[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 155 (Thursday, August 12, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 44078]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-20899]
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Office of Mexican Affairs
[Public Notice No. 3110]
Notice of Issuance of a Presidential Permit to the cities of
McAllen, Hidalgo and Mission, Texas, To construct, operate and maintain
an international bridge, its approaches and facilities at the
international boundary between the United States and Mexico
AGENCY: Department of State.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the Department of State has issued
a Presidential Permit to the Cities of McAllen, Hidalgo and Mission,
Texas, to construct, operate and maintain an international bridge, its
approaches and facilities at the international boundary between the
United States and Mexico (the ``Anzalduas International Crossing'').
The permit was issued July 23, 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, D.C.
20520, telephone (202) 647-8529.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice of the application by the Cities of
McAllen, Hidalgo and Mission, Texas, for a permit to build a new
bridge, with access road, to be constructed across the Rio Grande river
between McAllen, Texas, and Reynosa, Tamaulipas, Mexico, was published
in the Federal Register on December 22, 1992, at 57 FR 60832. The
bridge will carry pedestrian, vehicular and commercial traffic, and is
intended to serve growing neighborhoods on the west side of the
McAllen-Reynosa area. As a condition for the Presidential Permit, the
Cities of McAllen, Hidalgo and Mission have agreed to begin
construction of the bridge no earlier than April 1, 2003, and to open
the bridge no earlier than January 1, 2005, unless prior to those dates
the Secretary of State or the Secretary's delegate determines that the
U.S. Congress has provided sufficient funds for construction, operation
and support of the bridge.
Furthermore, permanent cargo import facilities will be constructed
beginning no earlier than January 1, 2015 unless prior to that date the
average northbound cargo traffic at the Pharr-Reynosa International
Bridge reaches 15,000 vehicles per week.
The application for the Presidential Permit was reviewed and
approved by numerous federal, state and local agencies. The final
application and environmental assessment, which resulted in a finding
by the Department of State of no significant impact (``FONSI'') on the
human environment, 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,
Environmental Protection Agency, Department of State and appropriate
Texas State Agencies: the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, the
Texas Department of Transportation, the Texas Historical Commission and
the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission.
Dated: July 28, 1999.
David E. Randolph,
Coordinator, U.S.-Mexico Border Affairs, Office of Mexican Affairs.
[FR Doc. 99-20899 Filed 8-11-99; 8:45 am]
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