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The members of the Performance

Review Board for the consolidated

Commands are:

1. MG James J. Cravens, Chief of Staff,

U.S. Army Training and Doctrine

Command (TRADOC).

2. Mr. Roy Reynolds, Director of

Operations, White Sands Missile Range,

TRADOC.

3. Mr. Robert Seger, Assistant Deputy

Chief of Staff for Training (Plans and

Policy), TRADOC.

4. Mr. William R. Lucas, Deputy to the

Commander, Military Traffic

Management Command (MTMC).

5. Mr. Thomas Collinsworth, Director,

MTMC Transportation Engineering

Agency.

6. MG Charles G. Sutton, Jr.,

Commander, Army Signal Command,

Forces Command (FORSCOM).

7. Ms. Vicky L. Jefferis, Assistant

Deputy Chief of Staff for Resources and

Evaluation FORSCOM.

8. Dr. Michael Gentry, Senior

Technical Director/Chief Engineer,

Army Signal Command, FORSCOM.

9. Mr. John R. Kohler, Assistant

Deputy Chief of Staff for Resource

Management, U.S. Army, Europe.

10. Mr. William Rich, Deputy and

Technical Director, U.S. Army National

Ground Intelligence Center.

The members of the Performance

Review Board for the Office of the Chief

of Staff, Army are:

1. BG William Boykin, Deputy

Director Operations Readiness &

Mobilization, Office of the Deputy Chief

of Staff for Operations and Plans

(DCSOPS).

2. BG John M. Dubik, Director of

Training for DCSOPS.

3. Mr. John Riente, Technical Advisor

to the DCSOPS.

4. MG Julian Sullivan, Director for

Supply and Maintenance, Office of the

Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics

(DCSLOG).

5. Mr. Chester Kowalczyk, Assistant

Director of Energy & Troop Support,

DCSLOG.

6. MG Charles C. Cannon, Jr.,

Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff for

Logistics.

7. Mr. Mark W. Ewing, Assistant

Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence.

8. MG David H. Ohle, Assistant

Deputy Chief of Staff for Personnel,

Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for

Personnel (DCSPER).

9. BG Clayton E. Melton, Director of

Human Resource, DCSPER.

10. Dr. Zita M. Simutis, Deputy

Director, Army Research Institute,

DCSPER.

11. Dr. Jack H. Hiller, Director of

MANPRINT, DCSPER.

12. Mr. William C. Reeves, Jr.,

Director, Weapons Directorate, U.S.

Army Space and Strategic Defense

Command (SSDC).

13. Dr. Robin B. Buckelew, Director,

Missile Defense Battle Integration

Center, SSDC.

14. Mr. Edgar Vandiver, Director,

Concepts and Analysis Agency.

Gregory D. Showalter,

Army Federal Register Liaison Officer.

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Navy

Record of Decision

AGENCY: Department of Defense,

Department of the Navy.

ACTION: Record of Decision to

implement the sewage effluent

compliance project for the Santa

Margarita River Basin of Marine Corps

Base, Camp Pendleton, California.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to Section 102(c) of

the National Environmental Policy Act

(NEPA) of 1969, and the Council of

Environmental Quality Regulations (40

CFR parts 1500–1508), the Department

of the Navy announces its decision to

upgrade the wastewater treatment and

disposal systems in the Santa Margarita

River Basin of Marine Corps Base

(MCB), Camp Pendleton, California.

Upgrades in the Santa Margarita River

Basin include the construction of a

series of wastewater discharge flow

percolation/equalization ponds inland

from the coastline, and a connecting

pipeline, approximately 98,000 total

lineal feet, to connect sewage treatment

plants 1, 2, 3, 8 and 13 to the La Salina

ocean outfall, which is owned and

operated by the City of Oceanside.

DATES: This action is effective

immediately.

ADDRESSES: Mr. Lupe E. Armas,

Assistant Chief of Staff, Environmental

Security, Marine Corps Base, Camp

Pendleton, CA 92055–5008.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.

