[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.
[FR Doc. 96-24427 Filed 9-23-96; 8:45 am]
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