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Issuance of an Amended Presidential
Permit Authorizing the Construction,
Operation, and Maintenance of a TwoSpan International Bridge Near
Brownsville, Texas, at the International
Boundary Between the United States
and Mexico
SUMMARY: At the request of the
permittee, the Department of State has
amended the Presidential permit,
originally issued in 1993, that
authorizes Cameron County, Texas to
construct, operate, and maintain an
international bridge known as ‘‘Veterans
Bridge at Los Tomates’’ near
Brownsville, Texas, at the international
boundary between the United States and
Mexico. The amendment allows the
permittee to build a second adjacent
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 inspection station owned by
the General Services Administration
and operated by the Department of
Homeland Security/Customs and Border
Protection. In making its determination
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to amend the permit, the Department
provided public notice of the proposed
amendment and provided the
opportunity for comment (73 FR 55586,
Sept. 25, 2008) and also consulted with
other Federal agencies, as required by
Executive Order 11423, as amended.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Stewart Tuttle, U.S.-Mexico Border
Affairs Coordinator, via e-mail at WHABorderAffairs@state.gov; by phone at
202–647–6356; or by mail at Office of
Mexican Affairs—Room 3909,
Department of State, 2201 C St., NW.,
Washington, DC 20520. Information
about Presidential permits is available
on the Internet at https://www.state.gov/
p/wha/rt/permit/.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
following is the text of the amended
permit:
Amended Presidential Permit
Authorizing Cameron County, Texas, to
Construct, Operate, and Maintain a
Two-span International Bridge, its
Approaches, and Facilities at the
International Boundary between the
United States and Mexico.
By virtue of the authority vested in
me as Under Secretary of State for
Economic, Energy, and Agricultural
Affairs under Executive Order 11423 of
August 16, 1968, 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; Executive Order 13337 of April
30, 2004, 69 FR 25299; the International
Bridge Act of 1972 (86 Stat. 731; 33
U.S.C. 535 et seq.); and Department of
State Delegation of Authority number
118–2 of January 26, 2006; having
considered the environmental effects of
the proposed action in accordance with
the National Environmental Policy Act
of 1969 (83 Stat. 852; 42 U.S.C. 4321 et
seq.), having considered the proposed
action in accordance with the National
Historic Preservation Act (80 Stat. 917,
16 U.S.C. 470f et seq., and having
requested and received the views of
various of the Federal departments and
other interested persons; I hereby grant
permission, subject to the conditions
herein set forth, to Cameron County,
Texas (herinafter referred to as
‘‘permittee’’) in partnership with the City
of Brownsville, Texas, pursuant to
interlocal agreement, to construct,
operate, and maintain a two-span
international vehicular and pedestrian
bridge in the ‘‘Los Tomates’’ vicinity of
Brownsville, Texas and Matamoros,
Tamaulipas, Mexico.
The term ‘‘facilities’’ as used in this
permit means the bridge, its approaches,
and any land, structure, or installations
appurtenant thereto.
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The term ‘‘United States facilities’’ as
used in this permit means that part of
the facilities in the United States.
This permit is subject to the following
conditions:
Article 1. The United States facilities
herein described, and all aspects of their
operation, shall be subject to the
conditions, provisions, and
requirements of this permit or any
amendment thereof; further that this
permit may be terminated at the will of
the Secretary of State or the Secretary’s
delegate or may be amended by the
Secretary of State or the Secretary’s
delegate at will or upon proper
application therefor; further that the
permittee shall make no substantial
change in the location of the United
States facilities or in the operation
authorized by this permit until such
changes have been approved by the
Secretary of State or the Secretary’s
delegate.
Article 2. (1) Standards for, and
manner of, the construction, operation
and maintenance of the United States
facilities shall be subject to inspection
and approval by the representatives of
appropriate Federal or State agencies.
The permittee shall allow duly
authorized officers and employees of
such agencies free and unrestricted
access to said facilities in the
performance of their official duties.
