[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 76 (Thursday, April 18, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 16924]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-9534]



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GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION


Notice of Availability FEIS

    The General Services Administration (GSA) announces the release of 
the Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS), for the siting and 
proposed construction of a new Courthouse Annex in the Central Business 
Area (CBA) of Savannah, Georgia. The 30-day comment period for the FEIS 
closes Monday, May 20, 1996.
    The EIS has examined the impacts of constructing an Annex to the 
Courthouse in the Savannah CBA. This includes impacts to historic and 
cultural resources, traffic and parking, and socioeconomics (including 
the impacts on local businesses and neighborhoods). The EIS examined 
ways to mitigate unavoidable adverse impacts of the proposed action. 
Concurrent with implementation of the National Environmental Policy Act 
requirements, GSA has also implemented its consultation requirements 
under Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act, regarding 
the impacts to historic properties as a result of undertaking the 
proposed action. GSA is very much aware of the potential for adverse 
affects on the National Historic Landmark District as a result of the 
proposed action, and has made every effort to identify and take into 
account such affects while planning this project.
    The New Courthouse will house approximately 250 employees in a 
165,000 occupiable square feet structure that will meet the 10-year and 
30-year space requirements of the U.S. Courts. The project will contain 
five courtrooms, and office space for Court-related agencies, as well 
as space for GSA. After an exhaustive process of site identification 
and site screening, three potential sites and four configurations were 
considered technically feasible and analyzed in the EIS as follows:
     1. ``No Action,'' that is, undertake no new construction.

    Dated: April 11, 1996.
Phil Youngberg,
Regional Environmental Officer, 4PT.

     2. Construction of a single building 80 feet tall on the 
sites of the current Juliet Gordon Low Buildings A&B including building 
over President Street. This is the GSA preferred alternative.
     3. Construction two buildings 133 feet high on the sites 
of the current Juliet Gordon Low Buildings A&B and not building over 
President street.
     4. Partial demolition and construction at the site of the 
Juliet Gordon Low Building currently housing the US Army Corps of 
Engineers.
     5. Construction north of the existing Courthouse on a 1.4 
acre parcel bounded by State, Bull, Broughton, and Whitaker Streets, 
leaving undisturbed the two buildings facing Bull Street, demolishing 
the remaining structures, and closing and building over Broughton Lane.
    Public comments on the FEIS should be communicated to GSA by May 20 
in writing at the following address with you and comments to: Mr. 
Philip Youngberg, Regional Environmental Officer--4PT, 401 West 
Peachtree Street, NW, Suite 3010, Atlanta, GA 30365-3010 or fax your 
comments to Mr. Youngberg at 404-331-4540. Comments should be received 
no later than May 20, 1996. GSA anticipates issuing a Record of 
Decision after the close of the 30-day comment period.

[FR Doc. 96-9534. Filed 4-17-96; 8:45 am]
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