[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 55 (Friday, March 21, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 13602]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-7238]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Navy


Notice of Public Hearing for the Joint Draft Environmental Impact 
Statement/Environment Impact Report (EIS/EIR) for the Disposal and 
Proposed Reuse of the Fleet and Industrial Supply Center, 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) and the 
California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Section 15170, the 
Department of the Navy, in coordination with the Port of Oakland, has 
prepared and filed with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency a 
joint Draft Environmental Impact Statement/Environmental Impact Report 
(EIS/EIR) for the Navy disposal and Port of Oakland reuse of the Navy 
Fleet and Industrial Supply Center, Oakland (FISCO) property and 
structures in Oakland, California. The Navy will be the EIS lead agency 
for the NEPA documentation and the Port of Oakland will be the EIR lead 
agency for the CEQA documentation. The Federal Highway Administration 
is a cooperating agency for the EIS and the California Department of 
Transportation is a responsible agency for the EIR. FISCO is scheduled 
to close in September 1998 in compliance with the 1995 Base Realignment 
and Closure (BRAC) directive from Congress. The Draft EIS/EIR addresses 
the potential impacts to the environment that may result from the 
disposal of FISCO via special legislation (Public Law 104-106 Section 
2867) to the Port of Oakland.
    FISCO is within the planning jurisdiction of the Port of Oakland. 
The Port of Oakland Vision 2000 Program proposes development of ship, 
railroad, and truck freight handling facilities to meet the anticipated 
demand for transportation services in the San Francisco Bay area and 
northern California and an intermodal port of national and 
international commerce. The Vision 2000 Program also includes 
development of public waterfront access and marine habitat enhancement.
    The joint EIS/EIR provides a program level analysis supporting both 
the Navy NEPA requirements to describe potential environmental impacts 
associated with the property disposal at FISCO, and the Port of Oakland 
CEQA requirements to analyze environmental impacts of implementing the 
Vision 2000 Program.
    The Draft EIS/EIR evaluates a ``No Action'' alternative and four 
Port of Oakland reuse alternatives. The ``No Action'' alternative would 
result in the federal government indefinitely retaining ownership of 
the nonreversionary Navy property. Under the ``No Action'' alternative, 
the Navy would continue leasing the property to the Port of Oakland 
under the existing 50 year lease agreement allowed by Public Law 102-
484.
    The four reuse alternatives combine the common land use components 
of a railroad terminal, marine terminals, public waterfront access and 
marine habitat enhancement. As FISCO is within the Port of Oakland 
jurisdiction and is designated as a Port Priority use area in the April 
1996 San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission and the 
Metropolitan Transportation Commission Seaport Plan Update, these four 
alternatives emphasize port-related activities. The Port of Oakland 
Vision 2000 Program may require additional property outside the FISCO 
boundary in order to meet the objectives of the Program.

ADDRESSES: The Draft EIS/EIR is available for review at the following 
public libraries in the vicinity of FISCO: (1) West Oakland Public 
Library, 1801 Adeline Street, Oakland, CA; (2) Oakland Main Library, 
125 14th Street, Oakland, CA; and (3) Alameda Main Library, 2264 Santa 
Clara Avenue, Alameda, CA. The Navy will conduct a public hearing on 
Tuesday, April 8, 1997, at 7:00 p.m., in the West Oakland Library, 1801 
Adeline Street, Oakland, California. 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 concerning the 
Draft EIS/EIR must be submitted no later than April 22, 1997 to Mr. 
Gary J. Munekawa (Code 1852GM), Engineering Field Activity West, Naval 
Facilities Engineering Command, 900 Commodore Drive, San Bruno, 
California 94066-5006, telephone (415) 244-3022, fax (415) 244-3737. 
For information regarding the Port of Oakland Vision 2000 Program or 
the Draft EIR, please contact Ms. Loretta Meyer, Port of Oakland, 
Environmental Assessment Section, 530 Water Street, Oakland, California 
94607, telephone (510) 272-1181, or fax (510) 465-3755. A limited 
number of additional Draft EIS/EIR documents are available on request.

    Dated: March 18, 1997.
D.E. Koenig,
LCDR, JAGC, USN, Federal Register Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 97-7238 Filed 3-20-97; 8:45 am]
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