(2) Prior to initiation of construction,
the permittee shall obtain the approval
of the United States Coast Guard (USCG)
to such construction, in conformity with
Section 5 of the International Bridge Act
of 1972 (33 U.S.C. 535c) and
Department of Homeland Security
(DHS) Delegation of Authority Number
0170.1.
Article 3. The permittee shall comply
with all Federal and State laws and
regulations regarding the construction,
operation, and maintenance of the
United States facilities, and with all
applicable industrial codes.
Article 4. Upon the termination,
revocation, or surrender of this permit,
and unless otherwise agreed by the
Secretary of State or the Secretary’s
delegate, the United States facilities in
the immediate vicinity of the
international boundary shall be
removed by and at the expense of the
permittee within such time as the
Secretary of State or the Secretary’s
delegate may specify, and upon failure
of the permittee to remove this portion
of the United States facilities as ordered,
the Secretary of State or the Secretary’s
delegate may direct that possession of
such facilities be taken and that they be
removed at the expense of the permittee;
and the permittee shall have no claim
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for damages by reason of such
possession or removal.
Article 5. If, in the future, it should
appear to the United States Coast Guard
and the Secretary of Homeland Security
or the Secretary’s delegate that any
facilities or operations permitted
hereunder cause unreasonable
obstructions to the free navigation of
any of the navigable waters of the
United States, the permittee may be
required, upon notice from the Secretary
of Homeland Security or the Secretary’s
delegate, to remove or alter such of the
facilities as are owned by it so as to
render navigation through such waters
free and unobstructed.
Article 6. This permit and the
operation of the United States facilities
hereunder shall be subject to the
regulations issued by any competent
agency of the United States
Government, including but not limited
to the United States Coast Guard, the
Department of Homeland Security, and
the United States Section of the
International Boundary and Water
Commission (USIBWC). This permit
shall continue in force and effect only
so long as the permittee shall continue
the operations hereby authorized in
exact accordance with such limitations,
terms and conditions.
Article 7. When, in the opinion of the
President of the United States, the
national security of the United States
demands it, due notice being given by
the Secretary of State or the Secretary’s
delegate, the United States shall have
the right to enter upon and take
possession of any of the United States
facilities or parts thereof; to retain
possession, management or control
thereof for such length of time as may
appear to the President to be necessary;
and thereafter to restore possession and
control to the permittee. In the event
that the United States shall exercise
such right, it shall pay to the permittee
just and fair compensation for the use of
such United States facilities upon the
basis of a reasonable profit in normal
conditions, and the cost of restoring said
facilities to as good condition as existed
at the time of entering and taking over
the same, less the reasonable value of
any improvements that may have been
made by the United States.
Article 8. Any transfer of ownership
or control of the United States facilities
or any part thereof shall be immediately
notified in writing to the United States
Department of State, including the
submission of information identifying
the transferee. This permit shall remain
in force subject to all the conditions,
permissions and requirements of this
permit and any amendments thereto
unless subsequently terminated or
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amended by the Secretary of State or the
Secretary’s delegate.
Article 9. (1) The permittee shall
acquire such right-of-way grants,
easements, permits and other
authorizations as may become necessary
and appropriate.
(2) The permittee shall save harmless
the United States from any claimed or
adjudged liability arising out of the
construction, completion or
maintenance of the facilities.
(3) The permittee shall maintain the
United States facilities and every part
thereof in a condition of good repair for
their safe operation.
Article 10. The permittee shall
provide to the General Services
Administration (GSA), at no cost to the
Federal government, a site that is
adequate and acceptable to GSA on
which to construct border station
facilities at the United States terminal of
the bridge. The permittee shall fully
comply with all National Environmental
Policy Act and National Historic
Preservation Act mitigation provisions
and stipulations for transfer of the site
to the General Services Administration.
Article 11. The permittee shall take all
appropriate measures to prevent or
mitigate adverse environmental impacts
or disruption of significant
archeological resources in connection
with the construction, operation and
maintenance of the United States
facilities. The permittee shall submit to
the USIBWC the plans approved by the
Texas Water Commission for sewage
collection and treatment facilities, and
their discharge limitations, along with
any plans approved by the Texas Water
Commission regarding water rights for
water diversion facilities in the Rio
Grande.
