[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 139 (Friday, July 19, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47594-47595]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-18232]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 4067]


Office of International Energy and Commodities Policy Finding of 
No Significant Impact: Reef International, L.L.C.

AGENCY: Department of State.

ACTION: Notice of a finding of no significant impact with regard to an 
application to construct, operate, and maintain a pipeline and related 
facilities to transport liquefied petroleum gas, including propane and 
butane, across the U.S.-Mexico border at Maverick County, Texas.

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SUMMARY: The Department of State has conducted an environmental 
assessment of the proposed construction by Reef International, L.L.C. 
of a pipeline and related facilities for the transport of liquefied 
petroleum gas, including propane and butane, crossing the international 
boundary at Maverick County, Texas. This information may be viewed upon 
request in the Office of International Energy and Commodities Policy at 
the Department of State.
    Based on this information, the Department of State has concluded 
that issuance of a Presidential Permit authorizing construction of the 
pipeline will not have a significant effect on the existing vegetation 
and wildlife, water resources, land use, air quality, and human 
population within the United States. In reaching this conclusion, the 
Department considered several alternatives, including a no-action 
alternative.
    In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act, 42 U.S.C. 
Section 4321 et seq., Council on Environmental Quality Regulations, 40 
CFR 1501.4 and 1508.13, and Department of State Regulations, 22 CFR 
161.8(C), an environmental impact statement will not be prepared.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON THE PIPELINE PERMIT APPLICATION CONTACT: 
Pedro G. Erviti or Matthew T. McManus, Office of International Energy 
and Commodities Policy, Department of State, Washington, DC 20520; or 
by telephone at (202) 647-2857 or (202) 647-3423; or by fax at (202) 
647-4037.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Reef is a limited liability corporation 
organized under the laws of the State of Texas with its principal 
office located in Corpus Christi, Texas. The proposed pipeline would be 
adjacent to a proposed natural gas pipeline for which Reef has received 
a Presidential permit from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. On 
January 31, 2002, the

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Department of State published in the Federal Register a Notice of 
Receipt of Application for a Presidential Permit. No public comments 
were received, and the federal agencies consulted expressed no 
opposition to issuing the permit. A finding of no significant impact is 
adopted, and an environmental impact statement will not be prepared.

    Dated: July 15, 2002.
Matthew McManus,
Acting Chief, Energy Producer-Country Affairs Division, Office of 
International Energy and Commodities Policy, Department of State.
[FR Doc. 02-18232 Filed 7-18-02; 8:45 am]
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