Armas at (619) 725–4512.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant

to Section 102(c) of the National

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of

1969, and the Council on Environmental

Quality Regulations (40 CFR parts 1500–

1508), the Department of the Navy

announces its decision to upgrade the

wastewater treatment and disposal

systems in the Santa Margarita River

Basin of Marine Corps Base (MCB),

Camp Pendleton, California. Upgrades

in the Santa Margarita River Basin

include the construction of a series of

wastewater discharge flow percolation/

equalization ponds inland from the

coastline, and a connecting pipeline,

approximately 98,000 total lineal feet, to

connect percolation/equalization ponds

serving sewage treatment plants 1, 2, 3,

8 and 13 to the La Salina ocean outfall,

which is owned and operated by the

City of Oceanside. The project will be

constructed in two phases. Phase one

includes construction of new

infrastructure linking facilities on Camp

Pendleton. Phase two includes pipeline

construction from the percolation/

equalization ponds on Camp Pendleton

to the La Salina Oceanside ocean

outfall, as well as authorize execution of

the utility service agreement contract

with the City of Oceanside for the use

of the outfall.

Sewage treatment plants 3 and 8 were

constructed in the 1940’s and currently

discharge secondary treated effluent to

percolation basins adjacent to the

sewage treatment plants within a

beneficial use portion of the lower Santa

Margarita River Basin. Sewage treatment

plant 1 was constructed in the 1940’s

and currently discharges secondary

treated effluent to oxidation ponds and

then as a surface discharge to the Santa

Margarita River Basin at locations

distant from the plant. Sewage treatment

plant 2 was constructed prior to 1960

and currently discharges secondary

effluent that is primarily diverted for

irrigation use at the Marine Memorial

Golf Course with any excess effluent

discharged to the Santa Margarita River

via a series of oxidation ponds, open

channel trenches and pipelines. Sewage

treatment plant 13 was constructed

prior to 1960 and was designed to

discharge secondary effluent via force

main pipeline to percolation ponds in

the lower Santa Margarita River,

approximately 3 miles distant (upriver).

The force main pipeline was damaged

by the January 1993 flood; consequently

sewage treatment plant 13 discharges

secondary effluent directly to the Santa

Margarita River at a location adjacent to

the estuary.

Groundwater extracted from this

basin serves developments within the

southern portion of MCB Camp

Pendleton. The current quality of

effluent discharged into the Santa

Margarita River Basin, from all plants,

does not meet the standards of the 1994

San Diego Water Quality Basin Plan, the

State of California Porter Cologne Water

Quality Act of 1969, and the National

Pollution Discharge Elimination System

requirements of the Federal Water

Pollution Control Act of 1972. As a

result of these discharges, the San Diego

Regional Water Quality Control Board

issued Cease and Desist Orders to MCB

Camp Pendleton in January 1989. To
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comply with these Cease and Desist

Orders, new facilities are required to

improve wastewater treatment and

disposal practices and meet the Basin

Plan objectives.

Alternatives considered for correcting

the conditions cited in the Cease and

Desist Orders included water disposal of

effluent, land disposal of effluent and

no action. Water disposal alternatives

included construction of an ocean

outfall, live-stream discharge of either

secondary- or tertiary-treated effluent to

the Santa Margarita River, discharge to

an off-base publicly owned treatment

works, and a basin plan amendment.

Land disposal alternatives included

percolation basins, biological ponds,

leach fields, and injection wells.

The preferred alternative, as

identified in the Draft Environmental

Impact Statement (DEIS) consists of the

construction of 98,000 feet of pipeline,

and percolation/equalization ponds

connecting all five Base sewage

treatment plants and traversing through

the City of Oceanside, to the City owned

La Salina ocean outfall for ultimate

disposal. Though all five sewage

treatment plants will be connected to

the ocean outfall, only sewage treatment

plant 13 normally will discharge to this

outfall. The other sewage treatment

plants will discharge to the outfall

during storm events. The Base sewage

treatment plants would continue to treat

sewage and discharge effluent at the

current secondary level. This alternative

is identified in the Final Environmental

Impact Statement (FEIS) as the

environmentally preferred alternative

for the Santa Margarita River.

Connection to the La Salina ocean

outfall will require the approval of the

City of Oceanside.