Article 12. The permittee shall submit
to the U.S. Commissioner, IBWC, for
review by the USIBWC the conceptual
and final levee relocation plan that
forms a part of the international bridge
proposal. Permittee shall comply with
any appropriate changes required by the
USIBWC and also arrange for transfers
of lands, rights-of-way and other works
proposed as part of the new bridge
construction and levee relocation plan.
Article 13. The permittee shall
comply with all agreed actions and
obligations undertaken to be performed
by it in the Supplemental
Environmental Assessment dated June
4, 1993, including but not limited to the
mitigation Plan attached thereto as
Appendix A, as supplemented by the
Environmental Assessment dated
October 2009 and the Finding of No
Significant Impact dated January 10,
2010. Construction of the United States
facilities shall be performed in
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substantial conformity with Alternatives
A or C described in the Supplemental
Environmental Assessment dated June
4, 1993, as supplemented by the
Environmental Assessment dated
October 2009 and the Finding of No
Significant Impact dated January 10,
2010.
Article 14. The permittee shall file
with the appropriate agencies of the
Government of the United States such
statements or reports under oath with
respect to the United States facilities,
and/or permittee’s actions in connection
therewith, as are now or may hereafter
be required under any laws or
regulations of the Government of the
United States or its agencies.
Article 15. The permittee shall send
notice to the Department of State at such
time as the construction authorized by
this permit is begun, and again at such
time as construction is completed,
interrupted, or discontinued.
In witness thereof, I, Robert D.
Hormats, Under Secretary of State for
Economic, Energy, and Agricultural
Affairs, have hereunto set my hand this
1st day of June, 2010, in the City of
Washington, District of Columbia.
This permit supersedes the permit
signed on October 7, 1993 by Under
Secretary of State Joan E. Spero.
End Permit text.
Dated: June 10, 2010.
Alex Lee,
Director, Office of Mexican Affairs,
Department of State.
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Advisory Committee for the Study of
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States of the Former Soviet Union
(TITLE VIII)
The Advisory Committee for the
Study of Eastern Europe and the
Independent States of the Former Soviet
Union (Title VIII) will convene on
Thursday, July 8, 2010 beginning at
9:30 a.m. in Room 1406 of the U.S.
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as amended. The agenda will include
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July 1, providing the following
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Driver’s License Number and Issuing
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Dated: June 4, 2010.
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Executive Director, Advisory Committee for
Study of Eastern Europe and Eurasia (the
Independent States of the Former Soviet
Union).
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
[Public Notice: 7052]
Issuance of an Amended Presidential Permit Authorizing the
Construction, Operation, and Maintenance of a Two-Span International
Bridge Near Brownsville, Texas, at the International Boundary Between
the United States and Mexico
SUMMARY: At the request of the permittee, the Department of State has
amended the Presidential permit, originally issued in 1993, that
authorizes Cameron County, Texas to construct, operate, and maintain an
international bridge known as ``Veterans Bridge at Los Tomates'' near
Brownsville, Texas, at the international boundary between the United
States and Mexico. The amendment allows the permittee to build a second
adjacent 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 inspection station owned by the
General Services Administration and operated by the Department of
Homeland Security/Customs and Border Protection. In making its
determination
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to amend the permit, the Department provided public notice of the
proposed amendment and provided the opportunity for comment (73 FR
55586, Sept. 25, 2008) and also consulted with other Federal agencies,
as required by Executive Order 11423, as amended.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stewart Tuttle, U.S.-Mexico Border
Affairs Coordinator, via e-mail at WHA-BorderAffairs@state.gov; by
phone at 202-647-6356; or by mail at Office of Mexican Affairs--Room
3909, Department of State, 2201 C St., NW., Washington, DC 20520.
Information about Presidential permits is available on the Internet at
https://www.state.gov/p/wha/rt/permit/.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The following is the text of the amended
permit:
Amended Presidential Permit Authorizing Cameron County, Texas, to
Construct, Operate, and Maintain a Two-span International Bridge, its
Approaches, and Facilities at the International Boundary between the
United States and Mexico.
