[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 158 (Friday, August 14, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49652-49653]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-17804]


=======================================================================
-----------------------------------------------------------------------

GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

[Notice-PBS-2020-07; Docket No. 2020-0002; Sequence No. 28]


Notice of Availability for the Final Environmental Assessment for 
the Appraisers Building and U.S. Custom House Limited Scope Repair & 
Alteration Project in San Francisco, California

AGENCY: General Services Administration (GSA).

ACTION: Notice of availability.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

SUMMARY: This notice announces the availability of the Final 
Environmental Assessment (EA) for the proposed Appraisers Building and 
U.S. Custom House Limited Scope Repair & Alteration Project, San 
Francisco, California. The Final EA analyzes the potential 
environmental impacts resulting from proposed limited scope repairs and 
alterations associated with the Appraisers Building (630 Sansome 
Street) and U.S. Custom House (555 Battery Street). The proposed action 
would repair, modify, or replace certain building improvements and 
systems to improve certain building systems to current building code 
and safety standards, as well as to prolong their useful life. Based on 
its finding of no significant impacts, GSA has determined that an 
Environmental Impact Statement need not be prepared.

DATES: The availability period for the Final EA ends on September 30th, 
2020.

ADDRESSES: The Final EA is available electronically for public review 
at https://www.gsa.gov/about-us/regions/welcome-to-the-pacific-rim-region-9/buildings-and-facilities/california/us-appraisers-building and 
https://www.gsa.gov/about-us/regions/welcome-to-the-pacific-rim-region-9/buildings-and-facilities/california/us-custom-house-san-francisco 
(The Final EA is located under the ``Current Projects'' section).
    Questions or comments concerning the Final EA should be directed 
to: Osmahn Kadri, Regional Environmental Quality Advisor/NEPA Project 
Manager, c/o Melanie Hernandez, 169 Saxony Road, Suite 214, Encinitas, 
CA 92024, or via email to [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Osmahn Kadri, Regional Environmental 
Quality Advisor/NEPA Project Manager, GSA, at [email protected] or 
415-522-3617.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    The Project is located at 630 Sansome Street (Appraisers Building) 
and 555 Battery Street (U.S. Custom House), San Francisco, California. 
The Project involves two adjacent historical buildings in Downtown San 
Francisco, California--the Appraisers Building located at 630 Sansome 
Street, and the U.S. Custom House located at 555 Battery Street. The 
Project is proposed in order to improve certain systems of the 
Appraisers Building and U.S. Custom House up to current building code, 
safety standards and serviceable condition and to prolong their useful 
life. Both buildings contain certain building elements and building 
systems that, due to age, advancement in technologies, failure, or need 
for operational upgrades, must be addressed.
    The Final EA analyzes an Action Alternative and a No Action 
Alternative. The Action Alternative would repair, modify, or replace 
certain building improvements and systems to improve certain building 
systems to current building code and safety standards, as well as to 
prolong their useful life. The limited scope repairs would address 
deficiencies in the following categories: Electrical; Fire Protection; 
Architectural Barriers Act Accessibility Standard (ABAAS) Compliance; 
Curtain Walls; Windows; Roofing; Overhang Canopy; Elevators; Exterior 
Cladding; Subbasement Water Intrusion; Building Systems--Mechanical & 
Plumbing; and Window Washing System. Under the No Action Alternative, 
the limited scope repairs and alterations to the existing Appraisers 
Building and U.S. Custom House would not occur.
    The Draft EA was made publicly available on January 31, 2020 for a 
30-day period. The public review period closed on March 2, 2020. The 
Notice of Availability for the Draft EA was published in the Federal 
Register at 85 FR 5660 on January 31, 2020. The Draft EA was also 
available for review at the Chinatown Library, 1135 Powell Street, San 
Francisco, CA 94108. In preparing this Final EA, GSA did not receive 
any public comments on the Draft EA during the public review period.
    After careful consideration of the environmental analysis and 
associated environmental effects of the Proposed Action Alternative and 
No Action Alternative, the purpose and need for the Project, and no 
comments received on the Draft EA, GSA will be implementing the 
Proposed Action Alternative.

Finding

    Pursuant to the provision of GSA Order ADM 1095.1F, the PBS NEPA 
Desk Guide, and the regulations issued by the Council of Environmental

[[Page 49653]]

Quality, (40 CFR parts 1500 to 1508), this notice advises the public of 
our finding that the Proposed Action will not significantly affect the 
quality of the human environment.

Basis for Finding

    The environmental impacts of the proposed repairs and alterations 
were considered in the Final EA pursuant to the National Environmental 
Policy Act (NEPA) and the CEQ regulations implementing NEPA. No 
significant impacts on the environment would occur with implementation 
of best management practices and avoidance, minimization, and 
mitigation measures identified in the Final EA.
    The Final EA and Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) can be 
viewed on the GSA website at https://www.gsa.gov/about-us/regions/welcome-to-the-pacific-rim-region-9/buildings-and-facilities/california/us-appraisers-building and https://www.gsa.gov/about-us/regions/welcome-to-the-pacific-rim-region-9/buildings-and-facilities/california/us-custom-house-san-francisco (The Final EA is located under 
the ``Current Projects'' section).
    The FONSI will be signed thirty (30) days after the publication of 
this notice, provided that no information leading to the contrary 
finding is received or comes to light during this period.

    Dated: August 11, 2020.
Jared Bradley,
Director, Portfolio Management Division, Pacific Rim Region, Public 
Buildings Service.
[FR Doc. 2020-17804 Filed 8-13-20; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6820-YF-P