[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 187 (Tuesday, September 27, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66320-66321]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-23287]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice: 9727]


Notice of Receipt of Application for an Amended Presidential 
Permit for the Presidio-Ojinaga International Bridge on the U.S.-Mexico 
Border at Presidio, Texas and Ojinaga, Chihuahua, Mexico

AGENCY: Department of State.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Department of State (``State Department'') hereby gives 
notice that, on September 7, 2016, it received an application from the 
Texas Department of Transportation (TXDOT) for an Amended Presidential 
Permit to construct a second bridge structure for southbound traffic on 
the U.S.-Mexico border at Presidio, Texas and Ojinaga, Chihuahua, 
Mexico. The State Department issued the original Presidential Permit to 
Presidio County on July 2, 1976, and an Amended Presidential Permit to 
TXDOT on May 4, 1982. The application may be found at: http://www.state.gov/documents/organization/261891.pdf.
    The State Department's review of this application is based upon 
Executive Order 11423 of August 16, 1968, as amended. As provided in 
E.O. 11423,

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the State Department is circulating this application to relevant 
federal agencies for review and comment. Under E.O. 11423, the 
Department has the responsibility to determine, taking into account 
views from these agencies and other stakeholders, whether issuing an 
Amended Presidential Permit to TXDOT to construct a second bridge 
structure for southbound traffic would serve the national interest. 
That determination process involves consideration of many factors, 
including foreign policy; environmental, cultural, and economic 
impacts; compliance with applicable law and regulations; and other 
issues.
    Interested members of the public are invited to submit written 
comments regarding this application. The public comment period will end 
30 days from the publication of this notice. Comments are not private. 
They will be posted on the site http://www.regulations.gov. The 
comments will not be edited to remove identifying or contact 
information, and the State Department cautions against including any 
information that one does not want publicly disclosed. The State 
Department requests that any party soliciting or aggregating comments 
received from other persons for submission to the State Department 
inform those persons that the State Department will not edit their 
comments to remove identifying or contact information, and that they 
should not include any information in their comments that they do not 
want publicly disclosed.

DATES: Comments must be submitted no later than October 27, 2016 at 
11:59 p.m.

ADDRESSES: For reasons of efficiency, the State Department encourages 
the electronic submission of comments through the federal government's 
eRulemaking Portal (http://www.regulations.gov), enter Docket No. DOS-
2016-0063, and follow the prompts to submit a comment. The State 
Department also will accept comments submitted in hard copy by mail and 
postmarked no later than October 27, 2016. Please note that standard 
mail delivery to the State Department can be delayed due to security 
screening. To submit comments by mail, use the following address: 
Office of Mexican Affairs, Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs, Room 
3924, Department of State, 2201 C St. NW., Washington, DC 20520.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Office of Mexican Affairs, Bureau of 
Western Hemisphere Affairs, via email at [email protected]; 
by phone at 202-647-9894; or by mail at Office of Mexican Affairs, 
Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs, Room 3924, Department of State, 
2201 C St. NW., Washington, DC 20520.

    Dated: September 21, 2016.
Colleen A. Hoey,
Director, Office of Mexican Affairs, Department of State.
[FR Doc. 2016-23287 Filed 9-26-16; 8:45 am]
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