By virtue of the authority vested in me as Under Secretary of State
for Economic, Energy, and Agricultural Affairs under Executive Order
11423 of August 16, 1968, 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; Executive Order 13337 of April 30, 2004, 69 FR
25299; the International Bridge Act of 1972 (86 Stat. 731; 33 U.S.C.
535 et seq.); and Department of State Delegation of Authority number
118-2 of January 26, 2006; having considered the environmental effects
of the proposed action in accordance with the National Environmental
Policy Act of 1969 (83 Stat. 852; 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), having
considered the proposed action in accordance with the National Historic
Preservation Act (80 Stat. 917, 16 U.S.C. 470f et seq., and having
requested and received the views of various of the Federal departments
and other interested persons; I hereby grant permission, subject to the
conditions herein set forth, to Cameron County, Texas (herinafter
referred to as ``permittee'') in partnership with the City of
Brownsville, Texas, pursuant to interlocal agreement, to construct,
operate, and maintain a two-span international vehicular and pedestrian
bridge in the ``Los Tomates'' vicinity of Brownsville, Texas and
Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico.
The term ``facilities'' as used in this permit means the bridge,
its approaches, and any land, structure, or installations appurtenant
thereto.
The term ``United States facilities'' as used in this permit means
that part of the facilities in the United States.
This permit is subject to the following conditions:
Article 1. The United States facilities herein described, and all
aspects of their operation, shall be subject to the conditions,
provisions, and requirements of this permit or any amendment thereof;
further that this permit may be terminated at the will of the Secretary
of State or the Secretary's delegate or may be amended by the Secretary
of State or the Secretary's delegate at will or upon proper application
therefor; further that the permittee shall make no substantial change
in the location of the United States facilities or in the operation
authorized by this permit until such changes have been approved by the
Secretary of State or the Secretary's delegate.
Article 2. (1) Standards for, and manner of, the construction,
operation and maintenance of the United States facilities shall be
subject to inspection and approval by the representatives of
appropriate Federal or State agencies. The permittee shall allow duly
authorized officers and employees of such agencies free and
unrestricted access to said facilities in the performance of their
official duties.
(2) Prior to initiation of construction, the permittee shall obtain
the approval of the United States Coast Guard (USCG) to such
construction, in conformity with Section 5 of the International Bridge
Act of 1972 (33 U.S.C. 535c) and Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
Delegation of Authority Number 0170.1.
Article 3. The permittee shall comply with all Federal and State
laws and regulations regarding the construction, operation, and
maintenance of the United States facilities, and with all applicable
industrial codes.
Article 4. Upon the termination, revocation, or surrender of this
permit, and unless otherwise agreed by the Secretary of State or the
Secretary's delegate, the United States facilities in the immediate
vicinity of the international boundary shall be removed by and at the
expense of the permittee within such time as the Secretary of State or
the Secretary's delegate may specify, and upon failure of the permittee
to remove this portion of the United States facilities as ordered, the
Secretary of State or the Secretary's delegate may direct that
possession of such facilities be taken and that they be removed at the
expense of the permittee; and the permittee shall have no claim for
damages by reason of such possession or removal.
Article 5. If, in the future, it should appear to the United States
Coast Guard and the Secretary of Homeland Security or the Secretary's
delegate that any facilities or operations permitted hereunder cause
unreasonable obstructions to the free navigation of any of the
navigable waters of the United States, the permittee may be required,
upon notice from the Secretary of Homeland Security or the Secretary's
delegate, to remove or alter such of the facilities as are owned by it
so as to render navigation through such waters free and unobstructed.
Article 6. This permit and the operation of the United States
facilities hereunder shall be subject to the regulations issued by any
competent agency of the United States Government, including but not
limited to the United States Coast Guard, the Department of Homeland
Security, and the United States Section of the International Boundary
and Water Commission (USIBWC). This permit shall continue in force and
effect only so long as the permittee shall continue the operations
hereby authorized in exact accordance with such limitations, terms and
conditions.
