[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 92 (Monday, May 13, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28010-28011]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-11277]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 8320]


Issuance of an Amendment to the Presidential Permit for the City 
of Eagle Pass International Bridge Board Regarding the Port of Entry 
Known as Eagle Pass II

SUMMARY: The Department of State issued an amendment to the 
Presidential Permit to the City of Eagle Pass International Bridge 
Board on May 2, 2013, eliminating the requirement that it provide land 
to the federal government free of charge, so that it may begin to 
collect payment for the use of the bridge's temporary inspection 
facilities located on land leased to the federal government if certain 
conditions in the permit are satisfied. In making this determination, 
the Department provided public notice of the proposed amendment (75 FR 
39089, July 10, 2010), offered the opportunity for comment and 
consulted with other federal agencies, as required by Executive Order 
11423, as amended.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Peter Marigliano, Mexico Border 
Affairs Officer, via email at [email protected], by phone at 
202-647-9895 or by mail at Office of Mexican Affairs--Room 1329, 
Department of State, 2201 C St. NW., Washington, DC 20520. Information 
about Presidential permits is available on the Internet at http://www.state.gov/p/wha/rt/permit/.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The following is the text of the issued 
permit amendment:

    By virtue of the authority vested in me as Under Secretary of 
State for Economic Growth, Energy and the Environment, including 
those authorities under Executive Order 11423, 33 FR 11741, as 
amended by Executive Order 12847 of May 17, 1993, 58 FR 29511, 
Executive Order 13284 of January 23, 2003, 68 FR 4075, and Executive 
Order 13337 of April 30, 2004, 69 FR 25299; and Department of State 
Delegation of Authority 118-2 of January 26, 2006; I hereby amend as 
set forth herein the permission granted in Presidential Permit 
Number 96-01, signed on April 12, 1996, to the City of Eagle Pass 
International Bridge Board (hereinafter referred to as 
``permittee'') to construct, connect, operate, and maintain a new 
international vehicular and pedestrian bridge between the City of 
Eagle Pass, Maverick County, Texas and Piedras Negras, Coahuila, 
Mexico, at about mile 495.71 on the Rio Grande.
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    1. Article 10 of the Presidential Permit Number 96-01, signed on 
April 12, 1996, is amended and replaced in its entirety with the 
following provisions:
    Article 10. (1) The permittee shall provide to the General 
Services Administration (GSA) for the use and benefit of the United 
States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and to other Federal 
Inspection Agencies, as appropriate, temporary inspectional 
facilities, at a mutually agreed upon site that are adequate and 
acceptable to the Federal Inspection Agencies. In providing the 
inspection facilities, including selection of the site, the 
permittee shall fully comply with all National Environmental Policy 
Act and National Historic Preservation Act mitigation provisions and 
stipulations.
    (2) The permittee shall negotiate with the GSA agreements to 
provide the inspection facilities with such terms, conditions, 
covenants, and agreements mutually acceptable to the parties 
covering the following matters:
    (i) An agreement providing for payment retroactively to July 11, 
2010, until the Closing Date described in Article 10(2) (ii) for the 
use of all of the inspection facilities;
    (ii) A Donation Agreement and Special Warranty Deed between 
permittee and GSA conveying a portion of the inspection facilities 
in fee simple to the United States of America, in satisfaction of 
the permittee's obligations under Article 14 of this Presidential 
Permit, which conveyance shall take place on or before May 31, 2013 
(the ``Closing Date''); and,
    (iii) a lease agreement covering all remaining real property 
comprising the

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inspection facilities not covered by the Donation Agreement and the 
Special Warranty Deed, commencing on the Closing Date.
    2. If for any reason permittee and GSA fail to execute and 
deliver any of the instruments called for under the amended Article 
10(2), above, by the Closing Date, the amendment to Article 10 shall 
be null and void, and permittee shall continue to provide to the CBP 
and to other Federal Inspection Agencies, as appropriate, the 
inspection facilities at no cost to the Federal Government in 
accordance with the provisions of the original Presidential Permit.
    3. Aside from the amendments to Article 10 detailed above, 
Presidential Permit Number 96-01, signed on April 12, 1996, remains 
unaltered and in effect.
    IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I, Robert D. Hormats, Under Secretary of 
State for Economic Growth, Energy and the Environment, have hereunto 
set my hand this 2nd day of May, 2013 in the City of Washington, 
District of Columbia.

Robert D. Hormats,

Under Secretary of State for Economic Growth, Energy and the 
Environment.

Kevin M. O'Reilly,
Director, Office of Mexican Affairs, Bureau of Western Hemisphere 
Affairs, U.S. Department of State.
[FR Doc. 2013-11277 Filed 5-10-13; 8:45 am]
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