Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 119 / Friday, June 20, 2014 / Notices 35403 

Dated: May 28, 2014. 

John F. Kerry, 

Secretary of State. 

[FR Doc. 2014–14496 Filed 6–19–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4710–42–P 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

Authority To Accept Volunteer 

Services From Students 

By virtue of the authority vested in 

the Secretary of State by the laws of the 

United States, including 22 U.S.C. 

2651a and 5 U.S.C. 3111 (‘‘Section 

3111’’), and delegated to me by 

Delegation of Authority 198, dated 

September 16, 1992, to the extent 

authorized by law and pursuant to 

subsection (b) of Section 3111, I hereby 

delegate the authority of the Secretary to 

accept voluntary services for the United 

States to the following Department 

officials: 

• Assistant Secretary for the Bureau 

of Consular Affairs; and 

• Legal Adviser. 

This authority is limited to the 

acceptance of voluntary services 

provided by law students who are filling 

legal extern and intern positions. 

Any official action within the scope of 

this delegation taken prior to the 

effective date of this delegation, by 

officers in the positions named above, 

are hereby continued in effect, 

according to their terms, until modified, 

revoked, or superseded by authorized 

action. 

Notwithstanding this delegation of 

authority, the Secretary, the Deputy 

Secretary, the Deputy Secretary for 

Management and Resources, and the 

Under Secretary of State for 

Management may at any time exercise 

the authority herein delegated. 

This delegation of authority will be 

published in the Federal Register. 

Dated: May 20, 2014. 

Patrick F. Kennedy, 

Under Secretary of State for Management. 

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice: 8770] 

Intent To Prepare a Supplemental 

Environmental Assessment 

(Supplemental EA) and To Conduct 

Scoping Consistent With the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 

(NEPA) for Proposed Changes to the 

NuStar Dos Laredos Pipeline 

AGENCY: Department of State. 

ACTION: Notice; solicitation of 

comments. 

SUMMARY: NuStar Logistics, L.P. 

(NuStar) has applied to the U.S. 

Department of State (Department) for a 

Presidential Permit to replace a 2003 

Presidential Permit issued to Valero 

Logistics Operations L.P. to construct, 

connect, operate, and maintain pipeline 

facilities (the Dos Laredos Pipeline) 

crossing the international border 

between the United States and Mexico 

at a location on the Rio Grande River 

known as ‘‘La Bota,’’ approximately six 

miles northwest of downtown Laredo, 

Texas. Specifically, NuStar requests a 

Presidential Permit that: (1) Reflects 

NuStar’s name change from Valero 

Logistics Operations, L.P. to NuStar 

Logistics, L.P., as the owner and 

operator of the Dos Laredos Pipeline 

crossing the international boundary; and 

(2) expands the types of products that 

may be transported through the 

pipeline. The 2003 Presidential Permit 

only allows shipment of liquefied 

petroleum gas (LPG), while NuStar now 

proposes to transport other specifically 

defined petroleum products, including 

diesel. 

On December 30, 2003, the 

Department issued a ‘‘Finding of No 

Significant Impact and Summary 

Environmental Assessment; Valero 

Logistics LP Pipeline in Webb County, 

TX,’’ applicable to the Dos Laredos 

Pipeline (the 2003 Environmental 

Finding). In the 2003 Environmental 

Finding, the Department described the 

proposed Dos Laredos Pipeline as being 

designed to transport up to 32,400 

barrels (1.36 million gallons) of LPG 

daily from the United States to Mexico. 

The Department concluded that 

issuance of a Presidential Permit 

authorizing the proposed Dos Laredos 

Pipeline would have no significant 

impact on the quality of the human 

environment within the United States, 

and further determined that granting a 

Presidential Permit for the Dos Laredos 

Pipeline would serve the national 

interest. 

In accordance with the 2003 

Environmental Finding and the 2003 

Presidential Permit, the Dos Laredos 

Pipeline was constructed and went into 

service in 2004. The owner, Valero 

Logistics Operations, L.P., changed its 

name to NuStar Logistics, L.P. on April 

1, 2007. In June 2011, NuStar 

temporarily suspended transportation of 

LPG on the Dos Laredos Pipeline. 

