[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 29 (Monday, February 13, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 8266]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-3549]



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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs
[Public Notice No. 2165]


Application for Presidential Permit Authorizing Petroleum 
Products Pipeline

AGENCY: Department of State.

ACTION: Notice of availability for public comment of application of 
Chevron Pipeline Company to the Department of State for a Presidential 
permit authorizing a petroleum products pipeline and related documents 
including a draft environmental assessment.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the Department of State has 
received an application for a Presidential permit authorizing 
construction by Chevron Pipeline Company of an approximately 20 mile 
petroleum products pipeline from El Paso, Texas in the United States, 
passing beneath the Rio Grande River, to Cuidad Juarez, Chihuahua in 
Mexico.
    The Department of State's jurisdiction with respect to this 
petroleum products pipeline application derives from Executive Order 
11423, dated August 18, 1968. As required by the Executive Order, the 
Department of State has circulated this application to the following 
agencies, as cooperating agencies: Department of the Treasury, 
Department of Defense, Department of the Interior, Department of 
Transportation, Department of Justice, Department of Commerce, Federal 
Emergency Action Agency, and Interstate Commerce Commission. As 
permitted by the Executive Order, the Department of State has also 
circulated this application to the Environmental Protection Agency, the 
Council on Environmental Quality.
    Interested persons may submit their views regarding the application 
and related documents including a draft Environmental Assessment of the 
project prepared for the Department of State, in writing, not later 
than March 22, 1995, either to Mr. Donald Grabenstetter, Office of 
International Energy Policy, Rm. 3535, U.S. Department of State, 2201 C 
Street NW., Washington, DC 20520 or Ms. Nelly Rocha at the U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency, 4050 Rio Bravo, Suite 100, El Paso, 
Texas (533-7273).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The application and related documents, 
including the draft Environmental Assessment referred to above, are a 
part of the record to be considered by the Department of State in 
connection with this application and are available for inspection and 
copying in Washington, D.C. at the Department of State, Office of 
International Energy Policy at the address set forth above. They are 
also available for inspection and copying at the EPA office in El Paso 
(4050 Rio Bravo, Suite 100, El Paso 79902) and at the main branch of 
the El Paso, Texas Public Library, (501 N. Oregon Street, El Paso).

public meeting; dates: Notice is hereby given that a meeting, chaired 
by the Department of State, open to members of the public,including 
representatives from interested non-governmental organizations, and 
government representatives, for purposes of hearing and considering 
oral statements from the public on the application and related 
documents including the draft environmental assessment referred to 
above will be held on Monday, March 6 in El Paso, Texas at the 
University of Texas at El Paso, Student Union, East Thomas Rivera 
Conference Center, 500 West University Avenue, El Paso, Texas 79968. 
Information and materials concerning various aspects of the proposed 
project also may be obtained by the public at the meeting room on 
Monday, March 6 between 12:00 noon and 10:00 pm. The public meeting 
will be held from 4:00 pm until 10:00 pm.
    Seating for interested members of the public will be available on a 
first-come, first-served basis. Oral comments, not to exceed five 
minutes in length, may be made at the meeting by members of the public 
upon recognition by the Chair, with due regard having been given to the 
number of speakers requesting an opportunity to be heard and the time 
constraints involved. To facilitate recognition, persons who wish to 
speak are encouraged to sign-in at the meeting. Speakers who sign in 
will be recognized on a first-come, first-served basis. Any written 
statements and supplemental materials may be presented to the Chairman 
at the meeting. The Department of State will provide a Spanish-English 
translator to assist as needed.

for further information contact: The Office of International Energy 
Policy at the above address or by telephone (202) 647-4557.

    Dated: February 6, 1995.
Glen Rase,
Director, Office of International Energy Policy, Bureau of Economic and 
Business Affairs.
[FR Doc. 95-3549 Filed 2-10-95; 8:45 am]
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