Article 7. When, in the opinion of the President of the United
States, the national security of the United States demands it, due
notice being given by the Secretary of State or the Secretary's
delegate, the United States shall have the right to enter upon and take
possession of any of the United States facilities or parts thereof; to
retain possession, management or control thereof for such length of
time as may appear to the President to be necessary; and thereafter to
restore possession and control to the permittee. In the event that the
United States shall exercise such right, it shall pay to the permittee
just and fair compensation for the use of such United States facilities
upon the basis of a reasonable profit in normal conditions, and the
cost of restoring said facilities to as good condition as existed at
the time of entering and taking over the same, less the reasonable
value of any improvements that may have been made by the United States.
Article 8. Any transfer of ownership or control of the United
States facilities or any part thereof shall be immediately notified in
writing to the United States Department of State, including the
submission of information identifying the transferee. This permit shall
remain in force subject to all the conditions, permissions and
requirements of this permit and any amendments thereto unless
subsequently terminated or
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amended by the Secretary of State or the Secretary's delegate.
Article 9. (1) The permittee shall acquire such right-of-way
grants, easements, permits and other authorizations as may become
necessary and appropriate.
(2) The permittee shall save harmless the United States from any
claimed or adjudged liability arising out of the construction,
completion or maintenance of the facilities.
(3) The permittee shall maintain the United States facilities and
every part thereof in a condition of good repair for their safe
operation.
Article 10. The permittee shall provide to the General Services
Administration (GSA), at no cost to the Federal government, a site that
is adequate and acceptable to GSA on which to construct border station
facilities at the United States terminal of the bridge. The permittee
shall fully comply with all National Environmental Policy Act and
National Historic Preservation Act mitigation provisions and
stipulations for transfer of the site to the General Services
Administration.
Article 11. The permittee shall take all appropriate measures to
prevent or mitigate adverse environmental impacts or disruption of
significant archeological resources in connection with the
construction, operation and maintenance of the United States
facilities. The permittee shall submit to the USIBWC the plans approved
by the Texas Water Commission for sewage collection and treatment
facilities, and their discharge limitations, along with any plans
approved by the Texas Water Commission regarding water rights for water
diversion facilities in the Rio Grande.
Article 12. The permittee shall submit to the U.S. Commissioner,
IBWC, for review by the USIBWC the conceptual and final levee
relocation plan that forms a part of the international bridge proposal.
Permittee shall comply with any appropriate changes required by the
USIBWC and also arrange for transfers of lands, rights-of-way and other
works proposed as part of the new bridge construction and levee
relocation plan.
Article 13. The permittee shall comply with all agreed actions and
obligations undertaken to be performed by it in the Supplemental
Environmental Assessment dated June 4, 1993, including but not limited
to the mitigation Plan attached thereto as Appendix A, as supplemented
by the Environmental Assessment dated October 2009 and the Finding of
No Significant Impact dated January 10, 2010. Construction of the
United States facilities shall be performed in substantial conformity
with Alternatives A or C described in the Supplemental Environmental
Assessment dated June 4, 1993, as supplemented by the Environmental
Assessment dated October 2009 and the Finding of No Significant Impact
dated January 10, 2010.
Article 14. The permittee shall file with the appropriate agencies
of the Government of the United States such statements or reports under
oath with respect to the United States facilities, and/or permittee's
actions in connection therewith, as are now or may hereafter be
required under any laws or regulations of the Government of the United
States or its agencies.
Article 15. The permittee shall send notice to the Department of
State at such time as the construction authorized by this permit is
begun, and again at such time as construction is completed,
interrupted, or discontinued.
In witness thereof, I, Robert D. Hormats, Under Secretary of State
for Economic, Energy, and Agricultural Affairs, have hereunto set my
hand this 1st day of June, 2010, in the City of Washington, District of
Columbia.
This permit supersedes the permit signed on October 7, 1993 by
Under Secretary of State Joan E. Spero.
End Permit text.
Dated: June 10, 2010.
Alex Lee,
Director, Office of Mexican Affairs, Department of State.
[FR Doc. 2010-14696 Filed 6-16-10; 8:45 am]
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