[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 132 (Wednesday, July 12, 2023)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 44661-44663]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-14930]
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Vol. 88
Wednesday,
No. 132
July 12, 2023
Part IV
The President
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Presidential Permit of July 6, 2023--Authorizing the General Services
Administration To Expand and Continue to Operate and Maintain a
Vehicular and Pedestrian Border Crossing at the Calexico East Land Port
of Entry to Mexico
Memorandum of July 7, 2023--Delegation of Authority of Certain National
Emergency Expenditure Reporting Functions
Presidential Documents
Federal Register / Vol. 88 , No. 132 / Wednesday, July 12, 2023 /
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Title 3--
The President
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Presidential Permit of July 6, 2023
Authorizing the General Services Administration
To Expand and Continue To Operate and Maintain a
Vehicular and Pedestrian Border Crossing at the
Calexico East Land Port of Entry to Mexico
By virtue of the authority vested in me as President of
the United States of America (the ``President''), I
hereby grant permission, subject to the conditions set
forth herein, to the General Services Administration
(the ``permittee'') to expand and continue to operate
and maintain a vehicular and pedestrian crossing at the
Calexico East Land Port of Entry to Mexico located on
the United States border with Mexico in Calexico,
California, as described in the ``Application for
Presidential Permit Calexico East Land Port of Entry''
dated December 19, 2022 (``December 19, 2022,
Application''), by the permittee to the Secretary of
State in accordance with Executive Order 13867 and
associated procedures.
The term ``Facilities'' as used in this permit means
the portion in the United States of the bridge over the
All-American Canal and crossing, including two
additional commercial and two additional noncommercial
lanes to be constructed at the Calexico East Land Port
of Entry, and any land, structures, installations, or
equipment appurtenant thereto located between the
international boundary between the United States and
Mexico and a line approximately 1,066 feet north of the
international boundary.
This permit is subject to the following conditions:
Article 1. The Facilities herein described and all
aspects of their operation are subject to all the
conditions, provisions, and requirements of this permit
and any subsequent Presidential amendment to it. The
construction, operation, and maintenance of the
Facilities shall be in all material respects as
described in the December 19, 2022, Application.
Article 2. The standards for and the manner of
construction, connection, operation, and maintenance of
the Facilities are subject to inspection by the
representatives of appropriate Federal, State, and
local agencies. The permittee shall grant officers and
employees of such agencies that are duly authorized and
performing their official duties free and unrestricted
access to said Facilities.
Article 3. The permittee shall comply with all
applicable Federal laws and regulations regarding the
construction, operation, and maintenance of the
Facilities.
Article 4. The permittee shall immediately notify the
President or his designee of any decision to transfer
custody and control of the Facilities or any part
thereof to any other agency or department of the United
States Government. Said notice shall identify the
transferee agency or department and seek the approval
of the President for the transfer of the permit. In the
event of approval by the President of such transfer,
this permit shall remain in force and effect, and the
Facilities shall be subject to all the conditions,
permissions, and requirements of this permit and any
amendments thereof. The permittee may transfer
ownership or control of the Facilities to a non-Federal
entity or individual only upon the prior express
approval of such transfer by the President, which
approval may include such conditions, permissions, and
requirements that the President, in his discretion,
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determines are appropriate and necessary for inclusion
in the permit, to be effective on the date of transfer.
Article 5. The permittee is responsible for acquiring
and maintaining any right-of-way grants or easements,
permits, and other authorizations as may become
necessary or appropriate. To ensure the safe operation
of the Facilities, the permittee shall maintain them
and every part of them in a condition of good repair
and in compliance with applicable law and use of best
management practices.
Article 6. (1) The permittee shall take or cause to be
taken all appropriate measures to mitigate adverse
impacts on or disruption of the human environment in
connection with the construction, operation, and
maintenance of the Facilities. Mitigation measures are
those that avoid, minimize, or compensate for adverse
impacts.
The permittee is responsible for obtaining any required
Federal, State, and local permits, approvals, and
authorizations prior to commencing construction
activities. The permittee shall implement the
mitigation identified in any environmental decision
documents prepared in accordance with the National
Environmental Policy Act and Federal permits, including
stormwater permits and permits issued in accordance
with section 402 of the Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C.
1342). The permittee shall comply with applicable
Federal, State, and local environmental laws.
(2) Before initiating construction, the permittee
shall obtain the concurrence of the United States
Section of the International Boundary and Water
Commission, United States and Mexico.
Article 7. The permittee shall file any applicable
statements and reports required by applicable Federal
law in connection with the Facilities.
Article 8. Upon request, the permittee shall provide
appropriate information to the President or his
designee with regard to the Facilities. Such requests
could include requests for information concerning
current conditions, environmental compliance,
mitigation, or anticipated changes in ownership or
control, construction, connection, operation, or
maintenance of the Facilities.
Article 9. The permittee shall not initiate
construction until the Department of State has provided
notification to the permittee that the Department has
completed its exchange of diplomatic notes with the
Government of Mexico regarding authorization. The
permittee shall provide written notification to the
President or his designee at the time that the
construction authorized by this permit begins, at such
time as such construction is completed, interrupted, or
discontinued, and at other times as may be requested by
the President.
Article 10. The permittee shall make no substantial
change to the Facilities, in the location of the
Facilities, or in the operation authorized by this
permit unless such changes have been approved by the
President. The President may terminate, revoke, or
amend this permit at any time at his sole discretion.
The permittee's obligation to implement any amendment
to this permit is subject to the availability of funds.
If the permittee permanently closes the Calexico East
Land Port of Entry and it is no longer used as an
international crossing, then this permit shall
terminate, and the permittee may manage, utilize, or
dispose of the Facilities in accordance with its
statutory authorities. This permit shall continue in
full force and effect for only so long as the permittee
continues the operations hereby authorized. This permit
shall expire 10 years from the date of its issuance if
the permittee has not commenced construction of the
Facilities by that date.
Article 11. This permit is not intended to, and does
not, create any right or benefit, substantive or
procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by any
party against the United States, its departments,
agencies, or entities, its officers, employees, or
agents, or any other person.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I, JOSEPH R. BIDEN JR., President
of the United States of America, have hereunto set my
hand this sixth day of July, in
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the year of our Lord two thousand twenty-three, and of
the Independence of the United States of America the
two hundred and forty-eighth.
(Presidential Sig.)
[FR Doc. 2023-14930
Filed 7-11-23; 11:15 am]
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