Notice of Receipt of Request To Amend the Presidential Permit for an International Bridge on the U.S.-Mexico Border at Eagle Pass, Texas and Piedras Negras, Coahuila, Mexico, 39089-39090 [2010-16518]
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2010.11
For the Commission, by the Division of
Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated
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Florence E. Harmon,
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Shipping Coordinating Committee;
Notice of Committee Meeting
The Shipping Coordinating
Committee (SHC) will conduct an open
meeting at 0930 on Wednesday July 22,
2010, in Room 51309 of the United
States Coast Guard Headquarters
Building, 2100 Second Street, SW.,
Washington, DC 20593–0001. The
primary purpose of the meeting is to
prepare for the fifty-sixth Session of the
International Maritime Organization
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Navigation to be held at the IMO
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Kingdom, from July 26 to July 30, 2010.
The primary matters to be considered
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—Adoption of the agenda
—Decisions of other IMO bodies
—Routing of ships, ship reporting and
related matters
—Guidelines for consideration of
requests for safety zones larger than
500 meters around artificial islands,
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—Amendments to the Performance
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Radiocommunication ITU–R Study
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strategy implementation plan
—Guidelines on the layout and
ergonomic design of safety centers on
passenger ships
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—Review of vague expressions in the
International Convention for the
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regulation V/22
—New symbols for AIS aids to
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—Amendments to the Worldwide
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—Review of the principles for
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ships including mandatory
requirements for determining safe
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—Amendments to the 1966 Loadline
Convention (LL) and the 1988 LL
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—Casualty analysis
—Consideration of International
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Dated: June 30, 2010.
Jon Trent Warner,
Executive Secretary, Shipping Coordinating
Committee, Department of State.
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applications for the U.S. National
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UNESCO, Washington, DC 20037.
Telephone: (202) 663–0026; Fax: (202)
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Dated: June 25, 2010.
Elizabeth Kanick,
Executive Director, U.S. National Commission
for UNESCO, Department of State.
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
[Public Notice: 7076]
Notice of Receipt of Request To
Amend the Presidential Permit for an
International Bridge on the U.S.-Mexico
Border at Eagle Pass, Texas and
Piedras Negras, Coahuila, Mexico
Department of State.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
SUMMARY: The Department of State
hereby gives notice that, on June 1,
2010, it received from Eagle Pass, Texas,
a request to amend the Presidential
permit that the Department issued in
1996 for the Eagle Pass II International
Bridge on the U.S.-Mexico border at
Eagle Pass, Texas and Piedras Negras,
Coahuila, Mexico. The permittee
proposes to revise article 10 of the
permit so it may begin to collect rent
from the Federal government for the
continued use of the bridge’s inspection
facilities.
Article 10 states that ‘‘[t]he permittee
shall provide to the United States
Customs Service and to other Federal
Inspection Agencies, as appropriate, at
no cost to the Federal government,
temporary inspectional facilities, at a
mutually agreed upon site, that are
adequate and acceptable to the Federal
Inspection Agencies. In providing the
inspectional 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.’’
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The city’s letter, explaining the
rationale for this proposed change, is
included in the Supplementary
Information section below.
The Department’s jurisdiction over
this application is based upon Executive
Order 11423 of August 16, 1968, as
amended, and Article 1 of the 1996
permit, which states that the permit
‘‘may be amended by the Secretary of
State or the Secretary’s delegate at will
or upon proper application therefor
* * *.’’ 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 the
proposed amendment of this
Presidential permit would be in the U.S.
national interest.
DATES: Interested members of the public
are invited to submit written comments
regarding this application on or before
July 28, 2010 to Stewart Tuttle, U.S.Mexico Border Affairs Coordinator, via
e-mail at WHA–BorderAffairs@state.gov,
or by mail at WHA/MEX—Room 3909,
Department of State, Washington, DC
20520.
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 WHA/
MEX—Room 3909, Department of State,
Washington, DC 20520. General
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 application
that Daniel Valenzuela, City Manager,
Eagle Pass, Texas, submitted to the
Department on June 1, 2010.
Begin text.
