[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 187 (Thursday, September 25, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55586-55587]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-22581]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 6369]


Executive Order 11423, as Amended; Notice of Receipt of 
Application To Amend Presidential Permit for an International Bridge on 
the U.S.-Mexico Border at Brownsville, TX and Matamoros, Tamaulipas, 
Mexico

AGENCY: Department of State.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Department of State hereby gives notice that, on September 
4, 2008, it received an application to amend the Presidential Permit 
that authorizes the construction, operation, and maintenance of the 
Veterans International Bridge at Los Tomates on the U.S.-Mexico border 
at Brownsville, Texas and Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico. Cameron 
County, Texas filed the application and is acting as the project 
sponsor. Cameron County proposes to build a second bridge, essentially 
identical to the existing four-lane bridge, to accommodate increasing 
traffic volume, to improve pedestrian safety, and to allow more 
efficient separation of different types of traffic as it approaches the 
border station owned by the General Services Administration and 
operated by the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection of the 
Department of Homeland Security. The proposed second bridge would not 
require changes to the border station itself.
    The Department of State's jurisdiction over this application is 
based upon Executive Order 11423 of August 16, 1968, as amended. As 
provided in E.O. 11423, the Department is circulating this application 
to relevant federal and state agencies for review and comment. Under 
E.O. 11423, the Department has the responsibility to determine, taking 
into account input from these agencies and other stakeholders, whether 
this proposed amendment to the existing Presidential Permit is in the 
U.S. national interest.

DATES: Interested members of the public are invited to submit written 
comments regarding this application on or before November 24, 2008 to 
Mr. Daniel Darrach, U.S.-Mexico Border Affairs Coordinator, via e-mail 
at [email protected], or by mail at WHA/MEX--Room 3909, 
Department of State, 2201 C St., NW., Washington, DC 20520.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Daniel Darrach, U.S.-Mexico Border 
Affairs Coordinator, via e-mail at [email protected]; by 
phone at 202-647-9894; or by mail at WHA/MEX--Room 3909, Department of 
State, 2201 C St., NW., Washington, DC 20520. General information about 
Presidential Permits is available on the Internet at http://www.state.gov/p/wha/rt/permit/.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This application and supporting documents 
are available for review in the Office of Mexican Affairs, Border 
Affairs Unit, Department of State, during normal business hours.


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    Dated: September 19, 2008.
Alex Lee,
Director, Office of Mexican Affairs, Department of State.
[FR Doc. E8-22581 Filed 9-24-08; 8:45 am]
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