Presidential Document2025-11354
Authorizing Green Corridors, LLC, To Construct, Maintain, and Operate a Commercial Elevated Guideway Border Crossing Near Laredo, Texas, at the International Boundary Between the United States and Mexico
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June 18, 2025
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June 9, 2025
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 116 (Wednesday, June 18, 2025)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 26171-26174]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-11354]
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Vol. 90
Wednesday,
No. 116
June 18, 2025
Part III
The President
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Presidential Permit of June 9, 2025--Authorizing Green Corridors, LLC,
To Construct, Maintain, and Operate a Commercial Elevated Guideway
Border Crossing Near Laredo, Texas, at the International Boundary
Between the United States and Mexico
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Federal Register / Vol. 90 , No. 116 / Wednesday, June 18, 2025 /
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Title 3--
The President
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Presidential Permit of June 9, 2025
Authorizing Green Corridors, LLC, To Construct,
Maintain, and Operate a Commercial Elevated Guideway
Border Crossing Near Laredo, Texas, at the
International Boundary Between the United States and
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 Green Corridors, LLC (the
``permittee''), to construct, maintain, and operate a
commercial elevated guideway crossing located on the
United States border with Mexico in Laredo, Texas, as
described in the ``Presidential Permit Application:
Green Corridors Intelligent Freight Transportation
System'' dated October 3, 2024, by the permittee to the
Secretary of State and made complete with additional
information provided by the permittee on February 14,
2025 (collectively, the ``Application''), in accordance
with 33 U.S.C. 535d and associated procedures.
The term ``Border facilities'' as used in this permit
consists of the elevated guideway and bridge over the
Rio Grande which connects inland terminals near
Monterrey, Mexico, in the state of Nuevo Leon and near
Interstate 35, north of Laredo, Texas, its approaches,
and any land, structures, installations, or equipment
appurtenant thereto located on the United States side
of the international boundary between the United States
and Mexico, located just downstream from the Laredo-
Colombia Solidarity International Bridge at the
connection between Texas State Highway 255 and the
Nuevo Leon State Highway Spur 1.
This permit is subject to the following conditions:
Article 1. The Border 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, maintenance, and operation of the Border
facilities shall be in all material respects as
described in the Application.
Article 2. The standards for and the manner of
construction, maintenance, and operation of the Border
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 Border facilities.
Article 3. The permittee shall comply with all
applicable Federal laws and regulations regarding the
construction, maintenance, and operation of the Border
facilities.
Article 4. (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, maintenance, and
operation of the Border facilities. Mitigation measures
are those that avoid, minimize, or compensate for
adverse impacts.
(2) The permittee shall hold harmless and indemnify
the United States for any claimed or adjudged liability
arising out of construction, maintenance, and operation
of the Border facilities, including environmental
contamination from the release, threatened release, or
discharge of hazardous substances or hazardous waste.
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(3) 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.
Article 5. The permittee shall immediately notify the
President or his designee of any decision to transfer
custody and control of the Border facilities or any
part thereof to any executive department or agency
(agency) of the United States Government. Said notice
shall identify the transferee agency 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 Border 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 Border
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
the President's discretion, determines are appropriate
and necessary for inclusion in the permit, to be
effective on the date of transfer.
Article 6. 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 Border 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 7. To the extent authorized by law, and
consistent with any Donation Acceptance Agreements
(DAAs) already executed with the permittee under the
Donation Acceptance Authority found in 6 U.S.C. 301a
and section 559 of title V of division F of the
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2014 (Public Law 113-
76), as amended, as continued by 6 U.S.C. 301b, the
permittee shall provide to the Commissioner of U.S.
Customs and Border Protection (Commissioner) of the
Department of Homeland Security and the heads of any
other relevant agencies, at no cost to the United
States, suitable inspection facilities, infrastructure
improvements, equipment, and maintenance, as set forth
in the DAAs. Nothing in this permit obligates such
agencies to provide a particular level of services or
staffing for such inspection facilities or for any
other aspect of the port of entry associated with the
Border facilities.
Article 8. Before beginning design activities, the
permittee shall fulfill requirements associated with
the following conditions, as refined by the relevant
agencies below and as consistent with applicable law:
(1) Provide a plan for the approval of the
Commissioner detailing how the permittee will fund and
deliver the Border facilities, staffing, vehicles, out
year refresh cost and data sharing necessary for U.S.
Customs and Border Protection to implement a design-
appropriate inspections procedure and sustain it
thereafter;
(2) Provide a plan for the approval of the
Administrator of General Services (Administrator) and
the Commissioner detailing how the permittee will fund
the necessary operations and maintenance costs for the
Border facilities upon commencement of operations and
thereafter;
(3) Provide a plan for the approval of the
Administrator and the Commissioner detailing how the
permittee will fund construction, outfitting
(furniture, fixtures, and equipment to include
information technology and necessary inspection
technologies), technology integration, and outyear
refresh of said program elements for the Border
facilities detailed in their Application; and
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(4) Provide a plan for, and to the satisfaction of,
the Secretary of Transportation detailing the
permittee's design, deployment, operation, and related
topics to enable the Department of Transportation to
determine the regulatory framework that will govern the
permittee's operations, as well as how the permittee
will ensure the necessary funding for appropriate
Department of Transportation inspection facilities and
staffing.
Relevant agencies will coordinate with the permittee to
further refine the above conditions, as necessary,
within 1 year of permit issuance.
Article 9. 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 10. The permittee shall not initiate
construction until the Department of State has provided
notification to the permittee that the Department of
State 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 the
time as such construction is completed, interrupted, or
discontinued, and at other times as may be requested by
the President.
Article 11. Upon request, the permittee shall provide
appropriate information to the President or his
designee with regard to the Border 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 Border facilities.
Article 12. The permittee shall file any applicable
statements and reports required by applicable Federal
law in connection with the Border facilities.
Article 13. The permittee shall make no substantial
change inconsistent with the Application to the Border
facilities, in the location of the Border 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 Green Corridors Intelligent
Freight Transportation System 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 Border facilities in accordance with
applicable authorities. This permit shall continue in
full force and effect for only so long as the permittee
continues the operations hereby authorized.
Article 14. This permit shall expire 5 years from the
date of its issuance if the permittee has not commenced
construction of the Border facilities by that date.
Article 15. 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.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this
ninth day of June, in the year of our Lord two thousand
twenty-five, and of the Independence of the United
States of America the two hundred and forty-ninth.
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[FR Doc. 2025-11354
Filed 6-17-25; 11:15 am]
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