[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 29 (Monday, February 13, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 8266]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-3549]
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs
[Public Notice No. 2165]
Application for Presidential Permit Authorizing Petroleum
Products Pipeline
AGENCY: Department of State.
ACTION: Notice of availability for public comment of application of
Chevron Pipeline Company to the Department of State for a Presidential
permit authorizing a petroleum products pipeline and related documents
including a draft environmental assessment.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the Department of State has
received an application for a Presidential permit authorizing
construction by Chevron Pipeline Company of an approximately 20 mile
petroleum products pipeline from El Paso, Texas in the United States,
passing beneath the Rio Grande River, to Cuidad Juarez, Chihuahua in
Mexico.
The Department of State's jurisdiction with respect to this
petroleum products pipeline application derives from Executive Order
11423, dated August 18, 1968. As required by the Executive Order, the
Department of State has circulated this application to the following
agencies, as cooperating agencies: Department of the Treasury,
Department of Defense, Department of the Interior, Department of
Transportation, Department of Justice, Department of Commerce, Federal
Emergency Action Agency, and Interstate Commerce Commission. As
permitted by the Executive Order, the Department of State has also
circulated this application to the Environmental Protection Agency, the
Council on Environmental Quality.
Interested persons may submit their views regarding the application
and related documents including a draft Environmental Assessment of the
project prepared for the Department of State, in writing, not later
than March 22, 1995, either to Mr. Donald Grabenstetter, Office of
International Energy Policy, Rm. 3535, U.S. Department of State, 2201 C
Street NW., Washington, DC 20520 or Ms. Nelly Rocha at the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, 4050 Rio Bravo, Suite 100, El Paso,
Texas (533-7273).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The application and related documents,
including the draft Environmental Assessment referred to above, are a
part of the record to be considered by the Department of State in
connection with this application and are available for inspection and
copying in Washington, D.C. at the Department of State, Office of
International Energy Policy at the address set forth above. They are
also available for inspection and copying at the EPA office in El Paso
(4050 Rio Bravo, Suite 100, El Paso 79902) and at the main branch of
the El Paso, Texas Public Library, (501 N. Oregon Street, El Paso).
public meeting; dates: Notice is hereby given that a meeting, chaired
by the Department of State, open to members of the public,including
representatives from interested non-governmental organizations, and
government representatives, for purposes of hearing and considering
oral statements from the public on the application and related
documents including the draft environmental assessment referred to
above will be held on Monday, March 6 in El Paso, Texas at the
University of Texas at El Paso, Student Union, East Thomas Rivera
Conference Center, 500 West University Avenue, El Paso, Texas 79968.
Information and materials concerning various aspects of the proposed
project also may be obtained by the public at the meeting room on
Monday, March 6 between 12:00 noon and 10:00 pm. The public meeting
will be held from 4:00 pm until 10:00 pm.
Seating for interested members of the public will be available on a
first-come, first-served basis. Oral comments, not to exceed five
minutes in length, may be made at the meeting by members of the public
upon recognition by the Chair, with due regard having been given to the
number of speakers requesting an opportunity to be heard and the time
constraints involved. To facilitate recognition, persons who wish to
speak are encouraged to sign-in at the meeting. Speakers who sign in
will be recognized on a first-come, first-served basis. Any written
statements and supplemental materials may be presented to the Chairman
at the meeting. The Department of State will provide a Spanish-English
translator to assist as needed.
for further information contact: The Office of International Energy
Policy at the above address or by telephone (202) 647-4557.
Dated: February 6, 1995.
Glen Rase,
Director, Office of International Energy Policy, Bureau of Economic and
Business Affairs.
[FR Doc. 95-3549 Filed 2-10-95; 8:45 am]
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