Notice of Availability of the Final Environmental Assessment and A Finding of No Significant Impact for the Proposed PMI Frontera Juarez Pipeline Project

概要

This notice announces the availability of the Final Environmental Assessment and a Finding of No Significant Impact for the Proposed PMI Frontera Juarez Pipeline Project. On January 18, 2008, PMI Services North America ("PMI") applied for a Presidential permit to construct, connect, operate and maintain a 10.75-inch liquid hydrocarbon (gasoline and diesel) pipeline for the transportation of liquid hydrocarbon products between the United States and Mexico, to be located at the international border between the United States and Mexico, near San Elizario, Texas. Currently, the refined products are transported across the international border via trucks from El Paso to Ciudad Jua rez. The Frontera Ju[aacute]rez Pipeline would displace this mode of delivery with the proposed net effect of increasing safety and decreasing the negative impact to the local environment. Executive Order 13337 of April 30, 2004, as amended, delegates to the Secretary of State the President's authority to receive applications for permits for the construction, connection, operation, or maintenance of facilities, including pipelines, for the exportation or importation of petroleum, petroleum products, coal, or ot