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[FR Doc No: 94-14400]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Navy

 

Intent To Reopen Scoping for an Environmental Impact Statement 
for Proposed Facilities for Homeporting Up to Three Future Replacement 
Nimitz-Class Aircraft Carriers at Naval Air Station, North Island, San 
Diego, CA

    Pursuant to Section 102(2)(c) of the National Environmental Policy 
Act of 1969 as implemented by the Council on Environmental Quality 
regulations (40 CFR parts 1500-1508), the Department of the Navy 
announces its intent to reopen scoping for an Environmental Impact 
Statement (EIS) for homeporting up to three future replacement NIMITZ-
class aircraft carriers at Naval Air Station (NAS), North Island, San 
Diego, California.
    Dredging requirements for the proposed project have changed since 
the Notice of Intent (NOI) and Public Scoping Meeting of August 17, 
1993, held in Coronado, California. In August 1993, the scope of the 
EIS was identified to include dredging the pier areas, the turning 
basin, and its approach. The purpose of this notice is to identify that 
the scope of the EIS will include dredging the San Diego Bay channel to 
a depth greater than the existing -42 feet Mean Lower Low Water (MLLW).
    NIMITZ-class aircraft carriers are heavier and draw a deeper draft 
than the aircraft carriers currently homeported at Naval Air Station 
(NAS) North Island; therefore, to meet operational considerations, the 
San Diego Bay channel needs to be dredged to a depth greater than the 
existing maintained depth of -42 feet MLLW. This requirement is in 
addition to the dredging identified in the two previous public notices 
of August 1993 and March 1994.
    The maximum dredge depths being considered are -50 feet MLLW for 
the channel between NAS North Island and Ballast Point and -55 feet 
MLLW for the channel south of Ballast Point. The supporting technical 
information for dredging the San Diego Bay channel, including dredge 
depths, will be included in the EIS being prepared for this project.
    In providing an opportunity to comment on this change in scope, the 
anticipated time for having a Draft EIS available for your review and 
comment is early October 1994 instead of July 1994.
    For more information regarding this project, please call NAS North 
Island Public Affairs Officer at (619) 545-8167. Please submit written 
comments regarding this notice no later than July 18, 1994, to: 
Commanding Officer, NAS North Island (Code 00B), P.O. Box 357033, San 
Diego, CA 92135-7033.

    Dated: June 9, 1994.
Lewis T. Booker, Jr.,
LCDR, JAGC, USN, Federal Register Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 94-14400 Filed 6-13-94; 8:45 am]
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