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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs
[Public Notice 2000]

 

Finding of No Significant Impact: MG Industries, Inc., pipeline 
at Otay Mesa, CA

AGENCY: Department of State.

ACTION: Notice of a finding of no significant impact with regard to an 
application to amend MG Industries permit to authorize installation of 
a third pipeline in the existing right of way across the U.S.-Mexico 
border in San Diego County, California.

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SUMMARY: The Department of State has conducted an environmental 
assessment of the proposal to amend MG Industries permit authorizing 
installation of a third pipeline to transport liquid argon alongside 
two existing pipelines across the U.S.-Mexico international boundary. 
Based on the environmental assessment and after reviewing all comments, 
the Department of State has concluded that amendment of the existing 
Presidential Permit will not have a significant effect on the human 
environment. Consequently, no environmental impact statement was 
prepared.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON THE PIPELINE PERMIT AMENDMENT, CONTACT:
Donald E. Grabenstetter, Office of Global Energy, room 3535, Department 
of State, Washington, DC, 20520, (202) 647-4557.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT, CONTACT:
Evelyn Wheeler, Office of Ecology, Health and Conservation, room 4325, 
Department of State, Washington, DC, 20520, (202) 647-3367.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: MG Industries, Inc., has applied for an 
amendment to a Presidential Permit issued September 4, 1991 authorizing 
installation of a third pipeline carrying liquid argon alongside two 
existing pipelines carrying oxygen and nitrogen across the U.S.-Mexico 
border at Otay Mesa, California. Argon is an inert, colorless, odorless 
gas that is a natural component of the earth's atmosphere. The liquid 
argon has been transported by tank truck. The U.S. Customs Service 
requested installation of a pipeline to facilitate border inspection 
and control.
    The Department of State has concluded that amendment of the permit 
will not have a significant effect on the human environment. This 
finding is based on an environmental assessment conducted by the 
Department of State.
    The proposed installation of a new pipeline will require no new 
construction. The lid of the existing concrete duct containing two 
existing pipelines will be lifted and the third (two inch) pipeline 
installed. The material to be conveyed in the new pipeline, liquid 
argon, is an inert, colorless, odorless gas that is a naturally 
occurring component of the atmosphere. Thus, any release of the argon 
would have no environmental consequence.

    Dated: April 27, 1994.
Joan E. Spero,
Under Secretary of State for Economic and Agricultural Affairs.
[FR Doc. 94-11460 Filed 5-10-94; 8:45 am]
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