[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 104 (Friday, May 30, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 31176]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-12585]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 8749]


Issuance of an Amendment of the Presidential Permit for the City 
of Laredo, Texas for the Laredo World Trade Bridge

SUMMARY: The Department of State issued an amendment to the 
Presidential Permit to the City of Laredo on May 22, 2014, allowing the 
Laredo World Trade Bridge to carry certain hazardous materials. In 
making this determination, the Department provided public notice of the 
proposed amendment (79 FR 40821, July 8, 2013), offered the opportunity 
for comment, and consulted with other federal agencies, as required by 
Executive Order 11423, as amended.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Steven Kameny, Mexico Border Affairs 
Officer, via email at [email protected], by phone at 202 647-
9894 or by mail at Office of Mexican Affairs--Room 3924, 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:

    By virtue of the authority vested in me as Under Secretary for 
Political Affairs, 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 
the Presidential Permit signed on October 7, 1994, to the City of 
Laredo, Texas (hereinafter referred to as ``permittee '') to 
construct, operate, and maintain an international vehicular and 
pedestrian bridge between Laredo, Webb County, Texas and Nuevo 
Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico.
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    1. Article 13(2) of the Presidential Permit signed on October 7, 
1994, is amended and replaced in its entirety with the following 
provision:

(2) The permittee shall route all hazardous materials from the 
downtown bridges to the United States facilities at Colombia 
Solidarity Bridge, or to the United States facilities at Laredo 
World Trade Bridge. However, U.S. Department of Transportation 
(USDOT) Table I Materials--Explosives, Radioactive, Poison Gas, and 
Other Toxic Compounds (as defined in USDOT 49 Code of Federal 
Regulations [CFR] 172.504[e]) shall not be routed to Laredo World 
Trade Bridge.

    2. The permittee shall not commence the transit of hazardous 
materials over Laredo World Trade Bridge until it has been informed 
that the Government of the United States and the Government of 
Mexico have exchanged diplomatic notes confirming that both 
governments authorize the commencement of such transit of hazardous 
materials.
    3. Aside from the amendment to Article 13(2) detailed above, the 
Presidential Permit signed on October 7, 1994, remains unaltered and 
in effect.

    In witness whereof, I, Wendy R. Sherman, Under Secretary of 
State for Political Affairs, have hereunto set my hand this 22 day 
of May 2014 in the City of Washington District of Columbia.
Wendy R. Sherman,
Under Secretary for Political Affairs.
Kevin M. O'Reilly,
Director, Office of Mexican Affairs, Bureau of Western Hemisphere 
Affairs, U.S. Department of State.
[FR Doc. 2014-12585 Filed 5-29-14; 8:45 am]
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