[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 207 (Thursday, October 24, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55135-55136]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-27277]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Navy, DoD
Notice of Public Hearing for the Joint Draft Environmental Impact
Statement/Environmental Impact Report (EIS/EIR) for Disposal and
Proposed Reuse of the Naval Medical Center Oakland, Oakland, 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 of Oakland,
California, has prepared and filed with the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency a joint Draft Environmental Impact Statement/
Environmental Impact Report (EIS/EIR) for disposal and proposed reuse
of the former Naval Medical Center Oakland (NMCO) property and
structures in Oakland, California. The Navy is the lead agency for NEPA
documentation and the City of Oakland is the lead agency for CEQA
documentation. The Draft EIS/EIR is being prepared in compliance with
the 1993 Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) directive from Congress to
close NMCO. NMCO property will be disposed of in accordance with the
provisions of the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act (Pub. L.
101-510) of 1990 as amended, and applicable federal property disposal
regulations. NMCO closed on September 30, 1996.
The Draft EIS/EIR assesses the potential impacts to the environment
that may result from Navy disposal of the NMCO property and subsequent
community reuse. The Oakland Base Reuse Authority (OBRA) has adopted a
Final Reuse Plan for the NMCO property. The NMCO Reuse Plan was adopted
in June 1996 and published for distribution in August 1996. The
preferred reuse alternative described in the Draft EIS/EIR as the
Maximum Capacity alternative proposes development of an executive 9-
hole golf course combined with residential development, mixed
corporate, commercial and residential uses, open space, and active
recreation.
In addition to the preferred alternative, the other alternatives
analyzed in the Draft EIS/EIR include: (1) A Mixed Use Village
alternative that would include a mixed use zone, areas for a research
and development facility, cultural/meeting facilities, neighborhood
retail development, residential development, open space, and active
recreation; (2) a Single Use Campus alternative that would include an
educational campus, neighborhood retail development, open space, and
active recreation; and (3) a Residential alternative that would include
either low-density or high-density housing units, combined with
neighborhood retail development, open space, and active recreation; and
(4) a ``No Action'' alternative that would result in the NMCO property
remaining in federal ownership in a caretaker status.
The Draft EIS/EIR is available for Review at the following public
libraries in the vicinity of NMCO: (1) Oakland-Eastmont Mall Branch
Library, 175 Eastmont Mall, 2nd Floor, Oakland, CA; (2) Oakland-
Montclair Branch Library, 1687 Mountain Blvd., Oakland, CA; (3) Oakland
Main Library, 125 14th Street, Oakland, CA; and (4) San Leandro Main
Library, 300 Estudillo Ave., San Leandro, CA.
ADDRESSES: The Navy will conduct a public hearing on Wednesday,
November 13, 1996, at 6:30 p.m., in the Hearing Room 2, City Hall, One
City Hall Plaza, Oakland, California, to inform the public of the Draft
EIS/EIR findings and to solicit comments. Federal, state and local
agencies, and interested individuals 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 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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: All written comments must be submitted
no later than November 27, 1996 to Mr. Gary J. Munekawa (Code 185GM),
Engineering Field Activity West, Naval Facilities Engineering Command,
900
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Commodore Drive, San Bruno, California 94066-5006, telephone (415) 244-
3022, fax (415) 244-3737. For information concerning the EIR, please
contact Ms. Anu Raud, City of Oakland, Community and Economic
Development Agency, telephone (415) 238-6346, or fax (510) 238-4730.
For further information regarding the Oakland Base Reuse Planning
Process, please contact Mr. Mel Blair, City of Oakland Base Reuse
Authority, telephone (510) 238-6908, or fax (510) 238-2936.
Dated: October 21, 1996.
M.A. Waters,
LCDR, JAGC, USN, Alternate Federal Register Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 96-27277 Filed 10-23-96; 8:45 am]
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