[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 218 (Wednesday, November 12, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64151-64152]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-28290]


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PRESIDIO TRUST


Public Health Service Hospital, The Presidio of San Francisco 
(Presidio), California; Extension of Public Scoping Period

ACTION: The Presidio Trust (Trust) is extending the public scoping 
period from November 26, 2003 to December 10, 2003 and adding a second 
public meeting on December 10, 2003 to provide greater opportunities 
for public and agency participation in the Public Health Service 
Hospital (PHSH) project's environmental review process under the 
National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA).

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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On September 9, 2003, the Trust published a 
notice in the Federal Register

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announcing the start of public scoping and its intention to prepare an 
environmental assessment (EA) under the NEPA for the proposed 
rehabilitation and reuse of historic buildings in the PHSH district of 
the Presidio (68 FR 53205-06). As part of the EA scoping process and as 
announced in the notice, the Trust held a public Trust Board meeting on 
October 29, 2003 to accept oral comments on the scope of alternatives 
and environmental impacts to be considered in the EA. The public 
scoping period, as first announced, ends November 26, 2003. The Trust 
desires to provide additional opportunities for public and agency 
comment on the project beyond what was first announced.
    At the public meeting on October 29, 2003, the Trust announced to 
meeting participants the scheduling of a second opportunity for the 
public to address the Board directly on the PHSH project. Through this 
Federal Register notice and other public means, the Trust is more 
broadly announcing the second public Trust Board meeting and is 
extending the public comment period on the EA to December 10, 2003.
    Scoping Meeting and Comments: The Trust will accept additional oral 
comments on the scope of alternatives and issues to be addressed under 
the NEPA in the PHSH EA at a public Trust Board meeting on December 10, 
2003, the exact time and location to be announced. The deadline for all 
scoping comments on the EA is also December 10, 2003. Written scoping 
comments must be postmarked, transmitted or delivered no later than 
December 10, 2003 to the Trust contact person below. Please note that 
written comments will be made available to the public.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Pelka, NEPA Compliance 
Coordinator, the Presidio Trust, 34 Graham Street, P.O. Box 29052, San 
Francisco, CA 94129-0052 (fax: 415/561-2790) or [email protected].

    Dated: November 5, 2003.
Karen A. Cook,
General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 03-28290 Filed 11-10-03; 8:45 am]
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