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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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and the Secretary of Homeland Security 

or the Secretary’s delegate that any 

facilities or operations permitted 

hereunder cause unreasonable 

obstructions to the free navigation of 

any of the navigable waters of the 

United States, the permittee may be 

required, upon notice from the Secretary 

of Homeland Security or the Secretary’s 

delegate, to remove or alter such of the 

facilities as are owned by it so as to 

render navigation through such waters 

free and unobstructed. 

Article 6. This permit and the 

operation of the United States facilities 

hereunder shall be subject to the 

regulations issued by any competent 

agency of the United States 

Government, including but not limited 

to the United States Coast Guard, the 

Department of Homeland Security, and 

the United States Section of the 

International Boundary and Water 

Commission (USIBWC). This permit 

shall continue in force and effect only 

so long as the permittee shall continue 

the operations hereby authorized in 

exact accordance with such limitations, 

terms, and conditions. 

Article 7. When, in the opinion of the 

President of the United States, the 

national security of the United States 

demands it, due notice being given by 

the Secretary of State or the Secretary’s 

delegate, the United States shall have 

the right to enter upon and take 

possession of any of the United States 

facilities or parts thereof; to retain 

possession, management, or control 

thereof for such length of time as may 

appear to the President to be necessary; 

and thereafter to restore possession and 

control to the permittee. In the event 

that the United States shall exercise 

such right, it shall pay to the permittee 

just and fair compensation for the use of 

such United States facilities upon the 

basis of a reasonable profit in normal 

conditions, and the cost of restoring said 

facilities to as good condition as existed 

at the time of entering and taking over 

the same, less the reasonable value of 

any improvements that may have been 

made by the United States. 

Article 8. Any transfer of ownership 

or control of the United States facilities 

or any part thereof shall be immediately 

notified in writing to the United States 

Department of State, including the 

submission of a proper identification by 

the transferee. This permit shall remain 

in force subject to all the conditions, 

permissions and requirements of this 

permit and any amendments thereof 

unless terminated or amended by the 

Secretary of State or the Secretary’s 

delegate. 

Article 9. (1) The permittee shall 

acquire such right-of-way grants, 

easements, permits, and other 

authorizations as may become necessary 

and appropriate. 

(2) The permittee shall save harmless 

the United States from any claimed or 

adjudged liability arising out of the 

construction, completion, or 

maintenance of the facilities. 

(3) The permittee shall maintain the 

United States facilities and every part 

thereof in a condition of good repair for 

their safe operation. 

Article 10. (1) The permittee shall 

provide to the General Services 

Administration (GSA), at no cost to the 

federal government, a site of 90 acres 

that is adequate and acceptable to GSA 

(that is, environmentally compliant and 

construction ready) on which to 

construct border station facilities at the 

United States terminal of the bridge. 

(2) If permanent facilities are not 

completed and accepted by the GSA by 

2005, the permittee shall provide, at no 

cost to the federal government, a 

‘‘temporary’’ border station facility to 

include four traffic lanes and all related 

processing and support facilities until 

such time as permanent facilities have 

been completed and accepted by GSA. 

(3) The permittee shall construct 

appropriate southbound inspection 

facilities for vehicle, pedestrian, and 

commercial traffic to include canopies 

and such features as may be needed to 

address security and safety concerns, 

prior to the opening of the bridge. 

(4) The border station facilities used 

by agencies of the United States 

Government shall be owned by GSA. 

(5) The permittee shall comply fully 

with all National Environmental Policy 

Act and National Historic Preservation 

Act mitigation provisions and 

stipulations for transfer of the site to 

GSA. 

Article 11. (1) The permittee shall take 

all appropriate measures to prevent or 

mitigate adverse environmental impacts 

or disruption of significant 

archeological resources in connection 

with the construction, operation and 

maintenance of the United States 

facilities, including those measures set 

forth in the EA and in the Department’s 

Finding of No Significant Impact dated 

July 23, 1999. 

