[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 168 (Monday, August 31, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46221-46222]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-23333]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Navy
Community Redevelopment Authority and Available Surplus Buildings
and Land at Military Installations Designated for Closure: U.S. Marine
Corps Air Station El Toro, California
AGENCY: Department of the Navy, DOD.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This notice provides information regarding the local
redevelopment authority that has been established to plan the reuse of
U.S. Marine Corps Air Station El Toro, California, and the surplus
property that is located at that base closure site.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Richard Anderson, Real Estate and Base
Closure Section Head, Commandant of the Marine Corps (Code LFL3),
Headquarters U.S. Marine Corps, 2 Navy Annex, Washington, DC 20380-
1775, Telephone (703) 6958240. For more detailed information regarding
particular properties identified in this Notice (i.e., acreage, floor
plans, condition, exact street address, etc.), contact Pete Ciesla,
Base Realignment and Closure Office, COMCABWEST, Code 1AS, Headquarters
U.S. Marine Corps Air Station El Toro, PO BOX 95001, Santa Ana,
California 92709-5001, Telephone (714) 726-2679.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 1993, U.S. Marine Corps Air Station El
Toro was designated for closure under the authority of the Defense Base
Closure and Realignment Act of 1990, Public Law 101-510, as amended
(the Act). Pursuant to this designation, on October 1, 1993, land and
facilities at this installation were declared excess to the Department
of Navy and available to other Department of Defense components and
other federal agencies. With the exception of the land and facilities
excluded from this Notice, we have evaluated all timely Federal
requests and have made our decisions on property required by the
Federal Government.
Notice of Surplus Property
Pursuant to paragraph (7)(B) of Section 2905 (b) of the Act, the
following information regarding the redevelopment authority for and
surplus property at U.S. Marine Corps Air Station El Toro, CA, is
published in the Federal Register.
Redevelopment Authority
The local redevelopment authority for U.S. Marine Corps Air Station
El Toro for purposes of implementing the provisions of the Act, is the
Orange County Board of Supervisors. The Board of Supervisors has an
advisory commission which provides recommendations to the Board
concerning the redevelopment plan for the Air Station. This commission
is known as the ``El Toro Airport Citizens Advisory Commission''. A
cross section of community interests is represented on the committee.
Daily operations of the local redevelopment authority are managed by
Courtney Wiercioch, Program Manager of the MCAS El Toro Master
Development Program Office, 10 Civic Center Plaza, Suite 720, Santa
Ana, California 92703, Telephone (714) 834-5111, and Gary Simon, Real
Estate/Operations Manager, Telephone (714) 834-2095.
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Surplus Property Descriptions
The following is a list of the land and facilities at U.S. Marine
Corps Air Station El Toro that are surplus to the needs of the Federal
Government.
Land
U.S. Marine Corps Air Station El Toro consists of approximately
4,738 acres of improved and unimproved fee simple land located within
the County of Orange and the City of Irvine. In general, all areas will
be available when the installation closes in July 1999. Of this total
acreage, approximately 3067 acres is undeveloped land of which
approximately 837 acres are currently being utilized for agricultural
activities.
Excluded from this determination of surplus are two parcels of
property. The first parcel is approximately 975 acres includes an
ammunition storage area and a pistol range. This area will be
transferred to the Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of Interior on
or before operational closure. The second parcel consisting of
approximately 21.5 acres includes storehouses, administrative
facilities, and communications equipment maintenance shops. Upon
operational closure of the U.S. Marine Corps Air Station, this parcel
will be conveyed to the Local Redevelopment Authority with a lease back
to the Department of the Air Force Readiness Command.
Buildings
The following is a summary of the buildings and other improvements
located on the above-described land that will also be available when
the installation closes. Property numbers are available on request.
Excluded from this determination are six facilities at various
locations consisting of transmitter, receiver, radar, VORTAC, tower
sites and equipment and maintenance spaces, and the perpetual easements
for the sites and utility and roadway easements required for the
Federal Aviation Administration to operate and maintain a critical
portion of the National Air Space System. The above sites will be
conveyed to the Local Redevelopment Authority with a lease back to the
FAA upon operational closure of the U.S. Marine Corps Air Station.
--Administrative/office facilities (64 structures) Comments: Approx.
