[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 74 (Tuesday, April 16, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16639-16640]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-9298]



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GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

Public Buildings Service


San Francisco Federal Building, City of San Francisco, 
California; Notice of Availability, Draft Environmental Impact 
Statement/Environmental Impact Report

ACTION: Pursuant to the Council on Environmental Quality Regulations 
(40 Code of Federal Regulations 1500-1508) implementing procedural 
provisions of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), the U.S. 
General Services Administration (GSA) hereby gives notice that a joint 
Draft Environmental Impact Statement/Environment Impact Report (EIS/
EIR) for the construction of a new Federal Building within the City

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of San Francisco, California has been prepared and filed with the 
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The proposed project would 
include the construction of a new federal building with approximately 
675,000 gross square feet of building space and 161 onsite parking 
spaces. The building would be constructed by a lease purchase action on 
a site to be donated to GSA by the City of San Francisco. Two sites are 
being considered: a site of approximately 95,000 square feet which 
comprises half of the block bounded by Market Street to the northwest, 
Tenth Street to the northeast, Mission Street to the southeast, and 
Eleventh Street to the southwest; or a site of approximately 159,000 
square feet located in the southeast portion of the block bounded by 
Market Street on the northwest, Seventh Street on the northeast, 
Mission Street on the southeast, and Eighth Street on the southwest.

LEAD AGENCIES: For the purposes of NEPA, the lead agency is GSA; for 
the purposes of the California Environmental Quality Act, the co-lead 
agencies are the City and County of San Francisco, Department of City 
Planning, and the San Francisco Redevelopment Agency.
    Alternatives: The DRAFT EIS/EIR examines four alternatives 
including: (1) Construction of the Federal Building on a site located 
at Tenth and Market Streets, near the San Francisco Civic Center area; 
(2) construction of the federal building on a site located at Seventh 
and Mission Street, also near the San Francisco Civic Center area; (3) 
purchase of a building in the Central Business Area; (4) lease of a 
building in the Central Business Area; and (5) no action or continued 
use of the existing federally owned and leased space.
    Public Involvement: The Draft EIS/EIR, prepared by GSA addressing 
this action, is on file and may be obtained from: Ms. Joan Byrens, U.S. 
General Services Administration, Portfolio Management Division (9PT), 
450 Golden Gate Avenue, San Francisco, California 94102-3400, 
Telephone: (415) 522-3495. A limited number of copies of the Draft EIS/
EIR is available to fill single copy requests. Loan copies of the Draft 
EIS/EIR are available for review at the City of San Francisco Main 
Library and at the GSA Portfolio Management Office at the Philip Burton 
Federal Building, 450 Golden Gate Avenue (Third Floor), San Francisco. 
GSA encourages all interested parties to comment on the document. 
Written comments on the Draft EIS/EIR can be submitted until June 5, 
1996 to the address listed above.

    Dated: April 5, 1996.
Kenn N. Kojima,
Regional Administrator.
[FR Doc. 96-9298 Filed 4-15-96; 8:45 am]
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