A systematic and multidisciplinary

approach to identify alternatives was

utilized which incorporated criteria

based upon technical and functional

suitability. Alternatives were evaluated

for technical suitability consistent with

the numerous constraints imposed by

available land for treatment and

disposal facilities and subsurface

geological and hydrogeological

conditions. Technically suitable

alternatives were further evaluated for

their ability to satisfy the following six

functional requirements of the project:

(1) Prevention of degradation of water

quality to sustain beneficial uses

identified in the San Diego Basin Plan,

(2) compliance with water quality

standards in accordance with State

Groundwater Recharge Guidelines, (3)

compliance with water quality

standards in accordance with Federal

and State safe drinking water standards,

(4) compliance with the timelines

identified in the Cease and Desist

Orders, (5) maintenance of sustained

volume within each water basin, and (6)

prevention of saltwater intrusion into

each water basin. The analysis

determined that the preferred

alternative is the only alternative that

meets all six functional requirement

criteria, and is therefore the most

environmentally preferable.

All practical means to avoid or

minimize environmental harm have

been adopted as identified below and

are amplified in the FEIS.

Construction of the on Base

percolation/equalization ponds and

pipeline within the Santa Margarita

River will require grading and

excavation. A soil erosion control plan

will be prepared for construction, and

will include restricting grading and

excavation during the rainy season,

restricting heavy equipment to existing

roads and rights-of-way, installing

sediment control measures, and

implementing post-construction

revegetation. Construction of the

facilities within the City of Oceanside

will also require trenching operations.

Implementation of the pipeline project

segments within Oceanside will be

performed consistent with grading

operation specifications developed by

the City of Oceanside.

To reduce potential significant

impacts on paleontological resources to

an acceptable level, the Marine Corps

will develop an environmental

education program, develop an

information pamphlet and conduct an

environmental education class for all

construction project personnel.

Additionally, environmental monitors

shall be present when construction

activities occur in designated sensitive

areas. Environmental monitors shall

ensure that paleontological resources

are recovered according to approved

procedures. If paleontological resources

are identified aboard the Base or within

the City of Oceanside, and salvage

efforts are required, the Marine Corps

will curate the materials. Those

materials found in the City of Oceanside

will be provided to the City as

requested.

The Southwestern willow flycatcher

(Empidonax trailii), the least Bell’s vireo

(Vireo belli pusillus) and the Arroyo

southwest toad (Bufo mocroscaphus),

all federally listed endangered species,

are known to occur in the riparian areas

of the Santa Margarita River drainage.

The vireo and the flycatcher are known

to occur in the Pilgrim Creek reach of

the San Luis Rey River drainage.

Construction activities will likely be

completed outside of the vireo and

flycatcher breeding season (March 15

through September 15). Clearing of the

vegetation will be completed prior to

the breeding season. This will avoid the

possibility of vireos and flycatchers

nesting within the area that may be

directly affected by the construction

activities. In addition, construction

outside of the breeding season will

avoid indirect noise impacts to the

species.

For construction that cannot be

accomplished between September 15 to

March 15, additional mitigation

measures will be implemented in

accordance with the United States Fish

and Wildlife Service Section 7

Endangered Species Act Biological

Opinion for Programmatic Activities

and Conservation Plans in Riparian and

Estuarine/Beach Ecosystems on Marine

Corps Base Camp Pendleton, BO 1–6–

95–F–02 (Riparian Biological Opinion)

and the United States Army Corps of

Engineers Section 404 Permit will be

implemented. These will include a preconstruction survey that will determine

whether any active vireo or flycatcher

nests are within 500 feet of the

construction corridor prior to

construction activity. All work within

500 feet of a nest will be completed

within a continuous 8-week period.

To avoid the small possibility that

arroyo southwestern toads, or that other

wildlife, could be injured by falling into

open trenches or by burrowing into

trench walls or spoils piles, no trenches

will be left unprotected at night. If the

arroyo southwestern toad breeding

season (February 1 to September 30)

cannot be avoided and preconstruction

surveys reveal that construction will

take place in toad habitat, mitigation

measures will be implemented as

mandated by the Riparian Biological

Opinion, including fencing the pipeline

corridor with silt-screen or shade cloth

material the night prior to trenching and

removing all toads within the enclosure.

Any necessary removal of toads or other

animals from trenches will be

performed by a biologist permitted by

the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to

handle Arroyo Southwestern toads.

