[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 246 (Friday, December 20, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 67324]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-32374]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Navy


Notice of Extension of the Public Comment Period for the Draft 
Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for Reuse of Naval Station Puget 
Sound, Sand Point, Seattle, WA

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 
Department of the Navy has filed with the U.S. Environmental Protection 
Agency a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for proposed reuse 
of the former Naval Station Puget Sound, Sand Point property and 
structures in Seattle, Washington. The DEIS has been prepared in 
compliance with the 1991 Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) directive 
from Congress to close Naval Station Puget Sound, Sand Point. The 
property will be disposed of in accordance with the provisions of the 
Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act (Public Law 101-510) of 1990 
as amended, and applicable federal property disposal regulations. Naval 
Station Puget Sound, Sand Point closed on September 30, 1995.
    A Notice of Public Hearing for this DEIS was published in the 
Federal Register on November 8, 1996. A public hearing for the proposed 
project was held at Eckstein Middle School on December 2, 1996, and all 
written comments were to have been submitted no later than December 23, 
1996.

ADDRESSES: However, in response to requests from the public, the Navy 
will extend the public comment period for this DEIS for Reuse of Naval 
Station Puget Sound, Sand Point for an additional 25 days from December 
23, 1996 through January 17, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: All written comments must be submitted 
no later than January 17, 1997, to Ms. Kimberly Kler (Code 232KK), 
Engineering Field Activity Northwest, Naval Facilities Engineering 
Command, 19917 7th Avenue NE, Poulsbo, Washington 98370-7570; telephone 
(360) 396-0918; FAX (360) 396-0854.

    Dated; December 17, 1996.
D.E. Koenig
LCDR, JAGC, USN, Federal Register Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 96-32374 Filed 12-19-96; 8:45 am]
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