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Ship Channel, about five miles from the

impact site.

The Department considered

cumulative environmental impacts

resulting from the project. Mitigation of

wetlands impacts, preservation of the

riparian vegetation corridor, and

establishment of travel corridors for

endangered cats will minimize the

project’s contribution to potential

environmental impacts caused by

existing and reasonably foreseeable

international crossings in the Lower Rio

Grande Valley. The reduction in vehicle

waiting times and the deviation of a

significant portion of commercial traffic

from downtown Brownsville bridges

will positively impact air quality for the

population of the region. The removal of

hazardous cargoes from downtown

Brownsville will have a positive impact

on public safety. The commercial-cargoonly nature of the bridges and

constraints to secondary development in

the project area will limit urban and

commercial sprawl.

On April 30, 1992, a programmatic

agreement was executed among the

Department of State, the Texas State

Historic Preservation Officer (SHPO),

the Texas Department of Transportation,

the Advisory Council on Historic

Preservation, and the Brownsville

Navigation District, in which the BND

agreed, inter alia, to:

• Conduct a cultural resources survey

within the Area of Potential Effect prior

to initiating construction;

• Consult with the SHPO to avoid,

minimize, or mitigate adverse effects on

any standing structures or

archaeological properties within the

Area of Potential Effect eligible for

inclusion in the National Register of

Historic Places; and

• Consult with the SHPO to develop

a plan for recovery of any archaeological

data within the Area of Potential Effect

that cannot be avoided or preserved in

place.

Dated: November 4, 1997.

M. Elizabeth Swope,

Coordinator, U.S.-Mexico Border Affairs.

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

Office of the Secretary

[Public Notice No. 2629]

New International Bridge, Brownsville,

Texas: Issuance of Presidential Permit

SUMMARY: The Department of State is

announcing the issuance to the

Brownsville Navigation District of a

Presidential Permit for two new

international bridges between

Brownsville, Texas, and Matamoros,

Tamaulipas, Mexico. The Department

determined that issuance of the Permit

would serve the national interest and

the Permit was signed on October 12,

1997 and issued on November 3, 1997

pursuant to the International Bridge Act

(33 U.S.C. 555 et seq.) and Executive

Order 11423, 33 FR 11741 (1968), as

amended by Executive Order 12847 of

May 17, 1993, 58 FR 96 (1993). No

notifications of disagreement were

received within the 15-day period

prescribed in Section 1(f) of Executive

Order 11423.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the Presidential

Permit may be obtained from M.

Elizabeth Swope, Coordinator, U.S.-

Mexico Border Affairs, Office of

Mexican Affairs, Room 4258,

Department of State, Washington, D.C.

20520 (Telephone 202–647–8529).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice of

the application by the Brownsville

Navigation District for a Permit to build

two new international bridges across the

Rio Grande between Brownsville, Texas,

and Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico,

was placed in the Federal Register on

November 19, 1991, 56 FR 223. The new

bridges will be located parallel to each

other about eight miles east of

downtown Brownsville, Cameron

County, Texas at River Mile 24. One

bridge will be for commercial-cargo

vehicular traffic and the other will be

for commercial-cargo rail traffic. The

bridges are intended to remove

commercial tariff bound for the Port of

Brownsville from downtown

Brownsville. Eighteen Federal and state

agencies reviewed the draft

environmental assessment. They were:

the Immigration and Naturalization

Service, the United States Customs

Service, the Food and Drug

Administration, the Animal and Plant

Health Inspection Service (of the

Department of Agriculture), the General

Service Administration, the

International Boundary and Water

Commission—United States Section, the

Department of Defense, the Department

of Transportation (Federal Highway

Administration and the United States

Coast Guard), the Federal Emergency

Management Agency, the Department of

the Interior (United States Fish and

Wildlife Service), the Department of

Commerce, the Environmental

Protection Agency, the Interstate

Commerce Commission (now part of the

Department of Transportation), the

Department of State, the Texas Parks

and Wildlife Department, the Texas

Department of Transportation, the Texas

Historical Commission, and the Texas

Natural Resource Conservation

Commission (formerly the Texas Water

Commission).

Dated: November 4, 1997.

M. Elizabeth Swope,

Coordinator, U.S.-Mexico Border Affairs.

[FR Doc. 97–30163 Filed 11–17–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 2630]

Privacy Act of 1974; Creation of a New

System of Records

Notice is hereby given that the

Department of State proposes to create

a new system of records, STATE–23,

pursuant to the provisions of the

Privacy Act of 1974, as amended (5

U.S.C. 552a)), and the Office of

Management and Budget Circular No.

A–130, Appendix I. The Department’s

report was filed with the Office of

Management and Budget on November

5, 1997.

This system of records is being

implemented by the Department of State

pursuant to the Debt Collection

Improvement Act of 1996 to support its

responsibilities with regard to the

accounting and collection of debts

incurred by employees of the

Department of State, employees of other

federal agencies, private U.S. citizens

and other individuals with the

Department of State or the U.S.

Government. The information included

is directly related to the accounting and

collection of these debts.

Any persons interested in

commenting on this new system of

records may do so by submitting

comments in writing to Kenneth F.

Rossman, Acting Chief; Programs and

Policies Division, Office of Information

Resources Management Programs and

Services, Room 1239, Department of

State, 2201 C Street, NW, Washington,

DC 20520–1512.

This system of records will be

effective 40 days from the date of

publication (December 29, 1997) unless

we receive comments which will result

in a contrary determination.

