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Executive Order also authorizes Federal 

Register notification of receipt of 

Presidential permit applications and for 

public comments on those applications. 

The functions assigned to the Secretary 

have been further delegated within the 

Department of State. 

The Department of State published in 

the Federal Register a Notification of 

Receipt and Notice of Intent to prepare 

an Environment Assessment (EA) 

regarding the PMI Application for a 

permit on March 26, 2008 (73 FR 

16090–01). That notification advised the 

public that the Department intended to 

prepare an EA on the application and 

solicited public comment. The 

Department’s Notice of Availability of 

the draft EA and request for public 

comment was published in the Federal 

Register on April 29, 2008 (73 FR 

23301–01), seeking comments by May 

29, 2008. The Department received 

public comments in response to its two 

notices and has taken them into account 

in preparing the Final Environmental 

Assessment on the PMI Application. 

As required by Executive Order 

13337, PMI’s pipeline application and a 

Draft Environmental Assessment were 

also transmitted to the relevant federal 

agencies for their review and comment 

on May 22, 2007. The Department of 

State received no objections from 

federal agencies regarding the issuance 

of a permit. 

In accordance with the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 

(‘‘NEPA’’), 42 U.S.C. 4321–4370f, the 

Council of Environmental Quality 

Regulations for Implementing the 

Procedural Provisions of NEPA, 40 CFR 

parts 1500–1508, and the Department’s 

regulations for the implementation of 

NEPA, 22 CFR part 161, PMI has 

prepared a Final Environmental 

Assessment (‘‘FEA’’) under the guidance 

and supervision of the Department, with 

full public participation, including a 

public meeting and ample opportunity 

for written and oral public comment on 

the project. Based on the FEA and the 

record created as part of the 

Department’s evaluation of the PMI 

application, on August 16, 2008 the 

Department determined that ‘‘issuance 

of a Presidential Permit authorizing 

construction, connection, operation and 

maintenance of the proposed Frontera 

Juarez Pipeline would not have a 

significant impact on the quality of the 

human environment within the United 

States.’’ Accordingly, the Department on 

that date adopted a ‘‘Finding Of No 

Significant Impact’’ (FONSI) and 

determined that an environmental 

impact statement will not be prepared 

on the PMI application. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The 

Final Environmental Assessment 

addressing this action is on file and may 

be reviewed by interested parties, along 

with the Finding of No Significant 

Impact, at the Department of State, 2200 

C Street NW., Room 4843, Washington, 

DC 20520 (Attn: Mr. J. Brian Duggan, 

Tel. 202–647–1291). The above 

documents may also be requested by email at DugganJB@state.gov. 

Issued in Washington, DC on August 15, 

2008. 

Stephen J. Gallogly, 

Director, Office of International Energy and 

Commodity Policy, Department of State. 

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice 6327] 

Notice of Receipt of Application for a 

Presidential Permit To Operate and 

Maintain Pipeline Facilities on the 

Border of the United States 

Notice is hereby given that the 

Department of State has received an 

application from Razorback L.L.C. for a 

Presidential permit, pursuant to 

Executive Order 13337 of April 30, 

2004, to operate and maintain two 

pipelines for transporting petroleum 

products from Brownsville, Texas, to 

Matamoros, Mexico (‘‘Matamoros 

pipelines’’), crossing the international 

boundary line between the United 

States and Mexico at a point near 

Brownsville, Texas. On July 26, 1999, 

the Department of State (the 

‘‘Department’’), acting pursuant to 

delegated authority, issued a 

Presidential permit to the Penn Octane 

Corporation (‘‘Penn Octane’’), a 

California corporation with its principal 

place of business in Redmond, 

California, to ‘‘construct, maintain and 

operate’’ the Matamoros pipelines. 

According to the application, Rio Vista 

Operating Partnership L.P. (‘‘Rio Vista’’) 

was the successor in interest to Penn 

Octane and Razorback acquired the 

Matamoros pipelines from Rio Vista on 

December 31, 2007, as part of a large 

asset acquisition. 

According to the application, 

Razorback is a Delaware Limited 

liability company doing business in 

Texas as Diamondback Pipeline L.L.C. 

and is engaged in the interstate and 

intrastate transportation of liquid 

petroleum products by pipeline. Also, 

according to the application, Razorback 

is an indirect wholly owned subsidiary 

of TransMontaigne Partners, L.P., a 

Delaware Limited Partnership. 

Razorback has, in written 

correspondence to the Department of 

State, committed to abide by the 

relevant terms and conditions of the 

permit previously issued by the 

Department to Penn Octane. Further, 

Razorback indicates in that 

correspondence that there have been no 

substantial changes in the operations of 

the Matamoros pipelines from those 

originally authorized by the Department 

and further states that the future 

operation of the pipeline will remain 

essentially unchanged from that 

previously permitted. Therefore, in 

accordance with 22 CFR 161.7(b)(3) and 

the Department’s Procedures for 

Issuance of a Presidential Permit Where 

There Has Been a Transfer of the 

Underlying Facility, Bridge or Border 

Crossing for Land Transportation (70 FR 

30990, May 31, 2005), the Department of 

State does not intend to conduct an 

environmental review of the application 

unless information is brought to its 

attention that the transfer potentially 

would have a significant impact on the 

quality of the human environment. 

As required by E.O. 13337, the 

Department of State is circulating this 

application to concerned federal 

agencies for comment. 

DATES: Interested parties are invited to 

submit, in duplicate, comments relative 

to this proposal on or before September 

22, 2008 to J. Brian Duggan, Office of 

International Energy and Commodities 

Policy, Department of State, 

Washington, DC 20520. The application 

and related documents that are part of 

the record to be considered by the 

Department of State in connection with 

this application are available for 

inspection in the Office of International 

Energy and Commodities Policy during 

normal business hours. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: J. 

Brian Duggan, Office of International 

Energy and Commodity Policy (EB/ESC/ 

IEC/EPC), Department of State, 

Washington, DC 20520; or by telephone 

at (202) 647–1291; or by e-mail at 

DugganJB@state.gov. 

Dated: August 15, 2008. 

Stephen J. Gallogly, 

Director, Office of International Energy and 

Commodity Policy, Department of State. 

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