[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 118 (Wednesday, June 19, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41736-41737]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-15362]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Office of Justice Programs

[OJP(OJP)-1345]


Notice of Intent to Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement For 
The Expansion of a Juvenile Hall in Sacramento County, California

AGENCY: Office of Justice Programs, Justice.

ACTION: Notice of intent (NOI).

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the requirements of the National Environmental 
Policy Act (NEPA), codified at 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq., the U.S. 
Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Corrections Program 
Office (OJP/CPO) announces the Notice of Intent (NOI) for the 
preparation of an EIS for the Expansion of a Juvenile Hall in 
Sacramento County, California. The construction and operation of the 
Juvenile Hall is being proposed by Sacramento County, which is applying 
for OHP/CPO grants funds obtained by the California Board of 
Corrections (BOC) through the Violent Offender Incarceration/Truth-in-
Sentencing (VOI/TIS) Incentive Grants Program. This project is subject 
to NEPA review because it may be funded in part with federal funding 
available under the VOI/TIS Grant Program.

DATES: During the preparation of the draft EIS there will be 
opportunities for public involvement in order to determine the issues 
to be examined. Two public scoping meetings will be held on July 9, 
2002. The first meeting will be held from 2-4 p.m. in the 5th Floor 
Training Room at 800 H Street, Sacramento California. The second 
meeting will be held from 6-8 p.m. in the Assembly Room at 4100 Traffic 
Way, Sacramento, California.
    The meetings will be held to solicit input on the scope of the EIS 
to be conducted, and to identify significant issues related to the 
proposed action. The purpose of the agency Scoping Meetings will be to 
gather comments from interested and affected agencies, and the public. 
Maps and information on the proposed action will be available at the 
meetings. The scoping meetings are being held for individuals to 
formally express their views on the proposed action and to identify 
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environmental issues or concerns with respect to implementation of the 
proposed action and its alternatives so that these issues can be 
analyzed in depth in the EIS. Community input will be solicited 
throughout this process, and community comments will be incorporated 
into the decision-making process.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Public notice will be given concerning 
the availability of the draft EIS for public review and comment. 
Questions concerning the proposed action and the draft EIS may be 
directed to: Jill Young, Environmental Coordinator, Corrections Program 
Office, Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice, 810 7th 
Street, NW., Washington DC 20531, Telephone: 202.307-3914, Telefacimile 
202.307-2019, or Michael A. Houghtby, Field Representative, State of 
California Board of Correction, Corrections Planning and Programs 
Division, 600 Bercut Drive, Sacramento, CA 95814, Telephone: 916.322-
7085, Telefacimile: 916.445.5796, or Antonia Barry, Department of 
Environmental Review and Assessment, County of Sacramento, 827 7th 
Street, Sacramento, CA 95814, Telephone: 916.874-6990, Telefacimile: 
916.874-8343.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:  

Proposed Action

    Sacramento County is proposing to expand and operate its Juvenile 
Hall to better serve the community and the existing and future juvenile 
justice populations. The need for this action is based on the 
conditions of the existing juvenile justice facilities, additional 
space requirements needed to accommodate projected growth rates in the 
at risk youth population that will enter the juvenile justice system, 
and the County's desire to increase efficiency by expanding the 
existing facility rather than fragmenting the facilities to different 
locations. The Proposed Action would include the construction of two 
30-bed housing units within the existing footprint, a 30-bed housing 
unit adjacent to the existing building, security modifications, a new 
visitor's center, a central plant expansion, classroom, dayroom and 
exam room additions, expansion of food service, laundry, staff dining 
and training rooms, expansion of the warehouse and a new space for the 
relocation of the intake/release function.
    The project also allows for the future construction of 8 podular 
designed sleeping rooms, each consisting of 30 beds, for a total of 240 
additional beds. These additional beds would be constructed sometime 
within the next 15 years, when funds become available and after the 
initial construction of the 90 beds described above.

Alternatives

    The draft EIS will address the potential impacts of the `no action' 
alternative, and one or more alternatives involving the construction of 
the proposed expansion at the existing site.

Tracy A. Henke for Deborah J. Daniels,
Assistant Attorney General.
[FR Doc. 02-15362 Filed 6-18-02; 8:45 am]
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