[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 202 (Thursday, October 19, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 54065]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-25884]



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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Navy


Public Hearings for Draft Environmental Impact Statement on 
Realignment of Naval Air Station Miramar, California

    Pursuant to Council on Environmental Quality regulations (40 CFR 
Parts 1500-1508) implementing procedural provisions of the National 
Environmental Policy Act, the Marine Corps has prepared and filed with 
the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency the Draft Environmental Impact 
Statement (DEIS) for realignment of Naval Air Station (NAS) Miramar, 
California.
    As discussed in the notice published in the Federal Register on 
September 20, 1995, a public hearing to inform the public of the DEIS 
findings and to solicit comments will be held on October 18, 1995, 
beginning at 6 pm, in the Tierrasanta Elementary School Auditorium, 
located at 5450 La Quenta Drive, San Diego, California. A second public 
hearing will be held on October 26, 1995, beginning at 6 pm, in the 
auditorium in Building 603, located on the corner of Raven Road and 
Comet Way on NAS Miramar.
    The public hearings will be conducted by the Marine Corps. Federal, 
state, and local agencies and interested parties are invited and urged 
to be present or represented at the hearings. 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. If longer statements are to 
be presented, they should be summarized at the public hearing and 
submitted in writing either at the hearings or mailed to the address 
listed at the end of this announcement. The comment period on the DEIS 
has been extended one week, all written statements must be postmarked 
by November 6, 1995, to become part of the official record.
    The DEIS has been distributed to various Federal, State, and local 
agencies, elected officials, and civic associations and groups. A 
limited number of single copies are available at the address listed at 
the end of this notice.
    In accordance with the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 
1990 and the specific base closure and realignment decisions approved 
by the president and accepted by Congress in September 1995, the 
proposed action is the realignment or conversion of NAS Miramar to 
Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Miramar. The proposed action relocates 
aircraft and associated assets from MCAS Tustin and MCAS El Toro, which 
are closing, to NAS Miramar. Alternatives considered in the DEIS 
include: no action, relocation of aircraft and assets to other air 
stations that meet operational requirements, and relocation of aircraft 
and assets to NAS Miramar. Alternative configurations of facilities at 
NAS Miramar were also evaluated. The proposed action will have impacts 
on noise, endangered species, and air quality.
    Additional information concerning this notice may be obtained by 
contacting LtCol George Martin or Mr. Bruce Shaffer, Base Closure and 
Realignment Office, Marine Corps Air Station El Toro, Santa Ana, CA 
92709, telephone (714) 726-2338.

    Dated: October 13, 1995.

    By direction of the Commandant of the Marine Corps
Kim Weirick,
Assistant Head, Land Use and Military Construction Branch, Facilities 
and Services Division, Installations and Logistics Department.
[FR Doc. 95-25884 Filed 10-18-95; 8:45 am]
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