[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 43 (Monday, March 6, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12207-12208]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-5370]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Notice of Public Hearing for the Draft Environmental Impact
Statement for Disposal and Reuse of the Former Naval Hospital;
Philadelphia, PA
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 disposal and reuse of the
former Naval Hospital at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
In accordance with legislative requirements in the 1990 Base
Closure and Realignment Act (Public Law 101-510) and the results of the
1988 Base Closure and Realignment Process, Naval Hospital Philadelphia
was directed to be closed and made available for reuse. The former
Naval Hospital Philadelphia is located in the southern portion of the
city of Philadelphia. The Base encompasses approximately 49 acres of
land and includes a total of 59 buildings and structures.
The proposed action addressed in the DEIS is the disposal and
subsequent redevelopment of lands/facilities determined surplus to the
needs of the Federal Government. A Community Reuse Plan was prepared by
the Mayor of Philadelphia's Commission on Defense Conversion, which
included representation of local groups and organizations from
throughout the region. The Preferred Redevelopment Plan proposes
demolition of existing structures on the former Naval Hospital property
and identifies areas to be redeveloped for a nursing home, development
of market-rate townhomes, and expansion of the adjacent FDR Park
including new parking area.
In the preparation of the Reuse Plan, consideration was given to
the possible reuse of the Property Base by other Federal, State, and
local agencies, homeless support organizations, business interests and
recreational users. Various reuse scenarios were developed by the
Commission, and a preferred Reuse Plan was identified and approved by
the Commission following public review and evaluation. The DEIS has
been prepared to address environmental consequences of implementing the
comprehensive Reuse Plan. Potential impacts addressed include, but are
not limited to, community services, traffic, air quality, water
quality, vegetation and wildlife, cultural resources, noise and land
use.
The DEIS has been distributed to various Federal, State, and local
agencies, elected officials, special interest groups, libraries and the
media. A limited number of single copies are available at the address
listed at the end of this notice.
The Department of the Navy will hold a public hearing to inform the
public of the DEIS findings and to solicit comments. The hearing will
be held at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, March 22, 1995, at the Holy Spirit
Church Hall, 1835 Hartranft Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Should
inclement weather preclude holding the public scoping meeting on this
date, the alternate date for the meeting will be Thursday, March 23,
1995 (meeting to be held at the same location). If there is any
question of meeting date in the event of inclement weather, contact the
person listed at the end of this notice for confirmation. The public
hearing will continue until 10:30 p.m. or until the conclusion of
public comments. The public hearing will be conducted by the Navy.
Federal, State, and local agencies and interested parties are invited
and urged to attend or be represented at the [[Page 12208]] hearings.
Oral statements will be heard and transcribed by a stenographer;
however, to assure the accuracy of the record, all statements should be
submitted in writing. All statements, both oral and written, will
become part of the public record and 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 remarks 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 Tuesday,
April 18, 1995, to become part of the official record.
Additional information concerning this notice may be obtained by
contacting the Commanding Officer, Northern Division, Naval Facilities
Engineering Command, 10 Industrial Highway, MSC 82, Lester, PA 19113
(Attn: Mrs. Tina Deininger, Code 202), telephone 610-595-0759.
Dated: March 1, 1995.
L.R. McNees,
LCDR, JAGC, USN, Federal Register Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 95-5370 Filed 3-3-95; 8:45 am]
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