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DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice 6654] 

60-Day Notice of Proposed Information 

Collection: DS–3013 and 3013–s, 

Application Under the Hague 

Convention on the Civil Aspects of 

International Child Abduction, OMB 

1405–0076 

ACTION: Notice of request for public 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The Department of State is 

seeking Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) approval for the 

information collection described below. 

The purpose of this notice is to allow 60 

days for public comment in the Federal 

Register preceding submission to OMB. 

We are conducting this process in 

accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995. 

• Title of Information Collection: 

Application Under the Hague 

Convention on the Civil Aspects of 

International Child Abduction 

• OMB Control Number: 1405–0076 

• Type of Request: Revision 

• Originating Office: CA/OCS/PRI 

• Form Number: DS–3013, 3013–s 

• Respondents: Person seeking return 

of or access to child 

• Estimated Number of Respondents: 

2,355 

• Estimated Number of Responses: 

2,355 

• Average Hours per Response: 1 

hour 

• Total Estimated Burden: 2,355 

• Frequency: On occasion 

• Obligation to Respond: Voluntary 

DATES: The Department will accept 

comments from the public up to 60 days 

from August 7, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by any of the following methods: 

• E-mail: ASKPRI@state.gov. 

• Mail (paper, disk, or CD–ROM 

submissions): U.S. Department of State, 

CA/OCS/PRI, SA–29, 4th Floor, 

Washington, DC 20520 

• Fax: (202) 736–9111 

You must include the DS form 

number (if applicable), information 

collection title, and OMB control 

number in any correspondence. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information 

regarding the collection listed in this 

notice, including requests for copies of 

the proposed information collection 

should be made to Derek A. Rivers, 

Bureau of Consular Affairs, Overseas 

Citizens Services (CA/OCS/PRI), U.S. 

Department of State, SA–29, 4th Floor, 

Washington, DC 20520, who may be 

reached on (202) 736–9082 or 

ASKPRI@state.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We are 

soliciting public comments to permit 

the Department to: 

• Evaluate whether the proposed 

information collection is necessary for 

the proper performance of our 

functions. 

• Evaluate the accuracy of our 

estimate of the burden of the proposed 

collection, including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used. 

• Enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected. 

• Minimize the reporting burden on 

those who are to respond, including the 

use of automated collection techniques 

or other forms of technology. 

Abstract of proposed collection: The 

Application Under the Hague 

Convention on the Civil Aspects of 

International Child Abduction (DS–3013 

and DS 3013–s) is used by parents or 

legal guardians who are asking the State 

Department’s assistance in seeking the 

return of, or access to, a child or 

children alleged to be wrongfully 

removed from or retained outside of the 

child’s habitual residence and currently 

located in another country that is also 

party to the Hague Convention on the 

Civil Aspects of International Child 

Abduction. The application requests 

information regarding the identities of 

the applicant, the child or children, and 

the person alleged to have wrongfully 

removed or retained the child or 

children. In addition, the application 

requires that the applicant provide the 

circumstances of the alleged wrongful 

removal or retention and the legal 

justification for the request for return or 

access. The State Department, as the 

U.S. Central Authority, uses this 

information to establish, if possible, the 

applicants’ claims under the 

Convention; to advise applicants about 

available remedies under the 

Convention; and to provide the 

information necessary to the foreign 

Central Authority in its efforts to locate 

the child or children, and to facilitate 

return of or access to the child or 

children pursuant to the Convention. 

Methodology: The completed form 

DS–3013 and DS 3013–s may be 

submitted to the Office of Children’s 

Issues by mail, by fax, or electronically 

through http://www.travel.state.gov. 

Dated: May 20, 2009. 

Mary Ellen Hickey, 

Managing Director, Bureau of Consular 

Affairs, Department of State. 

[FR Doc. E9–13337 Filed 6–5–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4710–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice 6657] 

Notice of Availability of the Final 

Environmental Impact Statement; 

Enbridge Energy, Limited Partnership 

(‘‘Alberta Clipper Project’’) 

AGENCY: Department of State. 

