20874 Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 90 / Wednesday, May 8, 1996 / Notices

Environmental Protection Agency, the

Department of State, and appropriate

Texas State agencies, including Texas

Parks and Wildlife Department, Texas

Department of Transportation, Texas

Historical Commission, and Texas

Natural Resource Conservation

Commission. The draft environmental

assessment, the comments submitted by

the agencies, the response to these

comments, and all correspondence

between the agencies and the Permit

applicant addressing the agencies’

concerns, together, constitute the final

environmental assessment.

Based on the final environmental

assessment and information developed

during the review of the City of Eagle

Pass’s application and of the draft

environmental assessment, the

Department of State has concluded that

issuance of the Permit will not have a

significant impact on the quality of the

human environment within the United

States. In accordance with Council on

Environmental Quality Regulations, 40

CFR 1501.4 and 1508.13, and with

Department of State Regulations, 22 CFR

161.8(c), an environmental impact

statement therefore will not be

prepared.

A Finding of No Significant Impact

was adopted on April 12, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the Finding of No

Significant Impact 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: The

Department of State (‘‘the Department’’)

is charged with issuance of Presidential

Permits for the construction of

international bridges under the

International Bridge Act of 1972, 86

Stat. 731; 33 U.S.C. 535 et. seq., and

Executive Order 11423, 33 Fed. Reg.

11741 (1968), as amended by Executive

Order 12847 of May 17, 1993, 58 Fed.

Reg. 96 (1993).

The City of Eagle Pass Bridge Board,

Texas, has requested from the

Department a Permit to build a new

bridge (Eagle Pass II) across the Rio

Grande River from the City of Eagle

Pass, Texas, to Piedras Negras, Coahuila,

Mexico. The proposed bridge will be

located approximately 0.6 miles south

of the existing Eagle Pass International

Bridge and immediately north of the

international railroad bridge.

The proposed project is comprised of

the bridge structure, inspection

facilities, and the ‘‘Designated Truck

Route,’’ and will operate as a 24-hour

per day crossing point. The bridge

design includes reinforced concrete

design and pre-stressed concrete beam

design. The 72-foot bridge roadway will

provide six lanes, with sidewalks for

pedestrians. The bridge structure will

consist of a superstructure and a

substructure.

The new bridge will:

• Provide an alternative route for 100

percent of commercial traffic from the

existing Eagle Pass International bridge;

• Accomodate projected population

growth and economic growth in both

Eagle Pass and Piedras Negras;

• Provide for a ‘‘Designated Truck

Route’’ that will direct commercial

through-traffic out of downtown areas;

the ‘‘Designated Truck Route’’ will

begin at the GSA Import/Export

facilities, ending at El Indio Highway

(Hwy 1021), with five lanes, two in each

direction, with a single turn lane. Traffic

would be routed under the proposed

new bridge and under the existing

railroad bridge. The El Indio Highway

tie-in will direct access to the Loop 431/

FM3443 loop system, and thus to State

Highway 57 and the Del Rio Highway

(Hwy 277).

• Enhance Eagle Pass/Piedras Negras’

position as the primary port of entry for

the State of Coahuila, Mexico.

• Provide for temporary facilities

lasting between five and ten years if

GSA cannot immediately finance the

general services building. This

temporary facility would have between

five and ten comercial truck docks,

serving approximately 150 to 300 trucks

a day.

Dated: May 1, 1996.

M. Elizabeth Swope,

Coordinator, U.S.-Mexico Border Affairs,

Office of Mexican Affairs.

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[Public Notice 2377]

New International Bridge, Eagle Pass,

Texas: Issuance of Presidential Permit

SUMMARY: The Department of State is

announcing the issuance to the City of

Eagle Pass International Bridge Board of

a Presidential Permit for a new

international bridge between the City of

Eagle Pass, Texas, and Piedras Negras,

Coahuila, Mexico. The Permit was

signed on April 12, 1996, and issued on

May 1, 1996, pursuant to the

International Bridge Act of 1972 (33

U.S.C. 535 et seq.) and E.O. 11423, 33

FR 11741 (1968) as amended by E.O.

12847, 58 FR 29511 (1993). No

objections were received to the issuance

of the Presidential Permit after April 12,

1996.

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 City of Eagle Pass

International Bridge Board for a permit

to build a new international bridge

across the Rio Grande between the City

of Eagle Pass, Texas, and Piedras

Negras, Coahuila, Mexico was published

in the Federal Register on November 1,

1990, at 55 FR 46125. The new bridge

will be located approximately 0.6 miles

south of the existing Eagle Pass

International Bridge and immediately

north of the international railroad

bridge. The bridge will carry pedestrian

and commercial vehicular traffic, and is

intended to relieve the traffic burden on

the existing bridge and downtown area.

The application for the Presidential

Permit was reviewed and approved by

over two dozen federal, state, and local

agencies. The final application and

environmental assessment were

reviewed and approved or accepted by

the Immigration and Naturalization

Service, the Customs Service, the Food

and Drug Administration, the Animal

and Plant Health Inspection Service, the

General Services Administration, the

International Boundary and Water

Commission-U.S. Section, the

Department of Defense, the Department

of Transportation, the U.S. Coast Guard,

the Federal Highway Administration,

the Interstate Commerce Commission,

the Federal Emergency Management

Agency, the Department of the Interior,

the Department of Commerce, the

Environmental Protection Agency, the

Department of State, and appropriate

Texas State agencies, including Texas

Parks and Wildlife Department, Texas

Department of Transportation, Texas

Historical Commission, and Texas

Natural Resource Conservation

Commission.

Dated: May 1, 1996.

M. Elizabeth Swope,

Coordinator, U.S.-Mexico Border Affairs,

Office of Mexican Affairs .

[FR Doc. 96–11403 Filed 5–7–96; 8:45 am]

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