[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 74 (Monday, April 18, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21711-21712]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-9271]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Navy


Notice of Extension of Public Comment Period for the Draft 
Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for the Disposal and Reuse 
of Hunters Point Naval Shipyard, San Francisco, CA

AGENCY: Department of the Navy, DoD.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Department of the Navy (Navy) is extending the public 
comment period for the Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact 
Statement (SEIS) for the Disposal and Reuse of Hunters Point Naval 
Shipyard (HPS), San Francisco, California until Friday, May 6, 2011. A 
Notice of Availability (NOA) and Notice of Public Hearing (NOPH) for 
the Draft SEIS were published in the Federal Register on Wednesday, 
February 23, 2011 (Federal Register/Vol. 76, No. 36, Pages 10012-10014/
Wednesday, February 23, 2011/Notices). Those notices announced the 
initial public comment period, including a public hearing that took 
place on Tuesday, March 15, 2011, and also provided additional 
information on the background and scope of the Draft SEIS. The initial 
public comment period requested the submission of all comments on the 
Draft SEIS to the Navy by Tuesday, April 12, 2011. In response to a 
request from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Navy 
is extending the public comment period until Friday, May 6, 2011.

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 HPS, San Francisco, 
California in accordance with the requirements of the NEPA of 1969 (42 
U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) and its implementing regulations (40 CFR parts 
1500-1508). The Draft SEIS evaluates the potential environmental 
consequences associated with the disposal and reuse of HPS. The Draft 
SEIS is a supplement to the Navy's 2000 Final Environmental Impact 
Statement for the Disposal and Reuse of HPS (March 2000).
    A NOA and NOPH for the Draft SEIS were published in the Federal 
Register on Wednesday, February 23, 2011 (Federal Register/Vol. 76, No. 
36, Pages 10012-10014/Wednesday, February 23, 2011/Notices), to solicit 
comments on the Draft SEIS from Federal, State, and local agencies and 
interested members of the public. In response to requests from the EPA, 
the Navy is extending the public comment period for the Draft SEIS 
until Friday, May 6, 2011.
    The purpose of the proposed action is the disposal of HPS from 
Federal ownership and its subsequent reuse by the County and City of 
San Francisco in a manner consistent with the Hunters Point Naval 
Shipyard Redevelopment Plan as developed by the San Francisco 
Redevelopment Agency in July 1997, and amended in August 2010. The 
Draft SEIS has identified and considered six reuse alternatives and a 
no action alternative. Navy disposal is assumed as part of each reuse 
alternative.
    More information of the Draft SEIS can be found in the previously 
published NOA and NOPH (see Federal Register/Vol. 76, No. 36, Pages 
10012-10014/Wednesday, February 23, 2011/Notices).

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    Federal, State, and local agencies, as well as interested 
individuals, are invited and encouraged to review and comment on the 
Draft SEIS. Comments can be made in the following ways: (1) Written 
comments mailed to the BRAC PMO address in this notice; or (2) written 
comments faxed to the BRAC PMO fax number in this notice; or (3) 
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.
    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, fax 619-532-9858, e-mail: 
[email protected].
    To be considered, all comments must be received by Friday, May 6, 
2011. Such comments will become part of the public record and will be 
responded to in the Final SEIS.

    Dated: April 11, 2011.
D.J. Werner,
Lieutenant Commander, Judge Advocate General's Corps, U.S. Navy, 
Federal Register Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 2011-9271 Filed 4-15-11; 8:45 am]
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