ACTION: Notice of Availability of the 

Final Environmental Impact Statement; 

Enbridge Energy, Limited Partnership 

(‘‘Alberta Clipper Project’’). 

SUMMARY: Enbridge Energy, Limited 

Partnership (‘‘Enbridge’’) has applied to 

the Department of State for a 

Presidential Permit, pursuant to 

Executive Order 13337 of April 30, 

2004, to construct, connect, operate, and 

maintain a 36-inch diameter crude oil 

and liquid hydrocarbon pipeline at the 

U.S.-Canadian border near Neche, 

Pembina County, North Dakota, for the 

purpose of transporting liquid 

hydrocarbons and other petroleum 

products between the United States and 

Canada. Enbridge seeks this 

authorization in connection with its 

Alberta Clipper Pipeline, which is 

designed to transport Canadian crude 

oil from the Western Canadian 

Sedimentary Basin (‘‘WCSB’’) to 

existing refinery markets in the Midwest 

region of the United States. The 

Department of State has prepared a final 

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) 

for the United States portion of the 

proposed Alberta Clipper Pipeline 

(‘‘Proposed Project’’). 

The Secretary of State is designated 

and empowered to receive all 

applications for Presidential Permits, as 

referred to in Executive Order 13337, as 

amended, for the construction, 

operation, and maintenance, at the 

borders of the United States, of facilities 

for the exportation or importation of 

petroleum, petroleum products, coal, or 

other fuels to or from a foreign country. 

Any person wishing to comment on the 

final EIS may do so. To ensure 

consideration prior to a Department of 

State decision on the Enbridge proposal, 

it is important that we receive 

comments no later than July 3, 2009. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The final 

EIS was prepared in conformity with the 

requirements of the National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and 

to evaluate the potential environmental 

impacts of the United States portion of 

the proposed pipeline. The document 

also evaluates alternatives to the 

proposal, including system alternatives 

and pipeline route alternatives. 

The federal cooperating agencies for 

the development of this EIS are: U.S. 


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Army Corps of Engineers; U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service; U.S. Department of 

Agriculture—Farm Service Agency, 

Natural Resources Conservation Service; 

U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau 

of Indian Affairs; and the U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency. In 

addition, two Indian Bands are acting as 

cooperating agencies for this EIS: the 

Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior 

Chippewa; and the Leech Lake Band of 

Ojibwe Indians. Cooperating agencies 

either have jurisdiction by law or 

special expertise with respect to the 

environmental impacts assessed in 

connection with the proposal and are 

involved in the Department’s analysis of 

those environmental impacts. 

The Alberta Clipper pipeline would 

be a new pipeline that would transport 

crude oil from Enbridge’s existing 

facilities in Hardisty, Alberta, Canada to 

its existing terminal in Superior, 

Wisconsin. From there, the liquid 

hydrocarbons would be transported to 

Midwestern markets, the eastern United 

States and Canada, and the 

Midcontinent and U.S. Gulf markets. 

Crude oil would be transported to 

markets in the Midwest via Enbridge’s 

Lakehead System, which is currently 

being expanded, and potentially 

through pipelines that may be 

constructed in the future. The pipeline 

would be designed to transport an 

average crude oil volume of 

approximately 450,000 bpd. 

The Proposed Project would consist of 

approximately 326.9 miles of new 36- 

inch-diameter pipeline and associated 

facilities installed primarily within or 

adjacent to existing Enbridge pipeline 

corridors. The Proposed Project also 

would require new construction at 

existing pump stations and construction 

of delivery facilities and mainline 

valves. The pipeline would have the 

capacity to deliver an average of 450,000 

barrels per day (bpd) of heavy crude oil 

from a supply hub near Hardisty to an 

existing terminal in Superior. In 

Canada, the pipeline includes 

approximately 673 miles of new 

pipeline and associated facilities from 

Hardisty to the U.S./Canada border near 

Neche, North Dakota. The Canadian 

portion of the Alberta Clipper pipeline 

system has been approved by the 

Canadian National Energy Board and 

other Canadian reviewing entities, and 

is under construction. 

