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managed areas under BLM jurisdiction 

and federally-managed conservation 

lands. 

• Potential impacts to state-managed 

conservation lands. 

• Potential impacts to historic and 

pre-historic cultural resource sites. 

• Potential impacts and benefits of 

the construction workforce on local 

housing, infrastructure, public services 

and economy. 

• Public safety and potential hazards 

associated with the transport of crude 

oil. 

• Alternative alignments for the 

pipeline route. 

• Assessment of the cumulative effect 

of the proposed project when combined 

with other past, present, or reasonably 

foreseeable future actions in the project 

area. 

• Potential generation of greenhouse 

gasses. 

• Public participation. 

This list of issues may be changed 

based on public comments and analysis. 

You are encouraged to become 

involved in this process and provide 

your specific comments or concerns 

about the proposed project. By 

becoming a commenter, your concerns 

will be considered by the Department of 

State and addressed appropriately in the 

EIS. Your comments should focus on 

the potential environmental impacts, 

reasonable alternatives (including 

alternative facility sites and alternative 

pipeline routes), and measures to avoid 

or lessen environmental impacts. Parties 

interested in being involved in Section 

106 consultation should also contact the 

Department of State. The more specific 

your comments, the more useful they 

will be. 

The public scoping meetings 

identified above are designed to provide 

another opportunity to offer comments 

on the proposed project. Interested 

individuals and groups are encouraged 

to attend these meetings and to present 

comments on the environmental issues 

they believe should be addressed in the 

EIS. Again, written comments are 

considered with equal weight in the 

process relative to those received in 

public scoping meetings. 

Issued in Washington, DC on January 28, 

2009: 

Stephen J. Gallogly, 

Director, Office of International Energy and 

Commodities Policy, Department of State. 

[FR Doc. E9–1828 Filed 1–27–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice 6494] 

Executive Order 11423, as Amended; 

Notice of Receipt of Application for a 

Presidential Permit for an International 

Rail Bridge on the U.S.-Mexico Border 

near Laredo, Texas, and Nuevo Laredo, 

Tamaulipas, Mexico 

AGENCY: Department of State. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of State 

hereby gives notice that, on December 

31, 2008, it received from Kansas City 

Southern (KCS) an application for a 

Presidential permit to authorize the 

construction, operation, and 

maintenance of a new international rail 

bridge called the East Loop Bypass on 

the U.S.-Mexico border near Laredo, 

Texas, and Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, 

Mexico. According to the application, 

KCS is an international transportation 

company comprised of three railroads 

and owns and operates an existing 

railroad bridge in Laredo. The proposed 

railroad bridge would be about 12 miles 

south of the existing railroad bridge. 

According to the application, the East 

Loop Rail Bypass project would relocate 

rail traffic from the Laredo city center, 

provide for additional rail capacity, 

enhance corridor safety, and improve 

the efficiency of cross-border rail 

crossings. In addition to the 

international bridge itself, KCS proposes 

as part of the project to construct about 

50 miles of track to connect the new 

bridge to existing rail lines. 

The Department’s jurisdiction over 

this application is based upon Executive 

Order 11423 of August 16, 1968, as 

amended. As provided in E.O. 11423, 

the Department is circulating this 

application to relevant federal and state 

agencies for review and comment. 

Under E.O. 11423, the Department has 

the responsibility to determine, taking 

into account input from these agencies 

and other stakeholders, whether 

issuance of a Presidential permit for this 

proposed bridge would be in the U.S. 

national interest. 

DATES: Interested members of the public 

are invited to submit written comments 

regarding this application on or before 

April 28, 2009, to Mr. Daniel Darrach, 

U.S.-Mexico Border Affairs Coordinator, 

via e-mail at WHABorderAffairs@state.gov, or by mail at 

WHA/MEX—Room 3909, Department of 

State, 2201 C St., NW., Washington, DC 

20520. 

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 WHA/ 

MEX—Room 3909, Department of State, 

2201 C St., NW., Washington, DC 20520. 

General information about Presidential 

Permits is available on the Internet at 

http:/www.state.gov/pwha/rt/permit/. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

application and supporting documents 

are available for review in the Office of 

Mexican Affairs during normal business 

hours. 

Dated: January 21, 2009. 

Alex Lee, 

Director, Office of Mexican Affairs, 

Department of State. 

[FR Doc. E9–1725 Filed 1–27–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Office of the Secretary 

Notice of Applications for Certificates 

of Public Convenience and Necessity 

and Foreign Air Carrier Permits Filed 

Under Subpart B (Formerly Subpart Q) 

During the Week Ending January 17, 

2009 

The following Applications for 

Certificates of Public Convenience and 

Necessity and Foreign Air Carrier 

Permits were filed under Subpart B 

(formerly Subpart Q) of the Department 

of Transportation’s Procedural 

Regulations (See 14 CFR 301.201 et 

seq.). The due date for Answers, 

Conforming Applications, or Motions to 

Modify Scope are set forth below for 

each application. Following the Answer 

period DOT may process the application 

by expedited procedures. Such 

procedures may consist of the adoption 

of a show-cause order, a tentative order, 

or in appropriate cases a final order 

without further proceedings. 

Docket Number: DOT–OST–2009– 

0010. 

Date Filed: January 16, 2009. 

Due Date for Answers, Conforming 

Applications, or Motion to Modify 

Scope: February 6, 2009. 

Description: Application of 1263343 

Alberta Inc d/b/a enerjet (‘‘enerjet’’) 

requesting an exemption and foreign air 

permit to engage in non-scheduled 

charter trips in foreign air transportation 

between Canada and the United States. 

Renee V. Wright, 

Program Manager, Docket Operations, 

Federal Register Liaison. 

[FR Doc. E9–1800 Filed 1–27–09; 8:45 am] 

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