[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 145 (Tuesday, July 29, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 44560]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-18999]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 4417]


Notice of Receipt of Application for a Presidential Permit for 
Pipeline Facilities To Be Constructed and Maintained on the Border of 
the United States

AGENCY: Department of State, Office of International Energy and 
Commodities Policy.

ACTION: Notice.

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    Notice is hereby given that the Department of State has received an 
application from Valero Logistics Operations, L.P. (Valero) for a 
Presidential permit, pursuant to Executive Order 11423 of August 16, 
1968, as amended by Executive Order 12847 of May 17, 1993 and Executive 
Order 13284 of January 23, 2003, authorizing the construction, 
connection, operation, and maintenance at the U.S.-Mexican border in 
the vicinity of Laredo, Texas of a liquid pipeline capable of carrying 
liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), and related facilities.
    Valero is a corporation organized and existing under the laws of 
the State of Texas and with its principal office located in San 
Antonio, Texas. The proposed new 8\5/8\ inch diameter pipeline would 
originate at an existing Valero pipeline system in Laredo, Texas and 
cover approximately 10.4 miles, crossing under the Rio Grande River and 
terminating at a new pipeline that will be constructed, owned and 
operated by Valero Internacional, S. de R.L. de C.V., a subsidiary of 
Valero, in Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico. It is anticipated that 
initial contract deliveries of LPG to Mexico will be 150,000 barrels 
per month in Nuevo Laredo, but the pipeline capacity would be 
approximately 32,400 barrels of LPG per day in either direction.
    As required by E.O. 11423, the Department of State is circulating 
this application to concerned federal agencies for comment.

DATES: Interested parties are invited to submit, in duplicate, comments 
relative to this proposal on or before August 28, 2003, to Pedro 
Erviti, Office of International Energy and Commodities Policy, 
Department of State, Washington, DC 20520. The application and related 
documents that are part of the record to be considered by the 
Department of State in connection with this application are available 
for inspection in the Office of International Energy and Commodities 
Policy during normal business hours.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Pedro Erviti, Office of International 
Energy and Commodities Policy (EB/ESC/IEC/EPC), Department of State, 
Washington, DC 20520; or by telephone at (202) 647-1291; or by fax at 
(202) 647-4037.

    Dated: July 21, 2003.
Matthew T. McManus,
Acting Director, Office of International Energy and Commodities Policy, 
Department of State.
[FR Doc. 03-18999 Filed 7-28-03; 8:45 am]
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