(2) The permittee shall comply with 

all of its obligations under the FourParty Land and Dedication Agreement 

among the United States Department of 

the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service, 

AgHOC, Inc., the City of McAllen, 

Texas, and the McAllen/Hidalgo/ 

Mission International Bridge Board of 

July 26, 1995; as amended by The First 

Amendment to the Four-Party Land and 

Dedication Agreement dated April 1, 

1999, and signed April 15, 1999; and 

with all of the terms and provisions of 

Resolution No. 1999–12 adopted by the 

McAllen City Commission at its March 

22, 1999, meeting. 

(3) Before beginning construction the 

permittee shall: conclude satisfactory 

arrangements with appropriate federal 

and state agencies that will provide the 

assurance to the USIBWC that the bridge 

and associated facilities will not in any 

way present an obstruction or deflection 

to the normal flows or flood flows 

designated by the USIBWC in the reach 

of the international part of the Rio 

Grande River; acquire the appropriate 

permits and licenses from the USIBWC 

for crossing the interior floodways and 

for direct or indirect use of facilities 

associated with the Lower Rio Grande 

Flood Control Project; and obtain the 

approval of the U.S. Commissioner of 

the IBWC that the project is consistent 

with the terms of boundary and water 

treaties between the United States and 

Mexico and other international 

agreements in force. 

(4) If at a future date the permittee 

determines that the base flood 

elevations or the Special Flood Hazard 

Area will be affected as a result of the 

proposed project, it shall submit the 

appropriate scientific or technical data 

in accordance with the requirements of 

Part 65 of the National Flood Insurance 

Program and request a map revision. 

Article 12. The permittee shall notify 

the Department of State and the Texas 

Historical Commission in the event 

historic or archaeological resources are 

discovered during the course of 

construction activity, and the permittee 

shall cease such construction activity in 

the immediate vicinity of those 

resources while preparing 

documentation required by Section 106 

of the National Historic Preservation 

Act, 16 U.S.C. 470f, and Section 303 

[formerly 4(f)] of the Department of 

Transportation Act, 49 U.S.C. 303, to 

address particular sites directly 

impacted by the project that are 

identified as requiring in situ 

preservation. 

Article 13. The permittee shall 

comply with all agreed actions and 

obligations undertaken to be performed 

by it in the Application and Final 

Environmental Assessment dated March 

1996. 

Article 14. The permittee shall file 

with the appropriate agencies of the 

United States Government such 

statements or reports under oath with 

respect to the United States facilities, 

and/or permittee’s actions in connection 

therewith, as are now or may hereafter 

be required under any laws or 

regulations of the United States 

Government or its agencies. 


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Article 15. The permittee shall 

provide written notice to the 

Department of State at such time as the 

construction authorized by this permit 

is begun, and again at such time as 

construction is completed, interrupted, 

or discontinued. 

Article 16. (1) The permittee shall 

begin construction no earlier than April 

1, 2003, and shall open the bridge no 

earlier than January 1, 2005, unless 

prior to those dates the Secretary of 

State or the Secretary’s delegate 

determines that the United States 

Congress has provided sufficient funds 

for construction, operation, and support 

of the Anzalduas International Crossing. 

(2) The permittee shall begin 

construction of permanent cargo import 

facilities no earlier than January 1, 2015, 

unless prior to that date the Average 

Northbound Cargo Traffic at the Pharr 

International Bridge reaches 15,000 

vehicles per week. 

In witness thereof, I, David D. Nelson, 

Acting Assistant Secretary of State for 

the Bureau of Economic, Energy, and 

Business Affairs, have hereunto set my 

hand this 27th day of May 2009, in the 

City of Washington, District of 

Columbia. 

Dated: June 1, 2009. 

Alex Lee, 

Director, Office of Mexican Affairs, 

Department of State. 