Approximately 82 percent of the 

proposed pipeline route in the United 

States would be within or adjacent to an 

existing Enbridge pipeline corridor. The 

existing corridor houses six pipelines 

between the U.S./Canada border and 

Clearbrook, Minnesota (including the 

Southern Lights LSr Project pipeline 

which began construction in summer 

2008), and four existing pipelines 

between Clearbrook and Superior. The 

existing pipelines transport crude oil or 

petroleum products. A fifth pipeline has 

been proposed for the corridor between 

Clearbrook and Superior, and Enbridge 

proposes to construct it concurrently 

with the Alberta Clipper Project 

pipeline. 

Enbridge proposes to begin 

construction activities for the Project in 

summer 2009, with a planned in-service 

date of early 2010, subject to receipt of 

all necessary permits, approvals, and 

authorizations pursuant to DOS 

regulations (40 CFR 1500–1508 and 22 

CFR 161). 

As a separate but connected action to 

the Proposed Project, Enbridge is 

proposing to construct, operate, and 

maintain the Superior Terminal 

Expansion Project. This project would 

consist of five new 250,000-barrel 

storage tanks and associated piping and 

facilities at the existing Enbridge 

terminal. The Superior Terminal 

Expansion Project is not part of the 

Presidential Permit Application 

submitted to DOS and would be 

permitted separately from the Alberta 

Clipper Project. 

Construction of the Proposed Project 

would generally require a 140-foot-wide 

construction right-of-way to allow 

temporary storage of topsoil and spoil 

and to accommodate safe operation of 

construction equipment. Enbridge 

would retain a portion of the 

construction right-of-way in order to 

maintain a 75-feet right-of-way from the 

current outermost pipeline. 

The Proposed Project would not 

require construction of new pump 

stations. Mainline valves would be 

installed along the pipeline to limit the 

volume of a spill if one were to occur. 

Enbridge conducted an analysis to 

determine the most appropriate 

locations for mainline valves in 

compliance with the requirements of 49 

CFR Part 195. Construction of the 

pipeline would require establishment of 

rail unloading sites for delivery of pipe 

and contractor/pipe storage yards at 

locations near the construction right-ofway to temporarily store pipe and the 

contractor’s vehicles, equipment, tools, 

and other construction-related items. 

Rail unloading areas would be located 

adjacent to railroad sidings. Enbridge 

would need to gain access to the 

construction right-of-way during 

pipeline installation and the permanent 

right-of-way during operation. In 

general, Enbridge would use existing 

public roads to gain access to the 

construction right-of-way as much as 

possible. In areas where public roads are 

limited, existing privately owned roads 

may be used for access, provided that 

Enbridge receives permission from the 

landowners. If neither public nor 

privately owned roads are available, 

Enbridge would construct new access 

roads that typically would be 

approximately 10 to 30 feet wide. 

U.S. States and counties that could 

possibly be affected by construction of 

the proposed pipeline are: 

• North Dakota: Pembina; 

• Minnesota: Kittson, Marshall, 

Pennington, Red Lake, Polk, Clearwater, 

Beltrami, Hubbard, Cass, Itasca, Aitkin, 

St. Louis, Carlton; and 

• Wisconsin: Douglas. 

Comment Procedures and Public 

Meetings: Any person wishing to 

comment on the final EIS may do so. To 

ensure consideration prior to a 

Department of State decision on the 

proposal, it is important that we receive 

your comments no later than July 3, 

2009. 

Options for submitting comments on 

the Final EIS are as follows: 

• By mail to: Elizabeth Orlando, 

Alberta Clipper Project Manager, U.S. 

Department of State, OES/ENV Room 

2657, Washington, DC 20520. 

