[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 114 (Tuesday, June 15, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32085-32086]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-15140]
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
[Public Notice No. 3060]
Office of Mexican Affairs; Notice of Issuance of an Amended
Presidential Permit for the Laredo Northwest International Bridge
(Bridge IV), Laredo, TX
AGENCY: Department of State.
ACTION: Notice of Issuance of an Amended Presidential Permit for the
Laredo Nortwhest International Bridge (Bridge IV), Laredo, Texas.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the Department of State has issued
an Amended Presidential Permit for the Laredo Northwest International
Bridge (Bridge IV) project sponsored by the City of Laredo, Texas. The
amended permit was issued April 12, 1999 pursuant to the International
Bridge Act of 1972 (33 U.S.C. 535 et seq.) and Executive Order 11423 of
1968, as amended by Executive Order 12847 of 1993.
ADDRESSES: Copies of the Presidential Permit may be obtained from Mr.
David E. Randolph, Coordinator, U.S.-Mexico Border Affairs, Office of
Mexican Affairs, Room 4258, Department of State, Washington, DC 20520,
telephone (202) 647-8529.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice of the application by the City of
Laredo, Texas for a permit to build a new bridge, with access road, to
be constructed across the Rio Grande River between Laredo, Texas and
Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico was published in the Federal Register
on October 3, 1991
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at 56 FR 50148. Notice of issuance of the Presidential Permit and
Finding of No Significant Impact was published in the Federal Register
on November 16, 1994 at 59 FR 59267. The bridge will carry pedestrian
and commercial traffic, and is intended to relieve the traffic burden
on existing bridges in the downtown area. As a condition for the
Presidential Permit, the City of Laredo has agreed to route all
commercial traffic to this new bridge or to the Colombia Bridge, which
connects the City of Laredo to the State of Nuevo Leon. Further, the
City has agreed that all hazardous materials will be directed to the
Colombia Bridge, where the U.S. Customs Service operates a hazardous
materials containment facility. The new bridge is needed because the
two existing international bridges between downtown Laredo and Nuevo
Laredo cannot accommodate additional traffic without further safety and
environmental degradation. The permit was amended to specify that the
permit holder (City of Laredo) is authorized to align the approach road
to the bridge in accordance with any of four alternatives that have
been found to have no significant environmental impact.
The application for the Amended Presidential Permit was reviewed
and approved by numerous federal, state and local agencies. The final
application and environmental assessment were reviewed and approved or
accepted by the Immigration and Naturalization Service, General
Services Administration, Department of Interior, Department of
Agriculture, Department of Commerce, U.S. Customs Service, U.S. Coast
Guard, Federal Highway Administration, Food and Drug Administration,
International Boundary and Water Commission--U.S. Section, Department
of Defense, the Environmental Protection Agency, the Department of
State and the appropriate Texas State Agencies--the Parks and Wildlife
Department, the Department of Transportation, the Historical Commission
and the Natural Resource Conservation Commission.
Dated: June 9, 1999.
David E. Randolph,
Coordinator, U.S.-Mexico Border Affairs, Office of Mexican Affairs.
[FR Doc. 99-15140 Filed 6-14-99; 8:45 am]
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