[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 92 (Friday, May 12, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25696-25697]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-11753]



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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Public Hearing for the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for 
Development of Facilities in San Diego to Support the Homeporting of 
One Nimitz Class Aircraft Carrier

    Pursuant to section 102(2)(c) of the National Environmental Policy 
Act (NEPA) of 1969 as implemented by the Council on Environmental 
Quality regulations (40 CFR parts 1500-1508), the Department of the 
Navy has prepared and filed with the U.S. Environmental Protection 
Agency a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) to comply with the 
1993 Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC III) directive from Congress to 
relocate ships currently homeported at Naval Air Station Alameda to 
fleet concentrations in San Deigo and the Pacific Northwest. Affected 
ships include two NIMITZ class aircraft carriers, (CVNs), one of which 
will be realigned to San Diego and is the subject of the EIS.
    A Notice of Intent (NOI) for this EIS was published in the Federal 
Register on July 27, 1993. A public scooping meeting for the proposed 
project was held on August 17, 1993, in Coronado, California. Due to 
revisions in the proposed action and new technical information, an NOI, 
which superseded all previous notices, was published in the Federal 
Register on December 28, 1994.
    Pursuant to BRAC, the EIS will assess the potential environmental 
impacts [[Page 25697]] associated with the construction and operation 
of those facilities and infrastructure necessary to support the CVN and 
preserve the existing capability to accommodate one transient CVN. 
Homeporting a CVN will require dredging of the berthing areas and the 
San Diego Bay channel, a new berthing wharf involving bay fill, 
construction of new propulsion plant and ship maintenance facilities, 
and expanded utilities.
    The EIS describes and evaluates potential homeport sites in San 
Diego Bay, three alternative berthing arrangements, dredge material 
disposal alternatives, and the ``no action'' alternative as required by 
NEPA. The EIS analyzes potential project specific impacts associated 
with a number of projects proposed for implementation during the next 
five years at Naval Air Station, North Island. No decision on the 
proposed action will be made until the NEPA process has been completed 
and the Navy releases a Record of Decision.
    The EIS is available for review at the Coronado Public Library, 640 
Orange Avenue, Coronado, California; San Diego Public Library, Science 
and Industry Section, 820 E Street, San Diego, California; Chula Vista 
Public Library, 365 F Street, Chula Vista, California; Imperial Beach 
Public Library, 810 Imperial Beach Boulevard, Imperial Beach, 
California; National City Public Library, 200 East 12th Street, 
National City, California; Encinitas Public Library, 540 Cornish Drive, 
Encinitas, California; and the Oceanside Public Library, 330 North Hill 
Street, Oceanside, California. All interested parties are invited to 
submit comments on the proposed action to the address listed at the end 
of this notice no later than June 26, 1995, to become part of the 
official record.
    A public hearing to inform the public of the DEIS findings and to 
solicit comments will be held on Wednesday, June 7, 1995, beginning at 
7 p.m., in the Coronado High School Auditorium, 650 D Avenue, Coronado, 
California.
    Federal, state and local agencies, and interested parties are 
invited and urged to be present or be represented at the hearing. Oral 
statements will be heard and transcribed by a stenographer; however, to 
ensure accuracy of the record, all statements should be submitted in 
writing. All statements, both oral and written, will become part of the 
public record for the study. Equal weight will be given to both oral 
and written statements.
    The EIS point of contract for receiving comments is: Commanding 
Officer, Southwest Division, Naval Facilities Engineering Command 
(Attention: Mr. Bob Hexom, Code 232RH), 1220 Pacific Highway, San 
Diego, California 92132-5190.

    Dated: May 9, 1995.
M.D. Schetzsle,
LT, JAGC, USNR, Alternative Federal Register Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 95-11753 Filed 5-10-95; 8:45 am]
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