Please note that Department of State 

mail can be delayed due to security 

screening. 

• Fax to: (202) 647–5947, attention 

Elizabeth Orlando. 

• E-mail to: 

albertaclipperEIS@state.gov. 

• Comment over the Internet via the 

Alberta Clipper EIS Web site: http:// 

www.albertaclipper.state.gov. 

Comments received will be included 

in the public docket without change and 

may be made available on-line at 

http://www.albertaclipper.state.gov, 

including any personal information 

provided, unless the commenter 

indicates that the comment includes 

information claimed to be Confidential 

Business Information (CBI) or other 

information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute. Do not submit 

information that you consider to be CBI, 

or otherwise protected, through e-mail. 

If you send a comment by e-mail, your 

e-mail address will be automatically 

captured and included as part of the 

comment that is placed in the public 

docket and made available on the 

Internet. If you submit an electronic 

comment, we recommend that you 

include your name and other contact 

information in the body of your 

comment and with any disk or CD–ROM 

you submit. If we cannot read your 

comment because of technical 

difficulties and cannot contact you for 

clarification, we may not be able to 

consider your comment. Electronic 


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comments should avoid the use of any 

special characters, any form of 

encryption, and be free of any defects or 

viruses. 

Copies of the final EIS have been 

mailed to interested federal, tribal, state 

and local agencies; public interest 

groups; individuals and affected 

landowners who requested a copy of the 

final EIS or provided comments during 

the scoping process; libraries; 

newspapers; and other stakeholders. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The 

Enbridge application for a Presidential 

Permit, including associated maps and 

drawings, the final EIS; a list of libraries 

where the final EIS may be reviewed; 

and other project information is 

available for viewing and download at 

the project Web site: http:// 

www.albertaclipper.state.gov. 

For information on the proposed 

project or the final EIS contact Elizabeth 

Orlando, OES/ENV Room 2657, U.S. 

Department of State, Washington, DC 

20520, or by telephone (202) 647–4284, 

or by fax at (202) 647–5947. 

Daniel Fantozzi, 

Director, Bureau of Oceans and International 

Environmental and Scientific Affairs/Office 

of Environmental Policy, Department of State. 

[FR Doc. E9–13335 Filed 6–5–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4710–07–P 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice 6656] 

Issuance of an Amended Presidential 

Permit Authorizing the Construction, 

Operation, and Maintenance of an 

International Bridge Near McAllen, TX, 

at the International Boundary Between 

the United States and Mexico 

SUMMARY: At the request of the 

permittee, the Department of State has 

amended the Presidential permit, 

originally issued in 1999, that 

authorizes the Cities of McAllen, 

Hidalgo, and Mission, Texas to 

construct, operate, and maintain an 

international bridge known as 

‘‘Anzalduas Bridge’’ near McAllen, 

Texas, at the international boundary 

between the United States and Mexico. 

The amendment removes an article in 

the original permit that limited initial 

operating hours of the bridge to twelve 

hours per day. With this restriction 

removed, the Department of Homeland 

Security’s Bureau of Customs and 

Border Patrol, working with local and 

Mexican authorities, can set the bridge’s 

hours of operation in accordance with 

demand and available resources. In 

making its determination to amend the 

permit, the Department provided public 

notice of the proposed amendment and 

provided the opportunity for comment 

(74 FR 12173, March 23, 2009) and also 

consulted with other federal agencies, as 

required by Executive Order 11423, as 

amended. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Daniel Darrach, U.S.-Mexico Border 

Affairs Coordinator, via e-mail at WHABorderAffairs@state.gov; by phone at 

202–647–9894; or by mail at Office of 

Mexican Affairs—Room 3909, 

Department of State, 2201 C St., NW., 

Washington, DC 20520. Information 

about Presidential permits is available 

on the Internet at http://www.state.gov/ 

p/wha/rt/permit/. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

following is the text of the amended 

permit: 