The project will result in a temporary

loss of 6.3 acres of riparian habitat in

the Santa Margarita River drainage

(including jurisdictional wetlands and

waters of the United States), which

provides habitat for the endangered

willow flycatcher and vireo. Temporary

impacts to riparian habitats, including

mulefat scrub, southern arroyo riparian

and southern willow scrub, will be

mitigated through a combination of

invasive exotic plant control and

vegetation management to allow natural

native species revegetation within five

years. Restoration of temporary impacts
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will consist of invasive exotic plant

control, measures to alleviate soil

compaction that may occur during

construction activities, and monitoring

for a period of five years. The Marine

Corps will monitor the effects of

discharge elimination from sewage

treatment plant 3 in the Santa Margarita

Riparian system for 10 years to establish

baseline data for areas upstream,

adjacent to and downstream of the

existing percolation basins. Hydrologic

and vegetation monitoring data will be

collected in accordance with the

provisions of the Riparian Biological

Opinion and provisions of the Clean

Water Act Section 404 and 401 permits.

Should changes in water quality or

water levels be detected, the Marine

Corps will consult with the San Diego

Regional Water Quality Control Board

and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

to develop and implement appropriate

mitigation measures. No permanent or

temporary riparian or wetland impacts

are expected with project

implementation within the San Luis Rey

River drainage.

Critical Habitat for the Southwestern

Willow Flycatcher has recently been

designated by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife

Service, including the 100-year flood

plain of the Santa Margarita River.

However, no permanent riparian/

wetland impacts are expected from

project implementation within the

critical habitat area. Accordingly, the

project will not adversely modify this

habitat.

The California gnatcatcher (Polioptilla

california), a federally listed threatened

species, is present in the coastal sage

scrub habitat near the percolation/

equalization ponds and pipeline

alignments. The project will result in a

direct temporary impact to 2.5 acres of

the coastal sage scrub, of which only

0.80 acres are currently occupied

gnatcatcher habitat. Mitigation and

compensation for permanently removed

occupied coastal sage scrub habitat (e.g.,

for the pipeline access road and the

Lemon Grove ponds) will be achieved

through habitat enhancement and

management at a ratio of 2:1 in coastal

sage scrub areas closest to the project

impacts. The enhancement areas should

stay free of any development or

disturbance in the future. In accordance

with the Biological Opinion 1–6–96–F–

36 for the project (Upland Biological

Opinion), coastal sage scrub habitat will

be revegetated within two years of

construction in all areas where

permanent vegetation removal is not

required (i.e., along pipeline

alignments). Clearing of vegetation for

the Lemon Grove ponds shall be done

outside of the gnatcatcher breeding

season (February 1 through July 31).

To the maximum extent possible,

construction activities will be

completed outside the California

gnatcatcher breeding season to avoid

indirect noise impact to the species. For

construction that cannot be

accomplished between August 1 and

January 31, additional mitigation

measures will be implemented in

accordance with the Upland Biological

Opinion. These include clearing of the

vegetation prior to the breeding season,

even if subsequent construction

activities occur within the breeding

season. This avoids the possibility of

gnatcatchers nesting within the area that

may be directly affected by the project.

A pre-construction survey will

determine whether any active

gnatcatcher nests are within 500 feet of

the pipeline corridor prior to

construction activity. For those nests

within 500 feet, a topographical analysis

will be completed to determine if

disturbance is probable. If so, then all

work within 500 feet of a nest will be

completed within a continuous 96 hour

period.

To mitigate temporary impacts to

coastal sage scrub habitat affected areas

will be recontoured and reseeded with

native coastal sage scrub species and

non-native vegetation will be controlled

for three years. This work will be

initiated no later than the first growing

season after the area is disturbed from

project construction activities. Per the

Upland Biological Opinion, this

revegetation will be considered

acceptable if the total cover by native

coastal sage scrub species is at least 70

percent and the vegetation is not being

artificially sustained, or if the Marine

Corps can demonstrate to the

satisfaction of U.S. Fish and Wildlife

Service that the habitat is insignificantly

different from naturally occurring

gnatcatcher habitats or fully functional

coastal sage scrub on the Base.

A report summarizing habitat

enhancement and restoration will be

provided to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife

Service within 60 days of the initial

phase and after three years to document

the success of the mitigation measures.

Thread-leaved brodiaea (Brodiaea

filifolia), a proposed threatened plant

species, has been identified along the

construction corridor adjacent to the

Headquarters alignment within the

southern portion of the Base.

