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 187 (Tuesday, September 27, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66320-66321]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-23287]
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
[Public Notice: 9727]
Notice of Receipt of Application for an Amended Presidential
Permit for the Presidio-Ojinaga International Bridge on the U.S.-Mexico
Border at Presidio, Texas and Ojinaga, Chihuahua, Mexico
AGENCY: Department of State.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Department of State (``State Department'') hereby gives
notice that, on September 7, 2016, it received an application from the
Texas Department of Transportation (TXDOT) for an Amended Presidential
Permit to construct a second bridge structure for southbound traffic on
the U.S.-Mexico border at Presidio, Texas and Ojinaga, Chihuahua,
Mexico. The State Department issued the original Presidential Permit to
Presidio County on July 2, 1976, and an Amended Presidential Permit to
TXDOT on May 4, 1982. The application may be found at: http://www.state.gov/documents/organization/261891.pdf.
The State Department's review of this application is based upon
Executive Order 11423 of August 16, 1968, as amended. As provided in
E.O. 11423,
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the State Department is circulating this application to relevant
federal agencies for review and comment. Under E.O. 11423, the
Department has the responsibility to determine, taking into account
views from these agencies and other stakeholders, whether issuing an
Amended Presidential Permit to TXDOT to construct a second bridge
structure for southbound traffic would serve the national interest.
That determination process involves consideration of many factors,
including foreign policy; environmental, cultural, and economic
impacts; compliance with applicable law and regulations; and other
issues.
Interested members of the public are invited to submit written
comments regarding this application. The public comment period will end
30 days from the publication of this notice. Comments are not private.
They will be posted on the site http://www.regulations.gov. The
comments will not be edited to remove identifying or contact
information, and the State Department cautions against including any
information that one does not want publicly disclosed. The State
Department requests that any party soliciting or aggregating comments
received from other persons for submission to the State Department
inform those persons that the State Department will not edit their
comments to remove identifying or contact information, and that they
should not include any information in their comments that they do not
want publicly disclosed.
DATES: Comments must be submitted no later than October 27, 2016 at
11:59 p.m.
ADDRESSES: For reasons of efficiency, the State Department encourages
the electronic submission of comments through the federal government's
eRulemaking Portal (http://www.regulations.gov), enter Docket No. DOS-
2016-0063, and follow the prompts to submit a comment. The State
Department also will accept comments submitted in hard copy by mail and
postmarked no later than October 27, 2016. Please note that standard
mail delivery to the State Department can be delayed due to security
screening. To submit comments by mail, use the following address:
Office of Mexican Affairs, Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs, Room
3924, Department of State, 2201 C St. NW., Washington, DC 20520.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Office of Mexican Affairs, Bureau of
Western Hemisphere Affairs, via email at [email protected];
by phone at 202-647-9894; or by mail at Office of Mexican Affairs,
Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs, Room 3924, Department of State,
2201 C St. NW., Washington, DC 20520.
Dated: September 21, 2016.
Colleen A. Hoey,
Director, Office of Mexican Affairs, Department of State.
[FR Doc. 2016-23287 Filed 9-26-16; 8:45 am]
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