NuStar has continued to maintain the 

pipeline with the intent to place the 

pipeline back into active service in 

2014. 

On December 4, 2013, NuStar 

submitted an application to the 

Department requesting a new 

Presidential Permit for the Dos Laredos 

Pipeline. The Department has 

concluded, consistent with NEPA, that 

it will prepare a Supplemental EA to 

determine whether the proposed action 

may have a significant impact on the 

human environment. 

The purpose of this Notice of Intent 

is to inform the public about the 

proposed action, announce plans for 

determining the scope of the review, 

invite public participation in the 

scoping process, and solicit public 

comments for consideration in 

establishing the scope and content of 

the Supplemental EA. 

DATES: Submit comments on or before 

August 4, 2014. The public scoping 

period starts with the publication of this 

Notice in the Federal Register on June 

20, 2014 and will continue until August 

4, 2014. Written and electronic 

comments will be given equal weight 

and the Department will consider all 

comments received or postmarked by 

August 4, 2014 in determining the scope 

and content of the Supplemental EA. 

ADDRESSES: Parties may submit 

comments on the scope and content of 

the Supplemental EA through the 

Federal eRulemaking Portal (http:// 

www.regulations.gov) by entering the 

Docket No. DOS–2014–0013 and 

following the prompts. Written 

comments should be addressed to: Mr. 

Travis Grout, U.S. Department of State, 

2201 C Street NW., Room 2726, 

Washington, DC 20520. 

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. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Office of Environmental Quality and 

Transboundary Issues, Attn: Mr. Travis 

Grout, U.S. Department of State, 2201 C 

Street NW., Room 2726, Washington, 

DC 20520. Tel: (202) 647–4284. 

Project details and environmental 

information on the NuStar application 

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for a Presidential Permit, as well as the 

Presidential Permit process, are 

downloadable from the following Web 

site: http://www.state.gov/e/enr/ 

applicant/applicants/index.htm. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Project Description 

The Dos Laredos Pipeline is an 8 and 5⁄8 inch outer diameter pipeline at the 

United States-Mexico border that 

connects the NuStar terminal in Laredo, 

Texas, with a terminal in Nuevo Laredo, 

Tamaulipas, Mexico. The U.S. portion 

of the Dos Laredos Pipeline consists of 

approximately 10.6 miles of pipeline 

from the NuStar terminal in Laredo, 

Texas to the Rio Grande crossing 

approximately six miles northwest of 

downtown Laredo, Texas. The Mexican 

portion consists of approximately 1.5 

kilometers of pipeline from the Rio 

Grande crossing to the Nuevo Laredo 

terminal. 

NuStar has requested authorization to 

expand the types of products that may 

be transported through the pipeline to 

include LPG and other specified 

petroleum products, including diesel. 

Specifically, NuStar has requested a 

Presidential Permit that allows 

transportation of any petroleum product 

that, by American Society for Testing 

Materials test methods,: (1) 

Substantially distills below 700 degrees 

Fahrenheit; (2) has a Reid vapor 

pressure not exceeding 28 pounds at 

100 degrees Fahrenheit; and (3) is a 

color not darker than No. 3. NuStar’s 

request excludes certain petroleum 

products legally prohibited from being 

exported by statute or regulation. As 

stated above, the 2003 Presidential 

Permit only allows shipment of LPG. No 

substantial physical changes to the 

pipeline would be required to transport 

the expanded range of petroleum 

products. NuStar expects to transport no 

more than 24,000 barrels per day of 

refined petroleum products, in contrast 

to the 32,400 barrels per day of LPG that 

the Dos Laredos Pipeline has 

transported, because of differences in 

viscosity and flow characteristics. While 

the proposed operational change in 

products would require some physical 

change of pipeline facilities within the 

U.S. terminal, NuStar is not proposing 

any construction on the U.S. portion of 

the Dos Laredos Pipeline facilities 

outside the fence line of the U.S. 

terminal and no specific support 

infrastructure or access roads are 

necessary or required by state or 

regional plans with respect to the 

border-crossing facilities. 

