[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] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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] BILLING CODE 4710-29-P