[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 95 (Friday, May 15, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29449-29450]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-10426]


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GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

[Notice-PBS-2020-04; Docket No. 2020-0002; Sequence No. 12]


Revised Notice of Intent/Revised Project Action and Notice of 
Availability for Land Ports of Entry (LPOE)

AGENCY: Public Buildings Service (PBS), Pacific Rim Division General 
Services Administration (GSA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) and 
the GSA have partnered to develop a program of projects at a number of 
Land Ports of Entry (LPOEs) so that FMCSA agents can safely and 
effectively inspect both commercial truck and bus traffic.

DATES: Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and to ensure the safety of the 
public, a formal, in-person public meeting will not be held to solicit 
comments and provide information about the Draft EA.
    We will consider all comments that we receive on or before June 30, 
2020.

ADDRESSES: The Draft EA can be viewed on the GSA website at http://www.gsa.gov/nepa. Click on NEPA Library then Public Documents. In 
addition, copies may be obtained by calling or writing to the 
individual listed in this notice under the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION 
CONTACT section.
    You may submit comments at the public meeting by either of the 
following methods:
     Electronic Mail: [email protected].
     Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: Send your comment to: 
Tina Sekula, JMT Inc., 1130 Situs Court, Suite 200, Raleigh, NC 27606.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 
     Email: Osmahn Kadri at [email protected]
     Mail: Attn: Osmahn Kadri, NEPA Program Manager, 50 United 
Nations Plaza, 3345, Mailbox #9, San Francisco, CA 94102.
     Telephone: (415) 522-3617.
     *NOTE* PLEASE DO NOT MAIL COMMENTS VIA THE U.S. POSTAL 
SERVICE (USPS) TO THE GSA MAILING ADDRESS AT THIS TIME. USPS MAIL CAN 
BE SENT TO JMT INC AT THE ADDRESS ABOVE.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    GSA intended to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) to 
analyze the potential impacts from the proposed construction of six (6) 
inspection facilities at five (5) different LPOEs in both California 
and Arizona. A Notice of Intent (NOI) was published on May 23, 2019 
concerning the EIS and scoping meetings. A revised NOI was published on 
June 21, 2019 to notify interested parties that dates for the scoping 
meetings changed for the two (2) Arizona Sites. This publication serves 
as another revised NOI to inform interested parties of a revised 
project action.
    Based on scoping comments received, GSA has modified the proposed 
action to develop co-located truck inspection facilities within 
existing state-operated

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inspection facilities to the extent practicable and develop stand-alone 
Federal facilities for the proposed bus inspection facilities where 
necessary. As a result of the revised proposed action, GSA has revised 
the approach to NEPA documentation. GSA has prepared a separate Draft 
Environmental Assessment (EA) and will prepare a Finding of No 
Significant Impact (FONSI), if appropriate, to analyze the potential 
impacts from the proposed construction of the bus inspection facility 
at the San Ysidro LPOE in California. Two alternatives were analyzed to 
include: (1) New ``Basic'' Facility Buildout; (2) No Build Action. 
Regarding the proposed truck inspection facilities and other bus 
inspection facilities previously identified at the other LPOEs, GSA is 
negotiating agreements with state operated inspection facilities for 
possible co-located facilities, which will determine what type of NEPA 
documentation will be prepared for those proposed actions.
    GSA is also advising the public that the Draft EA prepared for the 
construction of a standalone FMCSA Bus Inspection Facility at the San 
Ysidro LPOE in San Diego, California is available for public comment.
    The Draft EA is being prepared to comply with the National 
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969, as amended (42 U.S. Code 
[U.S.C.] 4321), as implemented by Council on Environmental Quality 
(CEQ) regulations (40 Code of Federal Regulations [CFR] 1500-1508), and 
policies of the GSA as the lead federal agency. The EA process provides 
steps and procedures to evaluate the potential social, economic, and 
environmental impacts for the construction of the proposed FMCSA Bus 
Inspection Facility at the San Ysidro LPOE while providing an 
opportunity for local, state, or federal agencies to provide input and/
or comment through scoping, public information meetings, and/or a 
public hearing. The social, economic, and environmental considerations 
are evaluated and measured, as defined in the CEQ regulations, by their 
magnitude of impacts.
    The bus inspection station allows for FMCSA to conduct proper 
inspection of buses entering the United States from Mexico. FMCSA is 
required to conduct a sufficient number of meaningful vehicle safety 
inspections and to accommodate vehicles placed out of service as a 
result of said inspections. The current bus inspection operations at 
the San Ysidro LPOE lacks the proper infrastructure for bus inspections 
and is not adequate to maintain regular inspections. Therefore, the 
LPOE does not address safety needs for the travelling public nor FMCSA 
staff, nor capacity needs identified in future traffic projections at 
the LPOE. The lack of dedicated bus inspection infrastructure exposes 
FMCSA to safety concerns while conducting inspections and is not in 
conformance with current FMCSA safety standards. GSA proposes to 
construct a new FMCSA Bus Inspection facility on a federally owned 1.5-
acre parcel located north of the existing LPOE
    A public scoping meeting on the project was held on June 18, 2019. 
Comments received during the meeting were considered by GSA in this 
Draft EA. The finding, which is based on the Draft EA, reflects the 
GSA's determination that construction of the proposed facility will not 
have a significant impact on the quality of the human or natural 
environment.

Jared Bradley,
Director, Portfolio Management Division, Pacific Rim Region, Public 
Buildings Service.
[FR Doc. 2020-10426 Filed 5-14-20; 8:45 am]
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