82_FR_48508 82 FR 48309 - Notice of Availability of the Draft Environmental Assessment and Preliminary Finding of No Significant Impact for the Borrego Pipeline Presidential Permit Application Review, Webb County, Texas

82 FR 48309 - Notice of Availability of the Draft Environmental Assessment and Preliminary Finding of No Significant Impact for the Borrego Pipeline Presidential Permit Application Review, Webb County, Texas

DEPARTMENT OF STATE

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 199 (October 17, 2017)

Page Range48309-48309
FR Document2017-22411

The U.S. Department of State (Department) announces availability for public review and comment of the Draft Environmental Assessment (Draft EA) and the Preliminary Finding of No Significant Impact for the Borrego Pipeline Presidential Permit Application (Preliminary FONSI). These documents evaluate the potential environmental impacts of the construction, connection, operation, and maintenance of a proposed new pipeline at the U.S.- Mexico border in Webb County, Texas, by Borrego Crossing Pipeline, LLC (Borrego), a subsidiary of Howard Midstream Energy Partners, LLC (Howard Midstream).

Federal Register, Volume 82 Issue 199 (Tuesday, October 17, 2017)
[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 199 (Tuesday, October 17, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 48309]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2017-22411]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice: 10163]


Notice of Availability of the Draft Environmental Assessment and 
Preliminary Finding of No Significant Impact for the Borrego Pipeline 
Presidential Permit Application Review, Webb County, Texas

AGENCY: Department of State.

ACTION: Notice of availability; solicitation of comments.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of State (Department) announces 
availability for public review and comment of the Draft Environmental 
Assessment (Draft EA) and the Preliminary Finding of No Significant 
Impact for the Borrego Pipeline Presidential Permit Application 
(Preliminary FONSI). These documents evaluate the potential 
environmental impacts of the construction, connection, operation, and 
maintenance of a proposed new pipeline at the U.S.- Mexico border in 
Webb County, Texas, by Borrego Crossing Pipeline, LLC (Borrego), a 
subsidiary of Howard Midstream Energy Partners, LLC (Howard Midstream).

DATES: The public comment period starts on October 13, 2017, and will 
end November 13, 2017.

ADDRESSES: Comments on the Draft EA and Preliminary FONSI may be 
submitted at www.regulations.gov by entering [DOS-2017-0039] or the 
title of this Notice into the search field and following the prompts. 
Comments may also be submitted by mail, addressed to: Jill Reilly, 
Office of Environmental Quality and Transboundary Issues (OES/EQT): 
Suite 2726, U.S. Department of State, 2201 C Street NW., Washington, DC 
20520. All comments from agencies or organizations should indicate a 
contact person for the agency or organization.
    The Department invites the public, governmental agencies, tribal 
governments, and all other interested parties to provide comments on 
the Draft EA and Preliminary FONSI during the 30-day public comment 
period. All comments received during the review period may be made 
public, no matter how initially submitted. Comments are not private and 
will not be edited to remove identifying or contact information. 
Commenters are cautioned against including any information that they 
would not want publicly disclosed.
    Any party soliciting or aggregating comments from other persons is 
further requested to direct those persons not to include any 
identifying or contact information, or information they would not want 
publicly disclosed, in their comments.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jill Reilly, (202) 647-9798, 
[email protected]. Project details for the Borrego Pipeline and copies 
of the Presidential permit application, as well as information on the 
Presidential permit process are available at the following: https://www.state.gov/e/enr/applicant/applicants/borregopipeline/index.htm. 
Please refer to this Web site or contact the Department at the address 
listed in the ADDRESSES section of this notice.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department reviews Presidential permit 
applications under Executive Order (E.O.) 13337 and E.O. 14432. E.O. 
13337 delegates to the Secretary of State the President's authority to 
receive applications for permits for the construction, connection, 
operation, or maintenance of facilities for the exportation or 
importation of petroleum, petroleum products, coal, or other fuels 
(except for natural gas), at the borders of the United States, and to 
issue or deny such Presidential permits upon a national interest 
determination.
    On August 12, 2016, Borrego submitted an application to the 
Department. The application requests a new Presidential permit that 
would authorize the construction, connection, operation and maintenance 
of facilities at the United States-Mexico border (border facilities) 
for the export to Mexico of refined petroleum products (including 
gasoline, premium gasoline, ultra-low sulfur diesel [ULSD] and jet 
fuels). The petroleum products would be transported through the new 
pipeline between a terminal in Laredo, Texas, and the existing Nuevo 
Laredo Terminal in Tamaulipas, Mexico.
    The Draft EA and Preliminary FONSI were prepared consistent with 
the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969 (42 U.S.C. Section 
4321, et seq.), the regulations of the Council on Environmental Quality 
(CEQ) (40 CFR part 1500-1508), and the Department's implementing 
regulations (22 CFR part 161).
    Availability of the Draft EA and Preliminary FONSI: Copies of the 
Draft EA and Preliminary FONSI have been distributed to state and 
Federal agencies, tribal governments and other interested parties. 
Printed copies of the document may be obtained by visiting the Main 
Laredo Public Library, 1120 E. Calton Road, Laredo, Texas, 78041, or by 
contacting the Borrego Project Manager at the above address. They are 
also available at https://www.state.gov/e/enr/applicant/applicants/borregopipeline/index.htm.