[FR Doc. E9–13336 Filed 6–5–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4710–29–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Agency Information Collection Activity 

Seeking OMB Approval 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The FAA invites public 

comments about our intention to request 

the Office of Management and Budget’s 

(OMB) revision of a current information 

collection. The Federal Register Notice 

with a 60-day comment period soliciting 

comments on the following collection of 

information was published on December 

23, 2008, vol. 73, no. 247, page 78866. 

The information collected on the FAA 

Form 8120–11 is used by those who 

wish to report suspected unapproved 

parts to the FAA for review. 

DATES: Please submit comments by July 

8, 2009. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Carla Mauney at Carla.Mauney@faa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) 

Title: Suspected Unapproved Parts 

Notification. 

Type of Request: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

OMB Control Number: 2120–0552. 

Form(s): 8120–11. 

Affected Public: An estimated 150 

Respondents. 

Frequency: This information is 

collected on occasion. 

Estimated Average Burden per 

Response: Approximately 30 minutes 

per response. 

Estimated Annual Burden Hours: An 

estimated 75 hours annually. 

Abstract: The information collected 

on the FAA Form 8120–11 is used by 

those who wish to report suspected 

unapproved parts to the FAA for review. 

The information is used to determine if 

an unapproved part investigation is 

warranted. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are 

invited to submit written comments on 

the proposed information collection to 

the Office of Information and Regulatory 

Affairs, Office of Management and 

Budget. Comments should be addressed 

to the attention of the Desk Officer, 

Department of Transportation/FAA, and 

sent via electronic mail to 

oira_submission@omb.eop.gov, or faxed 

to (202) 395–6974, or mailed to the 

Office of Information and Regulatory 

Affairs, Office of Management and 

Budget, Docket Library, Room 10102, 

725 17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 

20503. 

Comments are invited on: Whether 

the proposed collection of information 

is necessary for the proper performance 

of the functions of the Department, 

including whether the information will 

have practical utility; the accuracy of 

the Department’s estimates of the 

burden of the proposed information 

collection; ways to enhance the quality, 

utility, and clarity of the information to 

be collected; and ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on respondents, including the use of 

automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on June 1, 2009. 

Carla Mauney, 

FAA Information Collection Clearance 

Officer, IT Enterprises Business Services 

Division, AES–200. 

[FR Doc. E9–13170 Filed 6–5–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–M 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Notice of Intent To Request Revision 

From the Office of Management and 

Budget of a Currently Approved 

Information Collection Activity, 

Request for Comments; Information 

for the Prevention of Aircraft Collisions 

on Runways at Towered Airports 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The FAA invites public 

comments about our intention to request 

the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) to approve a current information 

collection. Runway incursions are a risk 

to the public traveling in aircraft. 

Feedback from these surveys is used in 

the prevention of runway collisions and 

in the medication of the severity and 

frequency of runway incursions. 

DATES: Please submit comments by 

August 7, 2009. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Carla Mauney on (202) 267–9895, or by 

e-mail at: Carla.Mauney@faa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) 

Title: Information for the Prevention 

of Aircraft Collisions on Runways at 

Towered Airports. 

Type of Request: Revision of an 

approved collection. 

OMB Control Number: 2120–0692. 

Forms(s): There are no FAA forms 

associated with this collection. 

Affected Public: A total of 450,300 

Respondents. 

Frequency: The information is 

collected on occasion. 

Estimated Average Burden per 

Response: Approximately 5 minutes per 

response. 

Estimated Annual Burden Hours: An 

estimated 34,692 hours annually. 

Abstract: Runway incursions are a 

risk to the public traveling in aircraft. 

Feedback from these surveys is used in 

the prevention of runway collisions and 

in the medication of the severity and 

frequency of runway incursions. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments to the FAA 

at the following address: Ms. Carla 

Mauney, Room 712, Federal Aviation 

Administration, IT Enterprises Business 

Services Division, AES–200, 800 

Independence Ave., SW., Washington, 

DC 20591. 

Comments are invited on: Whether 

the proposed collection of information 

is necessary for the proper performance 

of the functions of the Department, 


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