The new system description,

‘‘Records of the Domestic Accounts

Receivable Tracking System, STATE–

23’’ will read as set forth below.
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Dated: November 5, 1997.

Patrick F. Kennedy,

Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of

Administration.

STATE–23

SYSTEM NAME:

Records of the Domestic Accounts

Receivable Tracking System.

SECURITY CLASSIFICATION:

Unclassified and classified.

SYSTEM LOCATION:

Department of State, Annex 15; 1800

N. Kent Street; Arlington, VA 22209.

CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE

SYSTEM:

Employees of the Department of State,

employees of other federal agencies,

private U.S. citizens, and other

individuals who have incurred a debt to

the Department of State or the U.S.

Government. Examples may include but

are not limited to repatriation loans,

emergency medical/dietary assistance

loans, employee medical services, salary

advances, and travel advances.

AUTHORITY FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE SYSTEM:

22 U.S.C. 2651a (Organization of the

Department of State); 22 U.S.C. 3921

(Management of service); 5 U.S.C. 301

(Management of the Department of

State); 31 U.S.C. 3701–3720A (Claims of

the United States Government).

CATEGORIES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM:

Documentation and related

correspondence regarding the

incurrence of a debt, which may

include, but are not limited to the

following: Fiscal irregularity accounts,

installment and promissory agreements,

repatriation loan applications,

emergency medical/dietary assistance

loan applications, transmittals from the

Office of Medical Services regarding

employee medical services and

insurance reimbursement to the

Department, salary advances, travel

advances, unused tickets, and other

debtor accounts submitted to the

Department of State by other federal

agencies for collection action.

ROUTINE USES OF RECORDS MAINTAINED IN THE

SYSTEM, INCLUDING CATEGORIES OF USERS AND

PURPOSES OF SUCH USES:

The information in this system is used

for aging, reviewing, collecting and

updating the individual accounts of

debts owed to the Department of State

or the U.S. Government, in accordance

with the Debt Collection Improvement

Act of 1996. The principal user of this

information outside the Department of

State is the Department of Treasury for

administrative offset collection. Also see

the ‘‘Routine Uses’’ paragraph of the

Prefatory Statement published in the

Federal Register.

POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR STORING,

RETRIEVING, ACCESSING, RETAINING AND

DISPOSING OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM:

STORAGE:

Electronic media, hard copy.

RETRIEVABILITY:

Individual name, Social Security

Number.

SAFEGUARDS:

All employees of the Department of

State have undergone a thorough

background security investigation.

Access to the Department and its

annexes is controlled by security guards

and admission is limited to those

individuals possessing a valid

identification card or individuals under

proper escort. Access to Annex 15 has

security access controls (code entrances)

and/or security alarm systems. All

records containing personal information

are maintained in secured file cabinets

or in restricted areas, access to which is

limited to authorized personnel. Access

to computerized files is passwordprotected and under the direct

supervision of the system manager. The

system manager has the capability of

printing audit trails of access from the

computer media, thereby permitting

regular and ad hoc monitoring of

computer usage.

RETENTION AND DISPOSAL:

These records will be maintained

until they become inactive, at which

time they will be retired or destroyed in

accordance with published record

schedules of the Department of State

and as approved by the National

Archives and Records Administration.

More specific information may be

obtained by writing to the Director;

Office of Information Resources

Management Programs and Services,

Room 1239, Department of State; 2201

C Street, NW, Washington, DC 20520–

1512.

SYSTEM MANAGER AND ADDRESS:

Managing Director, Domestic

Financial Services Directorate, Room

6604D, Department of State, Annex 15,

1800 N. Kent Street, Arlington, VA

22209.

NOTIFICATION PROCEDURE:

Individuals who have reason to

believe that the Domestic Financial

Services Directorate might have records

pertaining to themselves should write to

the Director; Office of Information

Resources Management Programs and

Services, Room 1239, Department of

State, 2201 C Street, NW, Washington,

DC 20520–1512. The individual must

specify that he/she wishes the Records

of the Domestic Accounts Receivable

Tracking System to be checked. At a

minimum, the individual should

include: Name; date and place of birth;

Social Security Number; current mailing

address and zip code; signature; a brief

description of the circumstances that

caused the creation of the record,

(including the city and/or country); and

the approximate dates which give the

individual cause to believe that the

Domestic Financial Services Directorate

has records pertaining to him/her.

RECORD ACCESS AND AMENDMENT PROCEDURES:

Individuals who wish to gain access

to or amend records pertaining to

themselves should write to the Director;

Office of Information Resources

Management Programs and Services

(address above).

RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES:

These records contain information

obtained primarily from the individual

who is the subject of these records.

SYSTEMS EXEMPTED FROM CERTAIN PROVISIONS

OF THE ACT:

None.

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Office of the Secretary

Reports, Forms and Recordkeeping

Requirements, Agency Information

Collection Activity Under OMB Review

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, (DOT).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: In compliance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.

3501 et seq.), this notice announces that

the Information Collection Requests

(ICRs) abstracted below have been

forwarded to the Office of Management

and Budget (OMB) for review and

comment. The ICRs describes the nature

of the information collection and their

expected costs and burden hours. The

Federal Register Notice with a 60-day

comment period soliciting comments on

the following collections of information

was published in FR 62 46400,

September 2, 1997.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on

or before December 18, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

David Mednick, Environmental

Specialist, K–20, Bureau of

Transportation Statistics, 400 Seventh