[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 66 (Thursday, April 4, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15057-15058]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-8289]



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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Navy


Notice of Public Hearing for the Draft Programmatic Environmental 
Impact Statement for Facilities Development Necessary to Support 
Potential Aircraft Carrier Homeporting at Naval Station Mayport, 
Florida

SUMMARY: 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 Programmatic Environmental 
Impact Statement (DPEIS) for the evaluation of Facilities Development 
Necessary to Support Potential Aircraft Carrier Homeporting at Naval 
Station (NAVSTA) Mayport, Florida. The DPEIS has been distributed to 
various federal, state and local agencies, elected officers, special 
interest groups, and the public. It also is on file and available for 
review at the Jacksonville Public Library, Main Branch; Beaches Library 
in Neptune Beach; and Regency Square Library in Jacksonville.
    The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1993 (Public 
Law 102-484, Section 1011) requires that the Navy prepare a plan for 
developing NAVSTA Mayport as a Nimitz-class aircraft carrier (CVN) 
homeport. The DPEIS documents issues concerning the feasibility of and 
the impacts associated with the possible future homeporting of a CVN at 
NAVSTA Mayport. Studies have indicated that homeporting a CVN at NAVSTA 
Mayport will require carrier-wharf improvements, utilities and 
maintenance facilities upgrade, and dredging of the turning basin and 
entrance channel to -50 feet below mean lower low water.
    If, in the future, the Navy proposes to homeport a CVN at NAVSTA 
Mayport, additional NEPA documentation will be prepared to tier from 
this DPEIS. That documentation will identify issues specific to the 
proposed action and analyze their impacts within the appropriate time-
frame.

ADDRESSES: The Navy will conduct a public hearing on Wednesday, April 
24, 1996, beginning at 7:00 p.m. at the Fletcher Senior High School 
Auditorium, 700 Seagate Avenue, Neptune Beach, Florida, to inform the 
public of the DPEIS findings and to solicit comments. Federal, state 
and local agencies, and interested parties are invited to be present or 
represented at the hearing. Oral comments will be heard and transcribed 
by a stenographer. To assure accuracy of the

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record, all comments should be submitted in writing. All comments, both 
oral and written, will become part of the public record in the study. 
In the interest of available time, each speaker will be asked to limit 
oral comments to five minutes. Longer comments should be summarized at 
the public hearing and submitted in writing either at the hearing or 
mailed to the address listed below. Written comments must be received 
by May 13, 1996, to become part of the official record. Additional 
information concerning this notice may be obtained by contacting: Mr. 
Ronnie Lattimore (Code 064RL), Southern Division, Naval Facilities 
Engineering Command, P.O. Box 190010, North Charleston, South Carolina 
29419-9010, telephone (803) 820-5888.

    Dated: April 1, 1996.
M.A. Waters,
LCDR, JAGC, USN, Federal Register Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 96-8289 Filed 4-3-96; 8:45 am]
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