This communication is in reference to
removing the restrictions of receiving
rental payments for the temporary
inspection facilities in Article 10 of the
Presidential Permit (No. 96–01) issued
by the Department of State on April 12,
1996, for a second international bridge
in Eagle Pass, Texas. Currently, Article
10 of the permit requires the City of
Eagle Pass (permittee) to provide the
temporary inspection facilities at ‘‘no
cost’’ to the Federal Government.
As the permittee, and on behalf of the
taxpayers of Eagle Pass, we are formally
requesting that the Article 10
(Presidential Permit No. 96–01)
restriction be removed so that an
agreeable rental rate can be established
for the temporary inspection facilities.
The Finding of No Significant Impact
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(FONSI) issued by the Department of
State on April 12, 1996, and in support
of the permit issued on the same date,
anticipated the need for the temporary
facilities lasting between five and ten
years. The current ‘‘no cost’’ lease has
now been in effect for ten years and
there is presently no timeline for the
construction of the permanent
inspection facilities. In addition, we
believe that a change to the Presidential
Permit will be a positive step toward
helping develop a long-term solution to
the past disagreements between GSA
and the City of Eagle Pass. This solution
will initiate progress towards
construction of permanent facilities that
will increase the capacity of the port,
strengthen border security and improve
working conditions for CBP officers.
Based on the anticipated ongoing
need for use of the temporary facilities,
and in fairness to the taxpayers of Eagle
Pass, we believe that the City should
now be permitted to negotiate with the
Federal Government an agreeable rental
rate for the continued use of these
facilities. Most municipalities and
private-sector owners of inspection
facilities along the Texas-Mexico border
are permitted the collection rents for
improvements provided for use by the
Federal Government. Furthermore, we
understand that no other Presidential
Permit contains a similar restriction.
We understand that the U.S.
Department of State is willing, acting
under Article 1 of the permit, in
coordination with CBP and other
Federal agencies, and after providing an
opportunity for public comment, to
consider modifying Article 10. The City
of Eagle Pass respectfully asks to be
consistently informed and updated on
this process with written
correspondence.
It is the City’s sincerest hope that an
amendment to the Presidential Permit
may be handled in an expeditious
manner; we thank you for your
consideration in this most important
issue for our community.
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Dated: June 29, 2010.
Alex Lee,
Director, Office of Mexican Affairs,
Department of State.
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Federal Aviation Administration
[Docket No. 2010–0473]
Airport Privatization Pilot Program
AGENCY: Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of Receipt and
Acceptance for Review: Preliminary
Application for Gwinnett County
Airport Briscoe Field (LZU),
Lawrenceville, Georgia.
SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA) has completed its
review of the Gwinnett County Airport
Briscoe Field (LZU) preliminary
application for participation in the
airport privatization pilot program
received under 49 U.S.C. Section 47134.
The preliminary application is accepted
for review, with a filing date of April 26,
2010. Gwinnett County, the airport
sponsor, may select a private operator,
negotiate an agreement and submit a
final application to the FAA for
exemption under the pilot program. If
the FAA approves the final application
for Gwinnett County Airport Briscoe
Field, the Airport will qualify as the
Pilot Program’s general aviation airport
required by Title 49 U.S.C. Section
47134.
49 U.S.C. Section 47134 establishes
an airport privatization pilot program
and authorizes the Department of
Transportation to grant exemptions from
certain Federal statutory and regulatory
requirements for up to five airport
privatization projects. The application
procedures require the FAA to publish
a notice in the Federal Register after
review of a preliminary application. The
FAA must publish a notice of receipt of
the final application in the Federal
Register for public review and comment
for a sixty-day period. The LZU
preliminary application is available for
public review at https://
www.regulations.gov. The docket
number is FAA Docket Number 2010–
0473.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Kevin C. Willis (202–267–8741) Airport
Compliance Division, ACO–100, Federal
Aviation Administration, 800
Independence Ave., SW., Washington,
DC 20591.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Introduction and Background
Title 49 of the U.S. Code 47134
authorizes the Secretary of
Transportation, and through delegation,
the FAA Administrator, to exempt a
sponsor of a public use airport that has
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
[Public Notice: 7076]
Notice of Receipt of Request To Amend the Presidential Permit for
an International Bridge on the U.S.-Mexico Border at Eagle Pass, Texas
and Piedras Negras, Coahuila, Mexico
AGENCY: Department of State.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Department of State hereby gives notice that, on June 1,
2010, it received from Eagle Pass, Texas, a request to amend the
Presidential permit that the Department issued in 1996 for the Eagle
Pass II International Bridge on the U.S.-Mexico border at Eagle Pass,
Texas and Piedras Negras, Coahuila, Mexico. The permittee proposes to
revise article 10 of the permit so it may begin to collect rent from
the Federal government for the continued use of the bridge's inspection
facilities.