Sezaneh Seymour,
Acting Director, Office of Environmental Quality and Transboundary 
Issues, Department of State.
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                                                985; 22 U.S.C. 2459), E.O. 12047 of                     indicate a contact person for the agency              National Environmental Policy Act
                                                March 27, 1978, the Foreign Affairs                     or organization.                                      (NEPA) of 1969 (42 U.S.C. Section 4321,
                                                Reform and Restructuring Act of 1998                       The Department invites the public,                 et seq.), the regulations of the Council
                                                (112 Stat. 2681, et seq.; 22 U.S.C. 6501                governmental agencies, tribal                         on Environmental Quality (CEQ) (40
                                                note, et seq.), Delegation of Authority                 governments, and all other interested                 CFR part 1500–1508), and the
                                                No. 234 of October 1, 1999, Delegation                  parties to provide comments on the                    Department’s implementing regulations
                                                of Authority No. 236–3 of August 28,                    Draft EA and Preliminary FONSI during                 (22 CFR part 161).
                                                2000 (and, as appropriate, Delegation of                the 30-day public comment period. All                    Availability of the Draft EA and
                                                Authority No. 257–1 of December 11,                     comments received during the review                   Preliminary FONSI: Copies of the Draft
                                                2015). I have ordered that Public Notice                period may be made public, no matter                  EA and Preliminary FONSI have been
                                                of these determinations be published in                 how initially submitted. Comments are                 distributed to state and Federal
                                                the Federal Register.                                   not private and will not be edited to                 agencies, tribal governments and other
                                                                                                        remove identifying or contact                         interested parties. Printed copies of the
                                                Alyson Grunder,                                                                                               document may be obtained by visiting
                                                                                                        information. Commenters are cautioned
                                                Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy, Bureau           against including any information that                the Main Laredo Public Library, 1120 E.
                                                of Educational and Cultural Affairs,                                                                          Calton Road, Laredo, Texas, 78041, or
                                                                                                        they would not want publicly disclosed.
                                                Department of State.
                                                                                                           Any party soliciting or aggregating                by contacting the Borrego Project
                                                [FR Doc. 2017–22456 Filed 10–16–17; 8:45 am]
                                                                                                        comments from other persons is further                Manager at the above address. They are
                                                BILLING CODE 4710–05–P                                  requested to direct those persons not to              also available at https://www.state.gov/
                                                                                                        include any identifying or contact                    e/enr/applicant/applicants/borrego
                                                                                                        information, or information they would                pipeline/index.htm.
                                                DEPARTMENT OF STATE                                     not want publicly disclosed, in their
                                                                                                                                                              Sezaneh Seymour,
                                                                                                        comments.
                                                [Public Notice: 10163]                                                                                        Acting Director, Office of Environmental
                                                                                                        FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jill                 Quality and Transboundary Issues,
                                                Notice of Availability of the Draft                     Reilly, (202) 647–9798, ReillyJE@                     Department of State.
                                                Environmental Assessment and                            state.gov. Project details for the Borrego            [FR Doc. 2017–22411 Filed 10–13–17; 8:45 am]
                                                Preliminary Finding of No Significant                   Pipeline and copies of the Presidential               BILLING CODE 4710–09–P
                                                Impact for the Borrego Pipeline                         permit application, as well as
                                                Presidential Permit Application                         information on the Presidential permit
                                                Review, Webb County, Texas                              process are available at the following:               DEPARTMENT OF STATE
                                                                                                        https://www.state.gov/e/enr/applicant/
                                                AGENCY:   Department of State.                                                                                [Public Notice: 10166]
                                                                                                        applicants/borregopipeline/index.htm.
                                                ACTION:  Notice of availability;                        Please refer to this Web site or contact              Notice of Determinations; Culturally
                                                solicitation of comments.                               the Department at the address listed in               Significant Objects Imported for
                                                                                                        the ADDRESSES section of this notice.                 Exhibition Determinations:
                                                SUMMARY:    The U.S. Department of State
                                                                                                        SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The                        ‘‘Caravaggio: Masterpieces From the
                                                (Department) announces availability for
                                                                                                        Department reviews Presidential permit                Galleria Borghese’’ Exhibition
                                                public review and comment of the Draft
                                                                                                        applications under Executive Order
                                                Environmental Assessment (Draft EA)                                                                           SUMMARY:   Notice is hereby given of the