Construction will result in the removal

of a small population (five individuals

plants) of thread-leaved brodiaea. The

plant corms will be transplanted, prior

to construction, to another suitable area

on the Base that is presently occupied

by the species.

Vernal Pools with associated

watersheds have been identified near

sewage treatment plant 2 along the

project pipeline alignment. The pools

and associated watershed adjacent to

sewage treatment plant 2 will be fenced

and monitored by a biologist. An

erosion control plan will also be

implemented to minimize dust,

sedimentation, or siltation into the

pools. This plan will be implemented by

the contractor and reviewed and

approved by the Base to ensure that the

methods implemented are deemed

effective. All pipelines will follow

existing roads to the maximum extent

practical.

Construction will affect three

archeological sites determined to be

eligible for inclusion on the National

Register of Historic Places. The Marine

Corps will prepare a treatment and data

recovery plan for these three sites; CA–

SDI 12,628, CA–SDI–14,0005H, and

CA–SDI–14,170. A construction

monitoring plan to include a discovery

plan will also be prepared. The

construction monitoring plan will also

include monitoring for buried cultural

resources within areas of Quaternary

alluvium within the project alignment

and at cultural resource sites CA–SDI–

8761, CA–SDI–14,060, CA–SDI–14,058

and CA–SDI–14,059. Flagging of the

right-of-way boundaries and

construction monitoring will occur in

the vicinity of cultural resource sites

CA–SDI–12,567 and CA–SDI–12,577 to

ensure avoidance of the significant site

areas. Should archeological resources be

encountered during construction, all

work will be halted in the immediate

area to determine if the resources are

significant and whether excavation or

protection of resources is required. The

California State Historic Preservation

Officer concurs with this approach.

Analysis of air emissions that would

occur during construction and operation

of the percolation ponds determined

that these emissions will be below de

minimis levels and that the project

conforms with the State Implementation

Plan for air quality.

A Coastal Consistency Negative

Determination was prepared and

submitted for this project to the

California Coastal Commission. The

Negative determination concluded that

the proposed action is being carried out

in a manner consistent with the

enforceable policies of the Coastal Zone

Management Act. The California Coastal

Commission and the City of Oceanside

concur with this determination. A

separate Coastal Use Development

Permit was prepared and submitted to
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the City of Oceanside in compliance

with the City of Oceanside Local Coastal

Plan and the California Coastal

Management Program. The Oceanside

City Planning Commission has

approved the Coastal Use Development

Permit.

The proposed action has been

evaluated with respect to environmental

and social impacts, as well as access to

public information and an opportunity

for public participation in the NEPA

process as mandated by Executive Order

12898, ‘‘Federal Actions to Address

Environmental Justices in Minority

Populations and Low-Income

Populations.’’ The project is consistent

with the goals and provisions of that

Executive Order and no

disproprotionate impacts to minority or

low-income populations will occur.

In the event that the Marine Corps

and City of Oceanside are unable to

come to an agreement for connecting to

the La Salina ocean outfall, the Marine

Corps will utilize the new force main

pipeline to collect treated effluent from

sewage treatment plants 1, 2, 3 and 8

and dispose of treated effluent at

percolation/equalization basins that will

be constructed at the Lemon Grove site,

as discussed in the FEIS. Also, as

discussed in the FEIS, effluent diversion

from sewage treatment plants 1 and 2

will be continued and be used primarily

to irrigate the Marine Memorial Golf

Course during the dry season, and a

separate pipeline would be constructed

(included within the 98,000 foot

estimate) from the golf course to the

new force main pipeline (to the Lemon

Grove percolation/equalization ponds)

to dispose of surplus irrigation effluent

during the winter months. In addition,

as discussed in the FEIS, effluent from

sewage treatment plants 3 and 8 would

also flow to the Lemon Grove

percolation/equalization ponds. Finally,

treated effluent from sewage treatment

plant 13 would continue to be

discharged to the existing Twin Lakes

equalization/percolation ponds; to the

Santa Margarita River; and possibly to

the Lemon Grove Ponds, capacity

permitting. Any continued discharge to

the Santa Margarita River would be in

violation of the Cease and Desist Order.

