[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 122 (Thursday, June 25, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36599-36600]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-15610]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS


Notice of Availability of a Final Environmental Impact Statement 
for the San Francisco VA Medical Center Long Range Development Plan

AGENCY: Department of Veterans Affairs.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), San Francisco VA 
Medical Center (SFVAMC) announces the availability of the Final 
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Long Range Development 
Plan (LRDP). Pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) 
of 1969, as amended (42 U.S.C. 4331 et seq.), the Council on 
Environmental Quality Regulations for Implementing the Procedural 
Requirements of NEPA (40 CFR parts 1500-1508) and VA's implementing 
Regulations (38 CFR part 26), VA has considered comments received on 
the Supplemental Draft EIS and has prepared the Final EIS. The LRDP 
describes development and construction of patient care buildings, 
research buildings, business occupancy buildings, and parking 
structures, as well as retrofitting seismically deficient buildings. 
The Final EIS identifies and addresses environmental impacts associated 
with the Proposed Action.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robin Flanagan, San Francisco Veterans 
Affairs Medical Center, 4150 Clement Street, San Francisco, CA 94121 or 
by telephone, (415) 750-2049. The SFVAMC 2014 LRDP and Final EIS are 
available for viewing on the SFVAMC Web site: http://www.sanfrancisco.va.gov/planning.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: VA operates the SFVAMC, located at Fort 
Miley in San Francisco, California. It is the only VA medical center in 
the City and County of San Francisco and VA considers it an aging 
facility that needs to be retrofitted and expanded. SFVAMC has 
identified a need for retrofitting existing buildings to the most 
recent seismic safety requirements and for an additional 589,000 gross 
square feet (gsf) of medical facility space to meet the needs of San 
Francisco Bay Area and northern California coast Veterans over the next 
15 years.

Purpose and Need for Action

    SFVAMC, the only VA medical center in San Francisco County, has 
major space and parking deficiencies at its existing Fort Miley Campus. 
The mission of SFVAMC is to continue to be a major primary and tertiary 
care healthcare center providing cost-effective and high-quality care 
to eligible Veterans in the San Francisco Bay Area and North Coast. 
SFVAMC strives to deliver needed care to Veterans while contributing to 
health care knowledge through research. VA can better meet its mission 
by integrating clinical care, education, and research, because such 
integration makes for more efficient and progressive overall care for 
Veterans. SFVAMC is also a ready resource for Department of Defense 
(DoD) as backup for federal emergencies and serves as the local Federal 
Coordinating Center (FCC) in the event of a national emergency. New 
major construction initiatives would provide seismic improvements and 
additional facility space over the next 15 years that will improve 
access to care for Veterans. The Proposed Action is needed for SFVAMC 
to continue to serve the ever-changing needs of the growing Veteran 
population and to provide appropriate space and facilities to conduct 
important research.

Proposed Action

    The Proposed Action is an LRDP that supports the mission of SFVAMC 
to provide for the health care needs of Bay Area and North Coast 
Veterans by providing for the renovation, expansion, and operation of 
the SFVAMC Fort Miley Campus. This action addresses SFVAMC current and 
future capacity issues and changing health care needs of our growing 
Veteran population. This is done by providing safe and appropriate 
facilities that provide health care, education, and much needed 
research.

Signing Authority

    The Secretary of Veterans Affairs, or designee, approved this 
document and authorized the undersigned to sign and submit the document 
to the Office of the Federal Register for publication electronically as 
an official document of the Department of Veterans Affairs. Robert L. 
Nabors II, Chief of Staff, approved this document on June 19, 2015 for 
publication.

    Approved: June 22, 2015.
Michael P. Shores,
Chief Impact Analyst, Office of Regulation Policy and Management, 
Office of General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 2015-15610 Filed 6-24-15; 8:45 am]
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