83 FR 1655 - Notice of Availability of the Final Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact for the Borrego Pipeline Presidential Permit Application, Webb County, Texas

DEPARTMENT OF STATE

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 9 (January 12, 2018)

The U.S. Department of State (Department) is advising the public that on January 3, 2018, the Department approved a Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) based on the Final Environmental Assessment (Final EA) for the Borrego Pipeline Presidential Permit Application.

[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 9 (Friday, January 12, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1655-1656]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2018-00472]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice: 10267]


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

AGENCY: Department of State.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of State (Department) is advising the 
public that on January 3, 2018, the Department approved a Finding of No 
Significant Impact (FONSI) based on the Final Environmental Assessment 
(Final EA) for the Borrego Pipeline Presidential Permit Application.

DATES: The FONSI and Final EA are available as of the publication date 
of this notice at https://www.state.gov/e/enr/applicant/applicants/borregopipeline/c73505.htm.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the FONSI and Final EA are available at the 
following:

 Main Laredo Public Library, 1120 E. Calton Road, Laredo, Texas 
78041
 https://www.state.gov/e/enr/applicant/applicants/borregopipeline/index.htm

    Copies of the FONSI and Final EA may also be requested by email at

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[email protected] from: Borrego Project Manager, Office of 
Environmental Quality and Transboundary Issues (OES/EQT): Suite 2726, 
U.S. Department of State, 2201 C Street NW, Washington, DC 20520.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Executive Order (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 for a new 
Presidential permit that would authorize the construction, connection, 
operation, and maintenance of facilities at the U.S.-Mexico border for 
the export to Mexico of refined petroleum products (including gasoline, 
premium gasoline, ultra-low sulfur diesel, and jet fuel). The petroleum 
products would be transported through the new pipeline between a new 
terminal in Laredo, Texas, and the existing Nuevo Laredo Terminal in 
Tamaulipas, Mexico.
    The Department prepared the Final EA consistent with the National 
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969, as amended (42 U.S.C. Section 
4321, et seq.), the regulations of the Council on Environmental Quality 
(CEQ) (40 CFR parts 1500-1508), and the Department's implementing 
regulations (22 CFR part 161). The Draft EA and Preliminary FONSI were 
available for a 30-day public review that ended on November 17, 2017. 
The Department has determined the proposed action would not result in 
significant impacts on the environment and therefore the preparation of 
an Environmental Impact Statement is not required. The FONSI is not a 
decision on the Presidential permit application. In accordance with 
E.O. 13337, the Secretary of State or his delegate will make a 
determination as to whether issuance of a Presidential permit for 
Borrego Crossing Pipeline, LLC (Borrego), a subsidiary of Howard 
Midstream Energy Partners, LLC, proposed cross-border pipeline 
facilities project would serve the national interest.

Robert Wing,
Acting Director, Office of Environmental Quality and Transboundary 
Issues, Department of State.
[FR Doc. 2018-00472 Filed 1-11-18; 8:45 am]
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