[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 35 (Wednesday, February 22, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9137-9138]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-2429]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-4912-N-17]


Notice of Availability of a Final Environmental Impact Statement 
for the Development of Stillwater Business Park, City of Redding, CA

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and 
Development, HUD.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: HUD gives notice to the public, agencies, and Indian tribes 
that the City of Redding, CA, makes available to the public for comment 
the Final Environmental Impact Statement/Final Environmental Impact 
Report (FEIS/FEIR) for the Stillwater Business Park project located in 
Redding CA. The City of Redding, CA has prepared the FEIS/FEIR under 
its authority as the Responsible Entity for compliance with the 
National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) in accordance with 24 CFR 
58.4, and under its authority as lead agency in accordance with the 
California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). This notice is given in 
accordance with the Council on Environmental Quality regulations at 40 
CFR parts 1500-1508. A HUD Economic Development Initiative (EDI) 
special purpose grant would be used for the project. Environmental 
Protection Agency (EPA) State and Tribal Assistance Grants (STAG) will 
also fund water and wastewater related infrastructure. EPA is acting as 
a cooperating agency for this process.

DATES: Comments Due Date: Comments due no later than March 24, 2006. 
Comments on the FEIS/FEIR should be addressed to the contact person 
listed below.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nathan Cherpeski, City of Redding, 777 
Cypress Ave., Redding, CA 96001, at (530) 225-4519 or 
[email protected]. The FEIS/FEIR is available on the Internet 
and can be viewed or downloaded at: http://ci.redding.ca.us/cm/major_pr/still_buspk.html. Copies of the DEIS and Draft EIS/EIR are also 
available for viewing at the following locations:

City of Redding, Permit Center, 777 Cypress Ave., Redding, CA 96001.
City of Anderson Planning Department, 1887 Howard Street, Anderson, CA 
96007.
Shasta County Library--Anderson Branch, 3200 West Center, Anderson, CA 
96007.
Shasta County Department of Resource Management, Planning Division, 
1855 Placer Street, Redding, CA 96001.
Shasta County Library, 1855 Shasta Street, Redding, CA 96001.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A Notice of Intent to prepare a draft EIS 
was published May 11, 2004. Scoping meetings were held on April 4, 
2001, August 12, 2003, and June 2, 2004, to determine the issues for 
the EIS/EIR. A DEIS/DEIR was completed in May 2005. The DEIS/DEIR was 
the subject of public comments, both oral and written, provided by 
agencies, interested groups, and individuals, at a public hearing on 
April 12, 2005, and during the DEIS public comment period which 
extended from March 18, 2005, through May 2, 2005.
    As a result of comments received and after meetings with EPA, 
USFWS, USACOE, and the California Department of Fish and Game, the City 
of Redding circulated a Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact 
Statement (SDEIS/DEIR) with a comment period from September 30, 2005, 
through November 14, 2005. A public open house was held October 26, 
2005. Significant changes were made to the preferred alternative in the 
SDEIR/DEIR. Those changes are reflected in the preferred alternative 
described in the FEIS/FEIR. Developable acreage has been reduced and 
the size of the open space preserve has increased.
    The preferred alternative is the development of a medium-to-large 
parcel business park through the acquisition of land, construction of 
major infrastructure components, and the provision of public services 
and utilities to serve the development. The City of Redding is 
proposing the development of the area east and northeast of the 
Municipal Airport in Redding, California. The proposed action study 
area is located on the Enterprise and Cottonwood, California 7.5-minute 
USGS quadrangles, Township 31 North, Range 4 West, Sections 2, 3, 10, 
14, 15, 22, 23, 26, 34, and 35. A portion of the proposed location is 
classified as industrial and a portion as park under the Redding 
General Plan, adopted in 2000. The purpose and need for this project is 
to increase the activity of contributory economic sectors by 
constructing a medium to large parcel business park within the City of 
Redding sphere of influence capable of attracting and accommodating 
diverse business and industrial users.
    The original proposal called for an approximate 687-acre business 
park consisting of 383 acres of developable land for a total of 
4,410,400 sq. ft. of improvements for professional offices and 
industrial users. The preferred

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alternative calls for an approximate 687-acre business park consisting 
of 343 acres of developable land for a total of 4,323,000 sq. ft. of 
improvements for professional offices and industrial users.
    Discussion of Mitigation Measures: Comments received focused on 
impacts to wetlands, endangered species, growth inducing impacts, and 
cumulative effects. The FEIS/FEIR contains mitigation measures to 
address these and other areas. Impacts to wetlands and sensitive 
species will be mitigated on site in the nearly 300-acre open space 
preserve area. The preferred alternative was redesigned in the 
supplement to remove all impacts to the adjoining Stillwater Plains 
Mitigation Bank from surface hydrology. Buffer areas and set-backs have 
been incorporated into the project description. Impacts to traffic and 
other areas have also been addressed.
    Questions may be directed to the individual named above under the 
heading FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.

    Dated: February 10, 2006.
Pamela H. Patenaude,
Assistant Secretary for Community, Planning and Development.
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