[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 36 (Wednesday, February 23, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10012-10014]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-3966]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Navy
Notice of Availability of the Draft Supplemental Environmental
Impact Statement for the Disposal and Reuse of Hunters Point Naval
Shipyard, San Francisco, CA, and To Announce Public Hearings
AGENCY: Department of the Navy, DoD.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: Pursuant to Section 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental
Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969, as implemented by the Council on
Environmental Quality regulations (40 CFR parts 1500-1508), the
Department of the Navy (Navy) has prepared and filed the Draft
Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) evaluating the
potential environmental consequences associated with the disposal and
reuse of Hunters Point Naval Shipyard (HPS), San Francisco, California.
The Navy is required to dispose of HPS per Public Law 101-510, the
Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990, as amended. A public
hearing will be held to provide information and receive oral and
written comments on the Draft SEIS. Federal, State, and local agencies
and interested individuals are invited to be present or represented at
the hearing.
Dates and Addresses: One public hearing will be held. The hearing
will be preceded by an open information session to allow interested
individuals to review information presented in the Draft SEIS. Navy
representatives will be available during the information session to
provide clarification as necessary related to the Draft SEIS. The
public hearing is scheduled as follows: Tuesday, March 15, 2011, from
6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the Southeast Community Facility Community
Center, Alex L. Pitcher, Jr. Community Room, 1800 Oakdale Avenue, San
Francisco, California 94124. The open information session will be held
on the same date and at the same location, from 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Director, BRAC PMO West, Attn: Mr.
Ronald Bochenek, 1455 Frazee Road, Suite 900, San Diego, CA 92108-4310,
telephone 619-532-0906, fax 619-532-9858, e-mail:
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Navy, as lead agency, has prepared and
filed the Draft SEIS for the Disposal and Reuse of Hunters Point
Shipyard, San Francisco, California in accordance with the requirements
of the NEPA of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321-4345) and its implementing
regulations (40 CFR parts 1500-1508). A Notice of Intent (NOI) for the
SEIS was published in the Federal Register on September 5, 2008
(Federal Register/Vol. 73, No. 173 pgs 51797 & 51798/Friday, September
5, 2008/Notices). The purpose of the proposed action is the disposal of
HPS from Federal ownership (864 acres [421 acres dry land & 443 acres
submerged]) and its subsequent reuse by the County and City of San
Francisco in a manner consistent with the Hunters Point Naval
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Shipyard Redevelopment Plan as developed by the San Francisco
Redevelopment Agency (SFRA) in July 1997, and amended in August 2010.
The Navy is required to close HPS in accordance with Public Law 101-
510, the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990, as amended.
In accordance with NEPA, before disposing of any real property, the
Navy must analyze the environmental effects of the disposal of the HPS
property. The Draft SEIS has identified and considered six reuse
alternatives for HPS and a no action alternative. Navy disposal is
assumed as part of each reuse alternative. The no action alternative
assumes retention of the HPS property by the Government in a
``caretaker status'' and no reuse or redevelopment.
Alternative 1, Stadium Plan Alternative, would redevelop HPS with a
wide range of uses including a mixed-use community with 2,650
residential units, retail (125,000 square feet (sq ft)), research and
development (R&D) (2.5 million sq ft), community services (50,000 sq
ft), and parks and recreational open space (232 acres). A major
component would include a new 69,000-seat football stadium. This
alternative would also include a 300-slip marina, improvements to
stabilize the shoreline, and a new bridge over Yosemite Slough. New
infrastructure would serve the development as necessary.
Alternative 1A (the ``Stadium Plan/No Bridge Alternative'')
includes the disposal of HPS by the Navy and its reuse with the same
level, land use types, and density of development as Alternative 1,
except that the Yosemite Slough bridge would not be constructed.
Alternative 2 (the ``Non-Stadium Plan/Additional R&D Alternative'')
includes many of the same components as Alternative 1 including 2,650
residential units, retail (125,000 sq ft), community services (50,000
sq ft), and parks and recreational open space (222 acres), a 300-slip
marina, improvements to stabilize the shoreline, and a new bridge over
Yosemite Slough. Under this alternative, a new football stadium would
not be constructed. Instead, an additional 2.5 million sq ft, for a
total of 5 million sq ft, of R&D space would be developed.
Alternative 2A (the ``Non-Stadium Plan/Housing and R&D
Alternative'') includes a mix of uses including 4,275 residential
units, retail (125,000 sq ft), R&D (3 million sq ft), community
services (50,000 sq ft), and parks and recreational open space (222
acres). This alternative would also include a 300-slip marina,
improvements to stabilize the shoreline, and a new bridge over Yosemite
Slough. No new football stadium would be constructed.
Alternative 3 (the ``Non-Stadium Plan/Additional Housing
Alternative'') does not include a new stadium, but is comprised of a
mix of land uses including 4,000 residential units, retail (125,000 sq
ft), R&D (2.5 million sq ft), community services (50,000 sq ft), and
parks and recreational open space (245 acres). The alternative also
includes a 300-slip marina, improvements to stabilize the shoreline,
and a new bridge over Yosemite Slough.