629,871 square feet.
--Airfield operations facilities and lighting (33 structures) Comments:
Approx. 44,510 square feet. Includes airfield obstruction lights,
control tower, airfield terminal, line maintenance shelters, arresting
gear, etc.
--Auditorium (1 structure) Comments: Approx. 26,733 square feet.
--Aviation maintenance facilities (44 structures) Comments: Approx.
894,519 square feet. Includes aircraft maintenance hangars, aviation
paint areas, engine test cells, aircraft wash racks, etc.
--Bachelor quarters housing (29 structures) Comments: Approx. 1,768,437
square feet.
--Bowling Alley (1 structure) Comments: Approx. 14,664 square feet.
--Chapel/Religious Ministries (2 structures) Comments: Approx. 19,408
square feet.
--Child care facilities (2 structures) Comments: Approx. 36,108 square
feet.
--Community support facilities (2 structures) Comments: Approx. 28,800
square feet
--Fire protection (10 structures) Comments: Approx. 31,086 square feet.
--Gymnasium (1 structure) Comments: Approx. 23,123 square feet.
--Hazardous materials storage facilities (28 structures) Comments:
Approx. 59,853 square feet.
--Hazardous waste storage facilities (7 structures) Comments: Approx.
1,963 square feet.
--Housing units (1,188 units) Comments: 2, 3, 4 bedroom townhouse,
duplexes, and apartments.
--Instructional facilities (34 structures) Comments: Approx. 233,615
square feet. Classroom and general training-type facilities and approx.
six training and wading pools.
--Library (1 structure) Comments: Approx. 6,480 square feet.
--Maintenance production facilities (51 structures) Comments: Approx.
305,327 square feet. Includes ground support equipment shops, auto/
truck repair shops, paint booths, wash and grease racks, public works
shops, electronic maintenance shops, etc.
--Medical/dental facility (2 structures) Comments: Approx. 83,223
square feet.
--Mess and dining facilities (8 structures) Comments: Approx. 135,064
square feet. Includes club facilities, enlisted mess hall, cafeteria,
restaurant.
--Miscellaneous facilities (48 structures) Comments: Approx: 57,479
square feet. Includes post office, museum, credit unions, security gate
houses and guard towers, veterinarian facility, liquid oxygen/liquid
nitrogen storage, etc.
--Paved areas (airfield) Comments: Approx. 2,739,761 square yards.
Includes runways, taxiways, aprons, van pads, wash racks, and other
associated airfield pavements.
--Paved areas (roads and other surface areas) Comments: Approx.
1,286,443 square yards consisting of roads and other similar pavements.
Approx. 1,343,068 square yards consisting of other surface areas, i.e.,
sidewalks, parking lots, etc.
--Recreational facilities (44 structures) Comments: Measuring systems
vary; Tennis, basketball, volleyball, and racquetball courts. Football,
baseball, and softball fields. Picnic and play grounds with ancillary
facilities. Hobby shops, golf course with clubhouse and support
facilities, horse stables with barn, bunkhouse, and other support
facilities, kennel, etc.
--Retail facilities (10 structure) Comments: Approx. 159,439 square
feet. Includes supermarket, retail gas stations, snack bars, and retail
stores.
--Utility facilities (approx. 57 structures) Comments: Measuring
systems vary; Gas, telephone, electric, storm drainage, potable and
non-potable water, sewer, oil-water separators, fire alarm system, fire
protection systems, aviation fuel pipeline, etc.
--Warehouse/storage facilities (72 structures) Comments: Approx.
963,277 square feet. Includes high-bay storage, general warehousing,
retail storage, ammunition magazines, etc.
Redevelopment Planning
Pursuant to Section 2905(b)(7)(F) of the Act, the local
redevelopment authority has prepared a redevelopment plan that
considered the interests of state and local governments,
representatives of the homeless, and other interested parties located
in the vicinity of U.S. Marine Corps Air Station El Toro, California,
and has submitted that plan to the Secretary of Housing and Urban
Development pursuant to Section 2905(b)(7)(G).
Dated: August 26, 1998.
Ralph W. Corey,
Lieutenant Commander, Judge Advocate General's Corps, U.S. Navy,
Federal Register Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 98-23333 Filed 8-28-98; 8:45 am]
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