[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 21 (Tuesday, February 1, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-2219]


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[Federal Register: February 1, 1994]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Navy

 

Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for 
Realignment of Marine Corps Air Station, Camp Pendleton, CA

    Pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act as implemented by 
the Council on Environmental Quality regulations (40 CFR parts 1500-
1508), the U.S. Marine Corps intends to prepare an Environmental Impact 
Statement (EIS) to evaluate the environmental effects of the 
realignment of Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Camp Pendleton. This 
action is being conducted in accordance with the Defense Base Closure 
and Realignment Act of 1990, and the specific 1993 base closure and 
realignment decisions approved by the Congress in September 1993. The 
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Federal Aviation Administration, and 
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers have been requested to be cooperating 
agencies in the preparation of this EIS.
    The proposed action involves the relocation of about 48 aircraft, 
700 personnel, and associated functions from MCAS El Toro and MCAS 
Tustin, both of which are to be closed by July 10, 1999. Several 
military construction projects are required to upgrade existing 
facilities and construct new facilities to support the change of 
mission at MCAS Camp Pendleton, including aircraft maintenance 
facilities, bachelor quarters, a gymnasium, a warehouse, and special 
storage, training, and administration facilities.
    Alternatives to be addressed in the EIS will focus on means of 
meeting MCAS Camp Pendleton realignment requirements, including 
alternative construction site locations and alternative training 
scenarios.
    Major environmental issues that will be addressed in the EIS 
include air quality, air space useage, noise, traffic, utilities, 
endangered species, cultural resources, and community services and 
utilities.
    The Marine Corps will initiate a scoping process for the purpose of 
determining the extent of issues to be addressed and identifying the 
significant issues related to this action. The Marine Corps will hold a 
public scoping meeting on February 17, 1994, beginning at 7 p.m., at 
the Oceanside Senior Center, 455 Country Club Lane, Oceanside, 
California. This meeting will be advertised in area newspapers.
    A brief presentation will precede request for public comment. 
Marine Corps representatives will be available at this meeting to 
receive comments from the public regarding issues of concern to the 
public. It is important that federal, state, and local agencies and 
interested individuals take this opportunity to identify environmental 
concerns that should be addressed during the preparation of the EIS. In 
the interest of available time, each speaker will be asked to limit 
their oral comments to five minutes.
    Agencies and the public are also invited and encouraged to provide 
written comment on scoping issues in addition to, or in lieu of, oral 
comments at the public meeting. To be most helpful, scoping comments 
should clearly describe specific issues or topics which the commenter 
believes the EIS should address. Written statements and or questions 
regarding the scoping process should be mailed to: Commanding Officer, 
Southwest Division, Naval Facilities Engineering Command, 1220 Pacific 
Coast Highway, San Diego, CA 92132-5187, (Attn: Ms. Timarie Seneca, 
Code 09A2), phone number (619) 532-3780. All comments must be received 
no later than March 2, 1994.

    By direction of the Commandant of the Marine Corps.

    Dated: January 27, 1994.
R.W. Watkins,
Colonel, USMC, Head, Land Use and Military Construction Branch, 
Facilities and Services Division, Installations and Logistics 
Department.
    Dated: January 27, 1994.

Michael P. Rummel,
LCDR, JAGC, USN, Federal Register Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 94-2219 Filed 1-31-94; 8:45 am]
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