The Supplemental EA Process 

The Department, consistent with 

NEPA, will prepare the Supplemental 

EA to determine whether the approval 

of a Presidential Permit for NuStar to 

transport a broader range of petroleum 

products, including diesel, using the 

Dos Laredos Pipeline would result in 

significant impacts to the human 

environment. The Department will also 

evaluate reasonable alternatives, 

including a ‘‘no action’’ alternative, to 

the proposed project or portions of the 

project. Below, the Department invites 

interested parties to submit comments 

to assist in determining the appropriate 

scope and content of that Supplemental 

EA. 

The Department will select a ThirdParty Contractor to assist with 

preparation of the Supplemental EA and 

related tasks. The draft and final 

Supplemental EA will be prepared 

under the direction of the Department. 

A draft Supplemental EA will be 

released to the public and distributed to 

relevant government agencies and 

stakeholders. Once the draft 

Supplemental EA is published, all 

interested parties will have an 

opportunity to provide specific 

comments or concerns about the draft 

Supplemental EA. The Department will 

consider all timely submissions 

received about the draft Supplemental 

EA and will incorporate them, as 

appropriate, into the final Supplemental 

EA. 

Dated: June 16, 2014. 

Deborah Klepp, 

Director, Office of Environmental Quality and 

Transboundary Issues, Department of State. 

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BILLING CODE 4710–09–P 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice: 8769] 

Public Meeting on the Renewal of the 

Charter of the U.S. International 

Telecommunications Advisory 

Committee 

AGENCY: Department of State. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Department of State 

(Department) will hold a public meeting 

to discuss the rechartering of the 

International Telecommunications 

Advisory Committee (ITAC), a 

Department federal advisory committee. 

This notice announces the meeting and 

provides the agenda. 

DATES: The public meeting will be held 

on June 30, 2014, at 2 p.m. ET in Room 

4835, Harry S Truman Building, 2201 C 

Street NW., Washington DC (please note 

pre-clearance instructions below). 

Written comments will be received until 

July 7, 2014. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul 

Najarian, najarianpb@state.gov 202– 

647–7847. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Department is considering the renewal 

of the ITAC charter; and, to assist in this 

process, we will hold a public meeting 

to discuss the operation of the ITAC and 

suggestions on making it a more 

effective avenue for providing advice to 

the Department. The current ITAC 

charter (which expires on August 9, 

2014) can be found at http:// 

facadatabase.gov/ 

download.aspx?fn=Charters/ 

1846_2014.03.25_United States 

International Telecommunication 

Advisory Committee Charter_(2014-03- 

25-11-22-20).pdf. 

The public meeting will provide a 

forum for the public, including 

interested stakeholders, to provide 

views on whether the ITAC should be 

rechartered, and suggestions on possible 

restructuring of the committee. We 

especially invite comment on the 

following questions: 

1. How frequently should the ITAC 

meet and where? 

2. Should there be a phone bridge for 

ITAC meetings? 

3. The Federal Advisory Committee 

Act requires the membership of the 

advisory committee to be fairly balanced 

in terms of the points of view 

represented and the functions to be 

performed by the advisory committee. 

Individuals representing themselves 

cannot be members of a Federal 

Advisory Committee. 

a. What should the Department 

consider when naming representatives 

of entities to the ITAC? 

b. Should the Department limit the 

number of members of the ITAC? Note: 

ITAC meetings are open to the public. 

4. The Department established an 

email list as a convenient means of 

communicating with regard to the ITAC. 

a. Should the Department continue 

using the email list? 

b. Should members of the list be able 

to transmit email to the list, or should 

it be ‘‘read only’’ for the list members? 

c. What types of communication on 

an email list would help advance the 

work of the advisory committee? 

d. What is inappropriate use of the 

email list and how should the 

Department address it? 

This meeting is open to public 

participation, though seating is limited. 

Entry to the building is controlled. To 

obtain pre-clearance for entry, a member 

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