[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 94 (Wednesday, May 15, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 28622]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-11569]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-PWR-PWRO-12262; PPPWGOGAY0 PPMPSAS1Z.YP0000]


Notice of Approval of Record of Decision for Extending F-Line 
Streetcar Service to Fort Mason Center, Golden Gate National Recreation 
Area and San Francisco Maritime National Historic Park, City and County 
of San Francisco, California

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Record of Decision.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to Sec.  102(2)(C) of the National Environmental 
Policy Act of 1969 (Pub. L. 91-190, as amended) and the regulations 
promulgated by the Council on Environmental Quality (40 CFR Part 
1505.2), the Department of the Interior, National Park Service, in 
collaboration with the City and County of San Francisco, the San 
Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA), the Presidio Trust, 
and the Federal Transit Administration, has prepared the Record of 
Decision for the Final Environmental Impact Statement (Final EIS) for 
extending the F-Line historic streetcar service to Fort Mason Center. 
The requisite no-action ``wait period'' was initiated on February 24, 
2012, with the Environmental Protection Agency's Federal Register 
notification of the filing and public release of the Final EIS.
    Decision: Golden Gate National Recreation Area and San Francisco 
Maritime National Historic Park intend to authorize SFMTA to construct, 
maintain, and operate an extension of the F-Line historic streetcar 
service onto National Park Service (NPS) property. The actions to be 
authorized by NPS include: retrofitting of the historic State Belt 
Railroad tunnel for single track streetcar use; constructing a 
turnaround terminus at the Fort Mason Center; and installing 
appurtenant features such as signals, crossings, wires and poles, and 
new platforms and designated stops. The complete Project elements and 
resource stewardship strategies are identified and analyzed in the 
Preferred Alternative (Alternative 2 and Turnaround Option 2A) 
presented in the Final EIS (available on-line at http://parkplanning.nps.gov/streetcar). The full range of foreseeable 
environmental consequences was assessed, and appropriate mitigation 
measures identified. The selected alternative was deemed to be the 
``environmentally preferred'' course of action.
    Interested parties desiring to review the Record of Decision may 
obtain a copy by contacting the General Superintendent, Golden Gate 
National Recreation Area, Building 201, Fort Mason, San Francisco, CA 
94123 or via telephone request at (415) 561-2841.

     Dated: February 4, 2013.
Christine S. Lehnertz,
Regional Director, Pacific West Region.
[FR Doc. 2013-11569 Filed 5-14-13; 8:45 am]
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