                                                                                                        (E.O.) 13337 and E.O. 14432. E.O. 13337
                                                and the Preliminary Finding of No                                                                             following determinations: I hereby
                                                                                                        delegates to the Secretary of State the
                                                Significant Impact for the Borrego                                                                            determine that three objects to be
                                                                                                        President’s authority to receive
                                                Pipeline Presidential Permit Application                                                                      included in the exhibition ‘‘Caravaggio:
                                                                                                        applications for permits for the
                                                (Preliminary FONSI). These documents                                                                          Masterpieces from the Galleria
                                                                                                        construction, connection, operation, or
                                                evaluate the potential environmental                                                                          Borghese,’’ imported from abroad for
                                                                                                        maintenance of facilities for the
                                                impacts of the construction, connection,                                                                      temporary exhibition within the United
                                                                                                        exportation or importation of petroleum,
                                                operation, and maintenance of a                                                                               States, are of cultural significance. The
                                                                                                        petroleum products, coal, or other fuels
                                                proposed new pipeline at the U.S.-                                                                            objects are imported pursuant to a loan
                                                                                                        (except for natural gas), at the borders of
                                                Mexico border in Webb County, Texas,                                                                          agreement with the foreign owner or
                                                                                                        the United States, and to issue or deny
                                                by Borrego Crossing Pipeline, LLC                                                                             custodian. I also determine that the
                                                                                                        such Presidential permits upon a
                                                (Borrego), a subsidiary of Howard                                                                             exhibition or display of the exhibit
                                                                                                        national interest determination.
                                                Midstream Energy Partners, LLC                                                                                objects at The J. Paul Getty Museum at
                                                                                                           On August 12, 2016, Borrego
                                                (Howard Midstream).                                                                                           the Getty Center, Los Angeles,
                                                                                                        submitted an application to the
                                                DATES: The public comment period                        Department. The application requests a                California, from on or about November
                                                starts on October 13, 2017, and will end                new Presidential permit that would                    21, 2017, until on or about February 18,
                                                November 13, 2017.                                      authorize the construction, connection,               2018, and at possible additional
                                                ADDRESSES: Comments on the Draft EA                     operation and maintenance of facilities               exhibitions or venues yet to be
                                                and Preliminary FONSI may be                            at the United States-Mexico border                    determined, is in the national interest.
                                                submitted at www.regulations.gov by                     (border facilities) for the export to                 FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
                                                entering [DOS–2017–0039] or the title of                Mexico of refined petroleum products                  further information, including a list of
                                                this Notice into the search field and                   (including gasoline, premium gasoline,                the imported objects, contact Elliot Chiu
                                                following the prompts. Comments may                                                                           in the Office of the Legal Adviser, U.S.
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                                                                                                        ultra-low sulfur diesel [ULSD] and jet
                                                also be submitted by mail, addressed to:                fuels). The petroleum products would                  Department of State (telephone: 202–
                                                Jill Reilly, Office of Environmental                    be transported through the new pipeline               632–6471; email: section2459@
                                                Quality and Transboundary Issues                        between a terminal in Laredo, Texas,                  state.gov). The mailing address is U.S.
                                                (OES/EQT): Suite 2726, U.S.                             and the existing Nuevo Laredo Terminal                Department of State, L/PD, SA–5, Suite
                                                Department of State, 2201 C Street NW.,                 in Tamaulipas, Mexico.                                5H03, Washington, DC 20522–0505.
                                                Washington, DC 20520. All comments                         The Draft EA and Preliminary FONSI                 SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
                                                from agencies or organizations should                   were prepared consistent with the                     foregoing determinations were made


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Document Created: 2017-10-17 01:11:35
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CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice of availability; solicitation of comments.
DatesThe public comment period starts on October 13, 2017, and will end November 13, 2017.
ContactJill Reilly, (202) 647-9798, [email protected] Project details for the Borrego Pipeline and copies of the Presidential permit application, as well as information on the Presidential permit process are available at the following: https:// www.state.gov/e/enr/applicant/applicants/borregopipeline/index.htm.
FR Citation82 FR 48309 

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