[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 178 (Monday, September 15, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 48261]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-24393]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Navy


Notice of Public Hearing for the Draft Environmental Impact 
Statement/Environmental Impact Report for the Disposal and Reuse of 
Certain Real Properties at Naval Training Center, San Diego, CA

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Council on Environmental Quality regulations 
(40 CFR Parts 1500-1508) implementing the procedural provisions of the 
National Environmental Policy Act, and pursuant to the California 
Environmental Quality Act (California Public Resources Code Section 
21000, et seq.), the Department of the Navy and the City of San Diego 
have prepared and filed with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency a 
joint Draft Environmental Impact Statement/Environmental Impact Report 
(DEIS/EIR) for the disposal and reuse of certain real properties at 
Naval Training Center (NTC), San Diego, California.
    A Notice of Intent (NOI) for the DEIS/EIR was published in the 
Federal Register on 15 May 1996. A public scoping meeting for the 
proposed project was held on 11 June 1996 at Naval Training Center, San 
Diego, California.
    Under the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990, the 
1993 Defense Base Closure and Realignment commission recommended that 
NTC San Diego be closed as part of the nationwide military force 
reduction. The proposed federal action involves the disposal of land, 
buildings, and infrastructure of NTC San Diego for subsequent reuse. 
Since 1993, when the federal Base Closure and Realignment process 
directed closure of NTC San Diego, the City of San Diego and the NTC 
Reuse Planning Committee have been involved in a process to determine 
how the military base could be used. The Department of the Navy 
recognizes the San Diego City Council as the local reuse authority.
    The environmental effects of five conceptual land use development 
alternatives (reuse alternatives) and the No-Action Alternative have 
been evaluated in the DEIS/EIR. Each of the alternatives evaluates 
proposed uses for approximately 429 acres of NTC San Diego considered 
``surplus'' and subject to the disposal and reuse action. Proposed land 
uses include: residential; educational (reuse of and new classroom and 
laboratory facilities); active and passive recreational open space 
(e.g., trail and open space along the existing boat channel, park land, 
and reuse of the golf course); and retail and cultural uses, galleries, 
and exhibit space in the historic core of the site. Other alternative 
land uses being considered include airport expansion, hotel 
development, and a public safety institute.
    No decision on the proposed action will be made until the National 
Environmental Policy Act process has been completed.
    The DEIS/EIR has been distributed to various federal, state, and 
local agencies, local groups, elected officials, special interest 
groups, and individuals. The DEIS/EIR is available for review at the 
following libraries:

--City of San Diego Central Library, 820 E Street, San Diego, CA 92101
--City of San Diego Public Library, Ocean Beach Branch, 4801 Santa 
Monica Ave., San Diego, CA 92107
--City of San Diego Public Library, Point Loma Branch, 2130 Poinsettia 
Dr., San Diego, CA 92107
--Pacific Beach Public Library, 4275 Cass Street, San Diego, CA 92109.

ADDRESSES: The Navy will conduct a public hearing on Tuesday, September 
30, 1997, at 7:00 p.m., at the Naval Training Support Center, Building 
623, Naval Training Center, San Diego, California to inform the public 
of the Draft EIS/EIR findings and to solicit comments. Federal, state 
and local agencies, and interested individuals are invited to be 
present or represented at the hearing. Oral comments will be heard and 
transcribed by a stenographer. To assure accuracy of the record, all 
comments should be submitted in writing. All comments, both oral and 
written, will become part of the public record in the study. In the 
interest of available time, each speaker will be asked to limit oral 
comments to five minutes. Longer comments should be summarized at the 
public hearing and submitted in writing either at the hearing or mailed 
to the address listed below.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Please provide your written comments 
by October 14, 1997 to Mr. Robert Montana, Southwest Division, Naval 
Facilities Engineering Command, 1420 Kettner Boulevard, Suite 501, San 
Diego, California 92101-2040, telephone (619) 532-2004 ext. 43, fax 
(619) 532-2075; or Mr. Scott Vurbeff, City of San Diego, 202 C Street, 
San Diego, California 92101, telephone (619) 236-6947, fax (619) 236-
6620.

    Dated: September 10, 1997.
Michael D. Sutton,
LCDR, JAGC, USN, Federal Register Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 97-24393 Filed 9-12-97; 8:45 am]
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