New International Bridge, Brownsville, Texas: Finding of No Significant Impact and Summary Environmental Assessment

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On October 9, 1997 the Department of State made a finding that two new international bridges sponsored by the Brownsville Navigation District (hereafter, BND), Brownsville, Texas, would have no significant impact on the environment. Accordingly, the Department of State is announcing issuance of a finding of no significant impact. A draft environmental assessment of the proposed Port of Brownsville International Crossings was prepared for the BND, under the guidance and supervision of the State Department, by Parsons Brinckerhoff Quade & Douglas, Inc., of Austin, Texas; St. John-Villarreal Associates of Fairfax, Virginia; Mariah Associates of Austin, Texas; Gonzalez Engineers and Surveyors of Brownsville, Texas; and Dr. Michael Tewes of Kingsville, Texas. The Department of State placed a notice in the Federal Register (56 FR 223 November 19, 1991) regarding the availability for inspection of the Brownsville Navigation District's Permit application and the draft environmental assessment; one public comment was received, from the Texas Center for Policy Studies. In August 1995, Hicks & Company, of Austin, Texas and Brown & Root, Inc. of Houston, Texas, submitted an addendum to the env