[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 225 (Friday, November 21, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 62293]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-30672]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Navy


Notice of Public Hearing for the Joint Draft Environmental Impact 
Statement/Environmental Impact Report (DEIS/DEIR) for the Disposal and 
Reuse of the Former Hunters Point Naval Shipyard, San Francisco, 
California

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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 (Public Resources Code Section 21000, et 
seq.), the Department of the Navy and the City of San Francisco have 
prepared and filed with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency a 
joint Draft Environmental Impact Statement/Environmental Impact Report 
(DEIS/DEIR) for the disposal and reuse of the former Hunters Point 
Naval Shipyard, San Francisco, California.
    A Notice of Intent (NOI) to prepare the DEIS/DEIR was published in 
the Federal Register on 27 June 1995. A public scoping meeting for the 
proposed project was held on 12 July 1995 at Southeast Community 
Center, San Francisco, California.
    Hunters Point Naval Shipyard is closed, pursuant to the Defense 
Base Closure and Realignment Act (Pub. L. 101-510) as implemented by 
the 1993 base closure process. Under Section 2824 of Pub. L. 101-510, 
as amended, the Navy plans to convey the former Naval Shipyard to the 
City of San Francisco. The proposed federal action involves the 
disposal of land, buildings and infrastructure of former Hunters Point 
Naval Shipyard for subsequent reuse. The City of San Francisco and the 
San Francisco Redevelopment Agency have been involved in a process to 
determine the reuse plans of the Naval Shipyard.
    The environmental effects of two conceptual land use development 
alternatives (reuse alternatives) and the ``No Action'' alternative 
have been evaluated in the DEIS/DEIR. Each of the reuse alternatives 
describes proposed uses for approximately 935 acres of shipyard 
property. Proposed reuse alternatives emphasize mixed land uses 
including residential, industrial, maritime industrial, cultural, 
institutional, research and development, and open space.
    No decision on the proposed action will be made until the National 
Environmental Policy Act process has been completed.
    The DEIS/DEIR has been distributed to various federal, state and 
local agencies, local groups, elected official, special interest groups 
and individuals. The DEIS/DEIR is also available for review at the 
following locations:

--San Francisco Planning Department, Planning Information Center, 1660 
Mission Street.
--San Francisco Main Library, Civic Center, Larkin & Grove Streets.
--San Francisco Public Library, Anna E. Waden Branch, 5075 Third 
Street.
--San Francisco Redevelopment Agency, 770 Golden Gate Ave.

ADDRESSES: Two public hearings will be held for the purpose to receive 
oral and written comment on the DEIS/DEIR. The first hearing will be 
held on Wednesday, December 10, 1997, at 5:00 p.m., in Building 101, at 
Hunters Point Naval Shipyard, San Francisco. The second hearing will be 
held at a joint meeting of the San Francisco Planning Commission and 
the San Francisco Redevelopment Agency Commission on Thursday, December 
11, 1997, at 1:30 p.m., in Room 404, War Memorial Veterans' Building, 
401 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco. 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 written comments no 
later than January 5, 1998, to Ms. Mary Doyle, Engineering Field 
Activity West, Naval Facilities Engineering Command, 900 Commodore 
Drive, San Bruno, California 94066, telephone (650) 244-3024, FAX (650) 
244-3206 or Mr. Brian Kalahar, City of San Francisco Planning 
Department, Major Environmental Analysis Office, 1660 Mission Street, 
San Francisco, California 94103, telephone (415) 558-6359, FAX (415) 
558-6426.

    Dated: November 18, 1997.
Darse E. Carndall,
LCDR, JAGC, USN, Federal Register Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 97-30672 Filed 11-20-97; 8:45 am]
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