[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 178 (Monday, September 15, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 48261]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-24393]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Navy
Notice of Public Hearing for the Draft Environmental Impact
Statement/Environmental Impact Report for the Disposal and Reuse of
Certain Real Properties at Naval Training Center, San Diego, CA
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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Council on Environmental Quality regulations
(40 CFR Parts 1500-1508) implementing the procedural provisions of the
National Environmental Policy Act, and pursuant to the California
Environmental Quality Act (California Public Resources Code Section
21000, et seq.), the Department of the Navy and the City of San Diego
have prepared and filed with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency a
joint Draft Environmental Impact Statement/Environmental Impact Report
(DEIS/EIR) for the disposal and reuse of certain real properties at
Naval Training Center (NTC), San Diego, California.
A Notice of Intent (NOI) for the DEIS/EIR was published in the
Federal Register on 15 May 1996. A public scoping meeting for the
proposed project was held on 11 June 1996 at Naval Training Center, San
Diego, California.
Under the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990, the
1993 Defense Base Closure and Realignment commission recommended that
NTC San Diego be closed as part of the nationwide military force
reduction. The proposed federal action involves the disposal of land,
buildings, and infrastructure of NTC San Diego for subsequent reuse.
Since 1993, when the federal Base Closure and Realignment process
directed closure of NTC San Diego, the City of San Diego and the NTC
Reuse Planning Committee have been involved in a process to determine
how the military base could be used. The Department of the Navy
recognizes the San Diego City Council as the local reuse authority.
The environmental effects of five conceptual land use development
alternatives (reuse alternatives) and the No-Action Alternative have
been evaluated in the DEIS/EIR. Each of the alternatives evaluates
proposed uses for approximately 429 acres of NTC San Diego considered
``surplus'' and subject to the disposal and reuse action. Proposed land
uses include: residential; educational (reuse of and new classroom and
laboratory facilities); active and passive recreational open space
(e.g., trail and open space along the existing boat channel, park land,
and reuse of the golf course); and retail and cultural uses, galleries,
and exhibit space in the historic core of the site. Other alternative
land uses being considered include airport expansion, hotel
development, and a public safety institute.
No decision on the proposed action will be made until the National
Environmental Policy Act process has been completed.
The DEIS/EIR has been distributed to various federal, state, and
local agencies, local groups, elected officials, special interest
groups, and individuals. The DEIS/EIR is available for review at the
following libraries:
--City of San Diego Central Library, 820 E Street, San Diego, CA 92101
--City of San Diego Public Library, Ocean Beach Branch, 4801 Santa
Monica Ave., San Diego, CA 92107
--City of San Diego Public Library, Point Loma Branch, 2130 Poinsettia
Dr., San Diego, CA 92107
--Pacific Beach Public Library, 4275 Cass Street, San Diego, CA 92109.
ADDRESSES: The Navy will conduct a public hearing on Tuesday, September
30, 1997, at 7:00 p.m., at the Naval Training Support Center, Building
623, Naval Training Center, San Diego, 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: Please provide your written comments
by October 14, 1997 to Mr. Robert Montana, Southwest Division, Naval
Facilities Engineering Command, 1420 Kettner Boulevard, Suite 501, San
Diego, California 92101-2040, telephone (619) 532-2004 ext. 43, fax
(619) 532-2075; or Mr. Scott Vurbeff, City of San Diego, 202 C Street,
San Diego, California 92101, telephone (619) 236-6947, fax (619) 236-
6620.
Dated: September 10, 1997.
Michael D. Sutton,
LCDR, JAGC, USN, Federal Register Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 97-24393 Filed 9-12-97; 8:45 am]
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