[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 220 (Wednesday, November 16, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-28225]


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[Federal Register: November 16, 1994]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 2115]

 

Laredo Northwest International Bridge (Bridge IV), Laredo, TX: 
Issuance of Presidential Permit

SUMMARY: The Department of State is announcing the issuance of a 
Presidential Permit for the Laredo Northwest International Bridge 
(Bridge IV) project sponsored by the City of Laredo, Texas. The permit 
was issued on October 7, 1994, 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 96 (1993).

ADDRESSES: Copies of the Presidential Permit may be obtained from 
Stephen R. Gibson, Office of Mexican Affairs, room 4258, Department of 
State, Washington, D.C. 20502 (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, at 56 FR 50148. The bridge will carry pedestrian 
and commercial vehicular traffic, and is intended to relieve the 
traffic burden on existing bridges and 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 is between the City of Laredo and the State of Nuevo 
Leon. Further, the City has agreed that all hazardous materials will be 
directed to Colombia where the U.S. Customs Service has a hazardous 
materials containment facility. The new bridge is needed because the 
two existing international bridges between downtown Laredo and Nuevo 
Laredo cannot accomodate additional traffic without further safety and 
environmental degradation.
    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, 
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, Department of Transportation, the Environmental Protection 
Agency, the Department of State, and the appropriate Texas State 
agencies--the Parks and Wildlife Department, the Department of 
Transportation, and the Natural Resource Conservation Commission.

    Dated: November 3, 1994.
Stephen R. Gibson,
Coordinator, U.S.-Mexico Border Affairs, Office of Mexican Affairs.
[FR Doc. 94-28225 Filed 11-15-94; 8:45 am]
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