[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 137 (Tuesday, July 19, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-17478]


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[Federal Register: July 19, 1994]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Navy

 

Notice of Public Hearing for the Draft Environmental Impact 
Statement for Base Realignment of Naval Air Station Lemoore, Lemoore, 
CA

    Pursuant to Council on Environmental Quality regulations (40 CFR 
Parts 1500-1508) implementing procedural provisions of the National 
Environmental Policy Act, the Department of the Navy has prepared and 
filed with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency the Draft 
Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for base realignment of Naval Air 
Station (NAS) Lemoore, Lemoore, California.
    In response to the recommendations of the 1993 Defense Base Closure 
and Realignment Commission (BRAC-93) and to legislative requirements of 
the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 (Public Law 101-
510), the U.S. Navy plans to relocate facilities and operations from 
NAS Miramar, San Diego, California, to NAS Lemoore, California. The 
relocation will consist of 56 F-14 aircraft, 16 E-2 aircraft, 12
F/A-18 aircraft, approximately 3993 military personnel, and 484 
civilians. The proposed BRAC relocation to NAS Lemoore will result in 
the construction of approximately 98 projects. These projects have been 
placed into the following twelve military construction categories: 
hangar rehabilitation, airfield operational facilities, airfield 
operational pavement, industrial support facilities, instruction 
facilities, training facilities, personnel support facilities, utility 
upgrades, community support facilities/housing, storage facilities, 
administrative facilities, and weapons facilities. In addition, the 
Navy is proposing to establish the Lemoore Military Operating Area 
(MOA) and two Air Traffic Control Assigned Areas (ATCAAs). The Lemoore 
MOA and the ATCAAs will become designated airspace for military 
training over the Central San Joaquin Valley. This airspace is 
necessary to accommodate the increase in air operations resulting from 
the relocation of squadrons to the base.
    The DEIS has been distributed to various federal, state, and local 
agencies, elected officials, special interest groups, and the media. A 
limited number of single copies are available at the address listed at 
the end of this notice for public review and comment. A public hearing 
to inform the public of the DEIS findings and to solicit comments will 
be held on August 4, 1994, beginning at 7:00 p.m. at the Lemoore High 
School, 101 East Bush Street, Lemoore, California.
    The public hearing will be conducted by the Navy. Federal, state, 
local agencies, interested groups, and individuals are invited and 
encouraged to be present or represented at the hearing. Oral statements 
will be heard and transcribed by a stenographer; however, to assure 
accuracy of the record, all statements should be submitted in writing. 
All statements, both oral and written, will become part of the public 
record on this study. Equal weight will be given to both oral and 
written statements.
    In the interest of available time, each speaker will be asked to 
limit their oral comments to five minutes. Longer statements should be 
summarized at the public hearing and submitted in writing either at the 
hearing or mailed to the address listed at the end of this 
announcement. All written statements must be postmarked by August 22, 
1994, to become part of the official record.
    Additional information concerning this notice may be obtained by 
contacting Mr. Surinder Sikand Code (Code 09F2SU), Western Division, 
Naval Facilities Engineering Command, 900 Commodore Drive, San Bruno, 
California 94066-2402, telephone (415) 244-3721.

    Dated: July 14, 1994.
Lewis T. Booker, Jr.,
LCDR, JAGC, USN, Federal Register Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 94-17478 Filed 7-18-94; 8:45 am]
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