[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 195 (Tuesday, October 10, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 52712]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-25176]



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POSTAL SERVICE


Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Report/Environmental 
Impact Statement: Rincon Hill Sports and Entertainment Center, San 
Francisco, California

AGENCY: Postal Service.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: To comply with requirements of the National Environmental 
Policy Act (NEPA) and the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), 
the Postal Service intends to prepare a joint environmental impact 
report/environmental impact statement (EIR/EIS) for the proposed Rincon 
Hill Sports and Entertainment Center in San Francisco, California. The 
public is invited to participate in the project scoping process, to 
review and comment on the draft EIR/EIS, and to attend public meetings.

DATES: The public is invited to attend a scoping meeting scheduled for 
7 p.m. on October 24, 1995, at the San Francisco Marriott, 55 Fourth 
Street, San Francisco, California.

ADDRESSES: Mail or deliver written comments to the Real Estate 
Specialist, Realty Asset Management, Facilities Service Office, U.S. 
Postal Service, 850 Cherry Avenue, San Bruno, CA 94099-0300.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David Klement, (415) 794-6343.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A 21,000-seat sports arena with 450,000 
square feet of associated entertainment and retail facilities is 
proposed at 101 and 201 Folsom Street in the Rincon Hill area of San 
Francisco, California. The proposed project would be developed by a 
private firm on real properties owned in part by the Postal Service. 
The proposed project would be considered a joint development and use. 
In addition to NEPA, 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq. (1988), the proposed action 
would be subject to the requirements of CEQA, Cal. Health & Safety Code 
25570 (West 1992). As a result, a joint EIR/EIS will be prepared to 
satisfy the requirements of both NEPA and CEQA.
    As required by NEPA, 42 U.S.C. 4332(C)(iii), the EIR/EIS will 
evaluate alternatives to the proposed action. Potential alternatives 
that will be explored in the document include a no-action alternative, 
an arena with reduced retail, and no arena with a zoning change 
(residential and commercial). Off-site alternatives will also be 
examined.
Stanley F. Mires,
Chief Counsel, Legislative.
[FR Doc. 95-25176 Filed 10-6-95; 8:45 am]
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