[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, 
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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.
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