Accordingly, continued discharge from

sewage treatment plant 13 into the Santa

Margarita River would require an

upgrade to sewage treatment plant 13 to

meet current permit conditions or a

modification of the National Pollutant

Discharge Elimination System permit

granted to MCB Camp Pendleton by the

San Diego Regional Water Quality

Control Board. Implementation of any

proposal to obtain a revised National

Pollutant Discharge Elimination System

permit or to add advanced treatment to

sewage treatment plant 13 to comply

with the existing permit conditions

would require additional engineering

and environmental analysis.

Accordingly, subsequent environmental

documentation would be prepared, as

appropriate, pursuant to NEPA if the

need arises to further pursue or

continue discharge of treated effluent

from sewage treatment plant 13 into the

Santa Margarita River.

Preparation of the Environmental

Impact Statement began with a public

scoping process to identify issues that

should be addressed in the document.

Involvement in scoping was offered

through a combination of documented

public announcements and meetings

with State of California agencies. Public

announcements were handled through

scoping letters sent to Federal, State,

and local governmental agencies, citizen

groups and associations, and the general

public. Also, a Notice of Intent to

prepare an Environmental Impact

Statement was published in local

newspapers and the Federal Register.

The notice of availability of the DEIS

appeared in the Federal Register on

December 20, 1996. The DEIS was

distributed to Federal, State and local

governmental agencies, officials,

citizens groups and associations, public

libraries and other interested parties.

The public review period for the DEIS

was from December 20, 1996 through

February 2, 1997. Comments received

on the DEIS focused on alternatives

analysis, groundwater recharge,

endangered species and wetlands

issues. The FEIS addressed these

comments and was distributed to

officials of Federal, State and local

governmental agencies, citizens groups

and associations, public libraries and to

other interested parties on June 27,

1997. The public review period for the

FEIS ended on July 27, 1997. No

comments were received on the FEIS.

The Department of the Navy believes

that there are no remaining issues to be

resolved with respect to this project. In

the event that the La Salina ocean

outfall is unavailable, all pertinent

issues have been identified and

addressed. Questions regarding the

Environmental Impact Statement

prepared for this action may be directed

to Mr. Lupe E. Armas, Assistant Chief of

Staff, Environmental Security, Marine

Corps Base, Camp Pendleton, CA

92055–5008, telephone (619) 725–4512.

Dated August 26, 1997.

Duncan Holaday,

Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy

(Installations and Facilities).

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Navy

Record of Decision for the Disposal

and Reuse of the Fleet and Industrial

Supply Center, Oakland, California

SUMMARY: The Department of the Navy

(Navy), pursuant to Section 102(2)(C) of

the National Environmental Policy Act

of 1969 (NEPA), 42 U.S.C. 4332(2)(C),

and the regulations of the Council on

Environmental Quality that implement

NEPA procedures, 40 CFR Parts 1500–

1508, hereby announces its decision to

dispose of the Fleet and Industrial

Supply Center (FISC) Oakland,

California.

Navy intends to dispose of this

property directly to the Port of Oakland

(Port) as authorized by the Department

of Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal

year 1993, Public Law 102–484, Section

2834, as amended by the Department of

Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal

Year 1996, Public Law 104–106, Section

2867. Based upon the Port’s Vision 2000

Program, it proposes to develop marine,

rail, and truck cargo facilities on the

property. The Port’s Vision 2000

Program is consistent with the

designation of the area for ‘‘priority port

use’’ in the April 1996 San Francisco

Bay Seaport Plan Update, issued jointly

by the San Francisco Bay Conservation

and Development Commission and the

Metropolitan Transportation

Commission. The Port’s redevelopment

will also provide public access to the

waterfront and, in the Oakland Middle

Harbor, a marine habitat enhancement

area.

In deciding to dispose of FISC

Oakland, Navy has determined that the

Port’s proposed use of the property as

an intermodal cargo facility is consistent

with Public law 102–484, as amended

by Public Law 104–106. This Record Of

Decision does not mandate a specific

mix of land uses. Rather, it leaves

selection of the particular means to

achieve the proposed redevelopment to

the Port of Oakland.

Navy and the Port analyzed the

impacts of disposal and reuse under the

Vision 2000 Program in a Joint

Environmental Impact Statement/

Environmental Impact Report (EIS/EIR),

as required by NEPA and the California

Environmental Quality Act (CEQA),