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[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 68 (Friday, April 8, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19825-19826]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-8433]

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice: 7410]

Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs; Executive Order 11423, as 
Amended; Notice of Receipt of Application for a Presidential Permit To 
Reconfigure and Expand the Calexico West Land Port of Entry (LPOE) on 
the U.S.-Mexico Border at Calexico, CA and Mexicali, Baja California, 
Mexico

AGENCY: Department of State.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Department of State hereby gives notice that, on March 11, 
2011, it received an application for a Presidential Permit to authorize 
the reconfiguration and expansion of the Calexico West Land Port of 
Entry (LPOE) on the U.S.-Mexico border at Calexico, California and 
Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico. The General Services Administration 
(GSA) filed this application and is acting as the project's sponsor. 
The Department of State's jurisdiction over this application is based 
upon Executive Order 11423 of August 16, 1968, as amended. 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 expansion of this border crossing is in the U.S. national 
interest. GSA has informed the Department that it plans to release its 
final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) regarding this project to 
the public on June 3, 2011. GSA released a draft EIS in June, 2010, 
which is available at http://www.gsa.gov/graphics/pbs/Calexico_PDES_June_2010b508.pdf. The Department of State received a copy of that 
draft EIS and provided comments to GSA. GSA has also informed the 
Department that it anticipates that the GSA Administrator will be in a 
position to reach an official Record of Decision on this project by 
July 2011.

DATES: Interested members of the public are invited to submit written 
comments regarding this application on or before 14 days after the GSA 
Regional Administrator reaches his/her Record of Decision to Mr. 
Stewart Tuttle, U.S.-Mexico Border Affairs Coordinator, via e-mail at 
WHA-BorderAffairs@state.gov or by mail at WHA/MEX--Room 3908, 
Department of State, 2201 C St. NW., Washington, DC 20520.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Stewart Tuttle, U.S.-Mexico Border

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Affairs Coordinator, via e-mail at WHA-BorderAffairs@state.gov; by 
phone at 202-647-6356; or by mail at WHA/MEX--Room 3908, Department of 
State, 2201 C St. NW., Washington, DC 20520. General information about 
Presidential Permits is available on the Internet at http://www.state.gov/p/wha/rt/permit/.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This application and related environmental 
assessment documents are available for review in the Office of Mexican 
Affairs, Border Affairs Unit, Department of State, during normal 
business hours.

    Dated: April 4, 2011.
Edward Alexander Lee,
Director, Office of Mexican Affairs, Department of State.
[FR Doc. 2011-8433 Filed 4-7-11; 8:45 am]
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