Article 10 states that ``[t]he permittee shall provide to the
United States Customs Service and to other Federal Inspection Agencies,
as appropriate, at no cost to the Federal government, temporary
inspectional facilities, at a mutually agreed upon site, that are
adequate and acceptable to the Federal Inspection Agencies. In
providing the inspectional 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.''
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The city's letter, explaining the rationale for this proposed
change, is included in the Supplementary Information section below.
The Department's jurisdiction over this application is based upon
Executive Order 11423 of August 16, 1968, as amended, and Article 1 of
the 1996 permit, which states that the permit ``may be amended by the
Secretary of State or the Secretary's delegate at will or upon proper
application therefor * * *.'' 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 the proposed amendment of this
Presidential permit would be in the U.S. national interest.
DATES: Interested members of the public are invited to submit written
comments regarding this application on or before July 28, 2010 to
Stewart Tuttle, U.S.-Mexico Border Affairs Coordinator, via e-mail at
WHA-BorderAffairs@state.gov, or by mail at WHA/MEX--Room 3909,
Department of State, Washington, DC 20520.
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 WHA/MEX--Room 3909, Department of
State, Washington, DC 20520. General 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 application
that Daniel Valenzuela, City Manager, Eagle Pass, Texas, submitted to
the Department on June 1, 2010.
Begin text.
This communication is in reference to removing the restrictions of
receiving rental payments for the temporary inspection facilities in
Article 10 of the Presidential Permit (No. 96-01) issued by the
Department of State on April 12, 1996, for a second international
bridge in Eagle Pass, Texas. Currently, Article 10 of the permit
requires the City of Eagle Pass (permittee) to provide the temporary
inspection facilities at ``no cost'' to the Federal Government.
As the permittee, and on behalf of the taxpayers of Eagle Pass, we
are formally requesting that the Article 10 (Presidential Permit No.
96-01) restriction be removed so that an agreeable rental rate can be
established for the temporary inspection facilities. The Finding of No
Significant Impact (FONSI) issued by the Department of State on April
12, 1996, and in support of the permit issued on the same date,
anticipated the need for the temporary facilities lasting between five
and ten years. The current ``no cost'' lease has now been in effect for
ten years and there is presently no timeline for the construction of
the permanent inspection facilities. In addition, we believe that a
change to the Presidential Permit will be a positive step toward
helping develop a long-term solution to the past disagreements between
GSA and the City of Eagle Pass. This solution will initiate progress
towards construction of permanent facilities that will increase the
capacity of the port, strengthen border security and improve working
conditions for CBP officers.
Based on the anticipated ongoing need for use of the temporary
facilities, and in fairness to the taxpayers of Eagle Pass, we believe
that the City should now be permitted to negotiate with the Federal
Government an agreeable rental rate for the continued use of these
facilities. Most municipalities and private-sector owners of inspection
facilities along the Texas-Mexico border are permitted the collection
rents for improvements provided for use by the Federal Government.
Furthermore, we understand that no other Presidential Permit contains a
similar restriction.
We understand that the U.S. Department of State is willing, acting
under Article 1 of the permit, in coordination with CBP and other
Federal agencies, and after providing an opportunity for public
comment, to consider modifying Article 10. The City of Eagle Pass
respectfully asks to be consistently informed and updated on this
process with written correspondence.
It is the City's sincerest hope that an amendment to the
Presidential Permit may be handled in an expeditious manner; we thank
you for your consideration in this most important issue for our
community.
End text.
Dated: June 29, 2010.
Alex Lee,
Director, Office of Mexican Affairs, Department of State.
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