[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 90 (Wednesday, May 8, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 20874]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-11403]



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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
[Public Notice 2377]


New International Bridge, Eagle Pass, Texas: Issuance of 
Presidential Permit

SUMMARY: The Department of State is announcing the issuance to the City 
of Eagle Pass International Bridge Board of a Presidential Permit for a 
new international bridge between the City of Eagle Pass, Texas, and 
Piedras Negras, Coahuila, Mexico. The Permit was signed on April 12, 
1996, and issued on May 1, 1996, pursuant to the International Bridge 
Act of 1972 (33 U.S.C. 535 et seq.) and E.O. 11423, 33 FR 11741 (1968) 
as amended by E.O. 12847, 58 FR 29511 (1993). No objections were 
received to the issuance of the Presidential Permit after April 12, 
1996.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the Presidential Permit may be obtained from M. 
Elizabeth Swope, Coordinator, U.S.-Mexico Border Affairs, Office of 
Mexican Affairs, Room 4258, Department of State, Washington, D.C. 20520 
(Telephone 202-647-8529).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice of the application by the City of 
Eagle Pass International Bridge Board for a permit to build a new 
international bridge across the Rio Grande between the City of Eagle 
Pass, Texas, and Piedras Negras, Coahuila, Mexico was published in the 
Federal Register on November 1, 1990, at 55 FR 46125. The new bridge 
will be located approximately 0.6 miles south of the existing Eagle 
Pass International Bridge and immediately north of the international 
railroad bridge. The bridge will carry pedestrian and commercial 
vehicular traffic, and is intended to relieve the traffic burden on the 
existing bridge and downtown area.
    The application for the Presidential Permit was reviewed and 
approved by over two dozen federal, state, and local agencies. The 
final application and environmental assessment were reviewed and 
approved or accepted by the Immigration and Naturalization Service, the 
Customs Service, the Food and Drug Administration, the Animal and Plant 
Health Inspection Service, the General Services Administration, the 
International Boundary and Water Commission-U.S. Section, the 
Department of Defense, the Department of Transportation, the U.S. Coast 
Guard, the Federal Highway Administration, the Interstate Commerce 
Commission, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the Department of 
the Interior, the Department of Commerce, the Environmental Protection 
Agency, the Department of State, and appropriate Texas State agencies, 
including Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Texas Department of 
Transportation, Texas Historical Commission, and Texas Natural Resource 
Conservation Commission.

    Dated: May 1, 1996.
M. Elizabeth Swope,
Coordinator, U.S.-Mexico Border Affairs, Office of Mexican Affairs .
[FR Doc. 96-11403 Filed 5-7-96; 8:45 am]
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