[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 186 (Tuesday, September 24, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 50004]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-24427]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Navy


Notice of Intent To Prepare a Joint Environmental Impact 
Statement/Environmental Impact Report (EIS/EIR) for the Disposal and 
Proposed Reuse of Naval Station Treasure Island, San Francisco, CA

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 
California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Section 15170, the 
Department of the Navy, in coordination with the City and County of San 
Francisco, California, announces its intent to prepare a joint 
Environmental Impact Statement/Environmental Impact Report (EIS/EIR) 
for the disposal and proposed reuse of the Naval Station Treasure 
Island (NSTI) property and structures located in the City and County of 
San Francisco, California. The Navy will be the lead agency for NEPA 
documentation and the City and County of San Francisco will be the lead 
agency for CEQA documentation. The Defense Base Closure and Realignment 
Act (Public Law 101-510) of 1990, as implemented by the base closure 
process of 1993, directed the Navy to close NSTI. NSTI is scheduled for 
closure in September, 1997.
    NSTI is located in the San Francisco Bay between the cities of 
Oakland and San Francisco within the boundaries of the City and County 
of San Francisco. NSTI occupies about 403 acres on Treasure Island, 
with about 150 military buildings, 908 family housing units, and nine 
barrack-style housing facilities. NSTI also occupies approximately 115 
acres on Yerba Buena Island, with approximately 10 military buildings 
and 105 housing units. Yerba Buena Island is bisected by the San 
Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge.
    The EIS/EIR will address Navy disposal of the property, including a 
Navy ``no action'' alternative, and the potential environmental impacts 
resulting from community reuse development proposed in the Naval 
Station Treasure Island Reuse Plan prepared by the City and County of 
San Francisco. The reuse plan's Land Use Plan, dated July 1996, will 
serve as the basis for the EIS/EIR reuse alternatives. Three community 
reuse alternatives are expected to be evaluated in the EIS/EIR: the 
Maximum Density Alternative, Reduced Density Alternative, and 
Residential Neighborhood Alternative. The Navy ``no action'' 
alternative will evaluate NSTI as closed but remaining in federal 
caretaker status.
    The Maximum Density Alternative includes publicly oriented uses 
such as a theme park, sports field, film production center, hotels, 
museum, and conference center. It also includes institutional uses, 
educational and child care facilities, a fire fighting training school, 
community services, recreational facilities, public open space along 
the Treasure Island shoreline and Yerba Buena western hillside, and up 
to 2,800 residential units. The Reduced Density Alternative includes 
the publicly oriented, institutional uses, and recreational facilities 
identified above, as well as the public open space along the Treasure 
Island shoreline and Yerba Buena western hillside. There would be no 
housing development on Treasure Island under this alternative. Up to 
300 housing units would be located on Yerba Buena Island. The 
Residential Neighborhood Alternative focuses on the creation of new 
housing opportunities at NSTI, with up to 5,000 dwelling units located 
on Treasure Island, and an additional 235 units located on Yerba Buena 
Island. It includes publicly oriented uses such as a film production 
center and a small hotel, as well as institutional uses, educational 
and child care facilities, recreational facilities, and public open 
space along the Treasure Island shoreline and Yerba Buena western 
hillside.

ADDRESSES: Federal, state and local agencies, and interested 
individuals are encouraged to participate in the scoping process to 
assist the Navy in determining the range of issues and reuse 
alternatives to be addressed. A public scoping meeting to receive oral 
and written comments will be held on Wednesday, October 9, 1996, at 
7:00 p.m., in the Port Commission Room, Third Floor, Suite 3100, Ferry 
Building, San Francisco, California. Navy and City and County of San 
Francisco representatives will briefly summarize the community reuse 
planning process, the environmental impact analysis processes, and will 
then solicit public comments. In the interest of allowing everyone a 
chance to participate, each speaker will be requested to limit oral 
comments to five minutes. Longer comments should be summarized at the 
public meeting and/or mailed to the address listed at the end of this 
announcement.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: All written comments must be submitted 
within 30 days of the published date of this notice to Ms. Mary Doyle 
(Code 185), Engineering Field Activity West, Naval Facilities 
Engineering Command, 900 Commodore Drive, San Bruno, California 94066-
5006, telephone (415) 244-3024, fax (415) 244-3737. For information 
concerning the EIR, please contact the City and County of San 
Francisco, Planning Department, Ms. Carol Roos, telephone (415) 558-
6378, or fax (415) 558-6426. For further information regarding the 
Naval Station Treasure Island Reuse Plan, please contact Ms. Alison 
Kendall, City and County of San Francisco, Planning Department, 
telephone (415) 558-6290, or fax (415) 558-6426.

    Dated: September 19, 1996.
D.E. Koenig,
LCDR, JAGC, USN, Federal Register Liaison Officer.
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