[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 182 (Tuesday, September 21, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51178-51179]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-24580]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice No. 3125]


Office of Mexican Affairs; Notice of Issuance of a Presidential 
Permit to Cox Communications, Incorporated To Construct, Operate and 
Maintain an International Underground Tunnel at the International 
Boundary Between the United States and Mexico

AGENCY: Department of State.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the Department of State has issued 
a Presidential Permit to Cox Communications, Incorporated to construct, 
operate and maintain an international underground tunnel at the 
international boundary between the United States and Mexico. The permit 
was issued August 31, 1999, pursuant to Executive Order 11423 of August 
16, 1968, as amended by Executive Order 12847 of May 17, 1993.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the Presidential Permit may be obtained from Mr. 
David

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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 Cox 
Communications, Incorporated to construct, operate and maintain an 
international underground tunnel at the international boundary between 
the United States and Mexico between San Diego, California and Tijuana, 
Baja California, Mexico was published in the Federal Register on 
November 13, 1998 at 63 FR 63520.
    The tunnel will measure eight inches in diameter, 130 feet in 
length and be dug at a depth of ten feet. It will carry fiber optic 
cables.
    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 the California 
Department of Transportation.

    Dated: August 31, 1999.
David E. Randolph,
Coordinator, U.S.-Mexico Border Affairs, Office of Mexican Affairs.
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