[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 78 (Tuesday, April 24, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20389-20390]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-7814]


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POSTAL SERVICE


Philadelphia, PA 30th Street Post Office Property Disposition

AGENCY: Postal Service.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of the disposition of Postal 
Service(tm) property, the 30th Street Main Post Office located in 
Philadelphia, PA.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before April 30, 2007.

ADDRESSES: Comments may be mailed to Dallan Wordekemper, Postal 
Service, Federal Preservation Officer, 4301

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Wilson Boulevard, Suite 300, Arlington VA 22203-1961.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dallan Wordekemper, 703-526-2779.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In June 2006, the construction of the new 
Postal Service Processing and Distribution Center in southwest 
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania was completed. With the opening of this new 
facility, the Postal Service is vacating much of its property in west 
Philadelphia. According to Section 106 of the National Historic 
Preservation Act of 1966 (NHPA), federal agencies including the Postal 
Service, are required to take into account the effects of their 
undertakings on historic properties, and afford the Advisory Council on 
Historic Preservation, the State Historic Preservation Officer, the 
public, and other consulting parties, a reasonable opportunity to 
comment on those undertakings.
    Consistent with the disposition of its properties and as required 
by Section 106 of NHPA, the Postal Service is serving notice of this 
undertaking and is seeking comments from the public on the disposition 
of three properties: the Main Post Office, the Truck Terminal Annex, 
and the fourteen acre parking lot. The Postal Service will continue to 
maintain operations and ownership at the Vehicle Maintenance Facility 
located at the southwest corner of Chestnut and 30th streets; this 
building is not part of the disposition.
    The Main Post Office building, constructed from 1931-1935, stands 
prominently at the southeast corner of Market and 30th streets, and it 
extends a full city block south to Chestnut Street and east to 
Schuylkill Avenue. It is six stories in height and encompasses 927,183 
gross square feet. The Main Post Office building is listed on the 
National Register of Historic Places. The Truck Terminal Annex 
building, constructed in 1962, is situated on the southeast corner of 
Chestnut and 30th streets, and it extends a full city block south to 
Walnut Street and east to Schuylkill Avenue. The building is a three-
story structure and measures 171,902 gross square feet. The third piece 
of property in this disposition of Postal Service properties is a 
fourteen acre parking lot that is situated south of the Truck Terminal 
Annex building, south of Walnut Street, east of the Schuylkill 
Expressway and Amtrak railroad, and west of rail High Line.
    In May 2007, the Postal Service plans to convey the Main Post 
Office to the University of Pennsylvania or its assignee, and the Truck 
Terminal Annex building and the fourteen acres of land to the 
University of Pennsylvania. The Postal Service is in consultation with 
the Pennsylvania State Historic Preservation Officer and the Advisory 
Council on Historic Preservation and all improvements will meet the 
Secretary of the Interior Standards for Historic Rehabilitation. 
Interested persons may obtain more detailed information about this 
action at the retail store located in the main branch at 2970 Market 
Street, Philadelphia PA.

Neva R. Watson,
Attorney, Legislative.
 [FR Doc. E7-7814 Filed 4-23-07; 8:45 am]
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