By virtue of the authority vested in 

me as Acting Assistant Secretary of 

State for the Bureau of Economic, 

Energy, and Business Affairs under 

Executive Order 11423, 33 FR 11741 

(1963), as amended by Executive Order 

12847 of May 17, 1993, 58 FR 29511 

(1993), Executive Order 13284 of 

January 23, 2003, 68 FR 4075 (2003), 

and Executive Order 13337 of April 30, 

2004, 69 FR 25299 (2004), and 

Department of State Delegation of 

Authority 322 of January 16, 2009; 

having considered the environmental 

effects of the proposed action in 

accordance with the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (83 

Stat. 852; 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) and 

other statutes relating to environmental 

concerns; having considered the 

proposed action in accordance with the 

National Historic Preservation Act (80 

Stat. 917, 16 U.S.C. 470f et seq.); and 

having requested and received the views 

of various of the federal departments 

and other interested persons; I hereby 

grant permission, subject to the 

conditions herein set forth, to the Cities 

of McAllen, Hidalgo, and Mission, 

Texas (hereinafter referred to as 

‘‘permittee’’), to construct, operate, and 

maintain an international vehicular and 

pedestrian bridge southwest of McAllen, 

Texas, and adjacent to Reynosa, 

Tamaulipas, Mexico. 

The term ‘‘facilities’’ as used in this 

permit means the bridge, its approaches 

and any land, structure or installations 

appurtenant thereto, as set forth in 

Alternative #3 in the ‘‘Anzalduas 

International Crossing U.S.-Side 

Improvements, Final Environmental 

Assessment’’ dated March 1996, as 

amended and supplemented by the 

Department of State (the ‘‘EA’’). 

The term ‘‘United States facilities’’ as 

used in this permit means that part of 

the facilities in the United States. 

This permit is subject to the following 

conditions: 

Article 1. The United States facilities 

herein described, and all aspects of their 

operation, shall be subject to the 

conditions, provisions, and 

requirements of this permit or any 

amendment thereof; further that this 

permit may be terminated at the will of 

the Secretary of State or the Secretary’s 

delegate or may be amended by the 

Secretary of State or the Secretary’s 

delegate at will or upon proper 

application therefore; further that the 

permittee shall make no substantial 

change in the location of the United 

States facilities or in the operation 

authorized by this permit until such 

changes have been approved by the 

Secretary of State or the Secretary’s 

delegate. 

Article 2. (1) Standards for, and the 

manner of, the construction, operation, 

and maintenance of the United States 

facilities shall be subject to inspection 

and approval by the representatives of 

appropriate federal or state agencies. 

The permittee shall allow duly 

authorized officers and employees of 

such agencies free and unrestricted 

access to said facilities in the 

performance of their official duties. 

(2) Approval of the United States 

Coast Guard in conformity with Section 

5 of the International Bridge Act of 1972 

(33 U.S.C. 535c), by virtue of authority 

delegated to the Commandant, U.S. 

Coast Guard by Section 1.46(q) of Title 

49, Code of Federal Regulations, shall be 

obtained prior to initiation of 

construction. 

Article 3. The permittee shall comply 

with all federal and state laws and 

regulations regarding the construction, 

operation, and maintenance of the 

United States facilities, and with all 

applicable industrial codes. 

Article 4. Upon the termination, 

revocation, or surrender of this permit, 

and unless otherwise agreed by the 

Secretary of State or the Secretary’s 

delegate, the United States facilities in 

the immediate vicinity of the 

international boundary shall be 

removed by and at the expense of the 

permittee within such time as the 

Secretary of State or the Secretary’s 

delegate may specify, and upon failure 

of the permittee to remove this portion 

of the United States facilities as ordered, 

the Secretary of State or the Secretary’s 

delegate may direct that possession of 

such facilities be taken and that they be 

removed at the expense of the permittee; 

and the permittee shall have no claim 

for damages by reason of such 

possession or removal. 

Article 5. If, in the future, it should 

appear to the United States Coast Guard 


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