Alternative 4 (``the Non-Stadium Plan/Reduced Development
Alternative'') includes a reduced density of development. Development
proposed under this alternative includes 1,855 residential units,
retail (87,500 sq ft), R&D (1.75 million sq ft), community services
(50,000 sq ft), and parks and recreational open space (245 acres). This
alternative does not include a new stadium, a bridge over Yosemite
Slough, a marina, or shoreline stabilization.
The ``No Action Alternative'' is required by NEPA and evaluates the
impacts at HPS in the event that the property is not disposed. Under
this alternative the property would be retained by the Navy in
caretaker status. Existing leases would continue until they expire or
are terminated, and no new leases would be entered into. No reuse or
redevelopment would occur under this alternative.
For each alternative, the Draft SEIS addresses the potential
direct, indirect, short-term, and long-term impacts on the human and
natural environments, including the following resource areas:
Transportation, traffic, and circulation; air quality and greenhouse
gases; noise; land use and recreation; visual resources and aesthetics;
socioeconomics; hazards and hazardous substances; geology and soils;
water resources; utilities; public services; cultural resources;
biological resources; and environmental justice. The analysis also
includes an analysis of cumulative impacts from other reasonably
foreseeable Federal, State, or local activities at and around HPS.
The Navy conducted a public scoping period from September 5 to
October 17, 2008, and held a public scoping meeting on September 23,
2008, to identify community concerns and local issues that should be
addressed in the SEIS. Federal, State, and local agencies and
interested parties provided oral and written comments to the Navy and
identified specific issues or topics of environmental concern that
should be addressed in the SEIS. In addition, the Navy facilitated
additional community outreach activities to solicit comments and
concerns from interested community groups in 2009. The Navy considered
the scoping and outreach comments in determining the scope of the SEIS.
Federal, State, and local agencies, as well as interested parties,
are invited and encouraged to review and comment on the Draft SEIS.
Comments can be made in the following ways: (1) Oral statements or
written comments at the scheduled public hearing; or (2) written
comments mailed to the BRAC PMO address in this notice; or (3) written
comments faxed to the BRAC PMO fax number in this notice; or (4)
comments submitted via e-mail using the BRAC PMO e-mail address in this
notice.
The Draft SEIS has been distributed to various Federal, State,
local agencies, and Native American tribes, as well as other interested
individuals and organizations. In addition, copies of the Draft SEIS
have been distributed to the following libraries and publicly
accessible facilities for public review:
1. San Francisco Main Library, 100 Larkin Street, San Francisco, CA
94102.
2. San Francisco State University Library, 1360 Holloway Avenue,
San Francisco, CA 94132.
3. Hastings Law Library, UC Hastings College of the Law, 200
McAllister Street, 4th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94102.
4. Jonsson Library of Government Documents, Cecil H. Green Library,
Bing Wing, Stanford, CA 94305-6004.
5. Institute of Governmental Studies Library, UC Berkeley, 109
Moses Hall, 2370, Berkeley, CA 94720.
6. San Francisco Redevelopment Agency (By Appointment), One South
Van Ness Avenue, Fifth Floor, San Francisco, CA 94103.
7. City Planning Department (By Appointment), 1650 Mission Street,
Fourth Floor, San Francisco, CA 94103.
An electronic copy of the Draft SEIS is also available for public
viewing at http://www.bracpmo.navy.mil.
Equal weight will be given to comments received at the scheduled
public hearing and those directly forwarded to BRAC PMO. In the
interest of available time, and to ensure all who wish to give oral
statements at the public hearing the opportunity to do so, each
speaker's comments will be limited to three minutes. If a longer
statement is to be presented, it should be summarized at the public
hearing and the full text submitted in writing either at the hearing or
mailed or e-mailed to the below address. To ensure the accuracy of the
record, all statements presented orally at the public hearings should
be submitted in writing.
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Comments can be submitted in writing or e-mailed to: Director, BRAC
PMO West, Attn. Mr. Ronald Bochenek, 1455 Frazee Road, Suite 900, San
Diego, CA 92108-4310, telephone 619-532-0906, fax 619-532-9858, e-mail:
[email protected].
To be considered, all comments must be received by Tuesday, April
12, 2011. Such comments will become part of the public record and will
be responded to in the Final SEIS.
Requests for special assistance, sign language interpretation for
the hearing impaired, language interpreters, or other auxiliary aids
for the scheduled public hearing must be sent by mail or e-mail to BRAC
PMO West, Attn: Mr. Ronald Bochenek, 1455 Frazee Road, Suite 900, San
Diego, CA 92108-4310, e-mail: [email protected].
Dated: February 15, 2011.
D.J. Werner,
Lieutenant Commander, Judge Advocate General's Corps, U.S. Navy,
Federal Register Liaison Officer.
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