48260 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 178 / Monday, September 15, 1997 / Notices

Army Total Personnel Command,

ATTN: TAPC-PDR-P, Stop C55, Ft.

Belvoir, VA 22060–5576.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.

Janice Thornton at (703) 806–4390 or

DSN 656–4390.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Department of the Army’s record system

notices for records systems subject to

the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a),

as amended, have been published in the

Federal Register and are available from

the address above.

The Department of the Army proposes

to amend the preamble to the Army’s

compilation of Privacy Act systems of

records notices. The amendment

consists of deleting the For more

information contact: paragraph, and

adding two new paragraphs as follows.

Dated: September 9, 1997.

L. M. Bynum,

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison

Officer, Department of Defense.

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For Further Assistance:

Any questions should be addressed to

the Privacy Act Officer, Records

Management Program Division, U.S.

Army Total Personnel Command,

ATTN: TAPC-PDR-P, Stop C55, Ft.

Belvoir, VA 22060–5576.

Point of Contact:

Ms. Janice Thornton at (703) 806–

4390 or DSN 656–4390.

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Navy

Notice of Intent To Prepare a Joint

Environmental Impact Statement/

Environmental Impact Report (EIS/EIR)

for the Proposed Disposal and Reuse

of the Fleet and Industrial Supply

Center, Naval Fuel Depot Point Molate,

Richmond, CA

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),

and the California Environmental

Quality Act (CEQA), the Department of

the Navy in coordination with the City

of Richmond is preparing a joint

Environmental Impact Statement/

Environmental Impact Report (EIS/EIR)

for the proposed disposal and reuse of

the Fleet and Industrial Supply Center,

Naval Fuel Depot Point Molate (NFD Pt.

Molate), Richmond, California. The

Navy will be the lead agency for NEPA

documentation and the City of

Richmond will be the lead agency for

CEQA documentation.

The Defense Base Closure and

Realignment Act (Pub. L. 101–510) of

1990, as implemented by the base

closure process of 1995, directed the

Navy to close the NFD Pt. Molate. Pub.

L. 102–484, Section 2834, as amended

by Pub. L. 104–106, Section 2867,

permits the Navy to dispose of NFD Pt.

Molate to the City of Richmond.

Background

NFD Pt. Molate is within the

jurisdiction of the City of Richmond and

consists of 419 acres of land on the

northeast shoreline of San Pablo Bay.

The property includes several large

underground storage tanks, the

Winehaven historic district listed on the

National Register of Historic Places, and

administration and support buildings.

The joint EIS/EIR will address Navy

disposal of the property and the

potential impacts associated with three

community reuse alternatives and a ‘‘no

action’’ alternative. The City of

Richmond Blue Ribbon Advisory

Committee developed the Point Molate

Reuse Plan which identifies a mixture of

land-uses, and serves as a guide to

develop the three community reuse

alternatives. The reuse alternatives

expected to be evaluated in the EIS/EIR

are: Mixed Use/Historic, Industrial/

Commercial, and Recreational/Historic.

The ‘‘No Action’’ alternative would

retain NFD Pt. Molate as a closed

facility remaining in federal caretaker

status.

The Mixed Use/Historic Alternative

would include development of publicly

oriented uses such as a shoreline park,

trails, ballfields, public market/plaza,

amphitheater, promenade, and light

industrial and commercial uses such as

incubator businesses, retreat and

conference center, bed and breakfast,

live/work space, and restaurants. That

alternative also includes single- and

multi-family residential uses, a heliport,

ferry service and a winery. The

Industrial/Commercial Alternative

would include some of the publicly

oriented uses listed above, but would

develop light industrial and warehouse

facilities on sites designated for

residential development in the Mixed

Use/Historic Alternative. The

Recreational/Historic Alternative

introduces gardens, small lakes, golf

course, pier developments,

environmental science center, wetlands

and wildlife habitat, and a medium

sized hotel in an addition to some of the

other publicly oriented and recreational

land-uses listed above.

The EIS/EIR will evaluate the

potential for environmental impacts to

traffic conditions, air quality, biological

resources, cultural resources, utilities,

and other environmental issues

identified through this scoping process.

ADDRESSES: The Department of the Navy

is initiating a scoping process for the

purpose of determing the scope of issues

to be addressed and for identifying

significant issues relative to this

proposed action. A public meeting to

receive oral comments from the public

will be held on Wednesday, October 1,

1997, at 6:00 pm, at 2600 Barrett

Avenue, City of Richmond Council

Chambers. The Navy and the City of

Richmond representatives will briefly

summarize the reuse planning and

environmental impact assessment

processes, and will then solicit public

comments to identify the scope of

environmental impact analysis. It is

important that federal, state, and local

agencies, and interested individuals are

present or represented in the scoping

process to assist the Navy and the City

of Richmond in evaluating the range of

issues and reuse alternatives to be

addressed. In the interest of allowing

everyone a chance to participate,

speakers will be requested to limit their

oral comments to five (5) minutes.

Written comments or questions

regarding the scoping process and/or

EIS/EIR should be postmarked no later

than Monday, October 20, 1997 and sent

to the following addressses.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.

Noreen Roster (Code 703), Engineering

Field Activity West, Naval Facilities

Engineering Command, 900 Commodore

Drive, San Bruno, California 94066–

5006, telephone (415) 244–3021, fax

(415) 244–3206. For information

concerning the EIR, please contact Ms.

Natalia Lawrence or Ms. Nancy

Kaufman, Planning Department, the City

of Richmond, California, telephone

(510) 620–6706, fax (510) 620–6858. For

further information regarding the Point

Molate Reuse Plan, please contact Ms.

Patricia Jones, Office of the City

Manager at (510) 620–6952, fax (510)

620–6542, or Ms. Natalia Lawrence or

Ms. Nancy Kaufman, Planning

Department.

Dated: September 10, 1997.

Michael D. Sutton,

LCDR, JAGC, USN, Federal Register Liaison

Officer.

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