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miles between Structure 155A and

Pump Station 319.

Environmental Quality: The

Technical Mediated Plan will preserve

the same flood control benefits that

justify the original Corps project. The

recommended plan will serve other

purposes as well: provide additional

water supply for the Everglades (and

other urban and environmental users)

and provide a filtering area to remove

excessive nutrients from agricultural

runoff before it is discharged into the

Everglades. As an incidental, but

important benefit, the plan will also

reduce harmful freshwater discharges

into Lake Worth at the eastern terminus

of C–51.

b. Scoping: The scoping process as

outlined by the Council on

Environmental Quality will be utilized

to involve Federal, State, and local

agencies; and other interested persons

and organizations. A scoping letter will

be sent to interested Federal, State, and

local agencies requesting their

comments and concerns regarding

issues they feel should be addressed in

the EIS. Interested persons and

organizations wishing to participate in

the scoping process should contact the

Corps of Engineers at the address above.

Significant issues anticipated include

concern for: local groundwater recharge,

water quality, water supply, recreation,

wetlands, fish and wildlife, and land

use. Public scoping meetings will be

held in the near future, the exact

location, dates, and times will be

announced in public notices and local

newspapers.

c. It is estimated that the DEIS will be

available to the public in March 1996.

Gregory D. Showalter,

Army Federal Register Liaison Officer.

[FR Doc. 95–10193 Filed 4–25–95; 8:45 am]

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Intent To Prepare a Draft

Environmental Impact Statement

(DEIS) for San Francisco Bay to

Stockton, Phase III (John F. Baldwin)

Navigation Channel Deepening

AGENCY: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

ACTION: Notice of intent.

SUMMARY: John F. Baldwin is part of the

San Francisco Bay to Stockton,

California Navigation Project authorized

by the River and Harbor Act of 1965 as

contained in Public Law 89–298, EightyNinth Congress, dated 29 October 1965.

The authorization includes improving

and deepening existing navigation

channels from the San Francisco

entrance channel to Port of Stockton. To

fulfill the requirements of Section

102(2)(c) of the National Environmental

Policy Act, the Corps of Engineers has

determined that the proposed action

may have significant effect on the

quality of the human environment and

therefore requires the preparation of an

Environmental Impact Statement.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For

further information about the project

and the alternatives, contact Mr. Peter

LaCivita, Chief, Environmental Planning

Section, Corps of Engineers San

Francisco District, 211 Main Street, Rm

918 (CESPN–PE–PP), San Francisco, CA

94105–1905. Phone number (415) 744–

3342, fax number (415) 744–3312,

internet address

placivita@smtp.spd.usace.army.mil

ADDRESSES: Written statements should

be mailed no later than June 16, 1995,

to the District Engineer, USAED San

Francisco, 211 Main Street, San

Francisco, California 94105.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Need for Action

Currently vessels with drafts greater

than 35 feet arriving in San Francisco

Bay are required to arrive with only a

portion of their cargo hulls full, or to

off-load a portion of their cargo before

proceeding to their respective terminals

as far as Point Edith in Suisun Bay. The

proposed deepening of the channel will

lessen or eliminate this need, reducing

transportation costs through increasing

fleet efficiency. Safety would improve

and environmental risks would decrease

due to the inherent reduction in ship

traffic.

Summary

San Francisco Bay to Stockton, Phase

III (John F. Baldwin) Ship Channel

Improvement Project (JFB), starts in San

Francisco Bay, extends through San

Pablo Bay and Carquinez Strait and into

Suisun Bay.

The project consists of dredging four

reaches of the channel, three

maneuvering areas, one approach area,

and one turning basin. The first reach,

3 miles of the West Richmond Channel

in central San Francisco Bay through

the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge area, is

to be deepened from ¥35 feet to ¥45

feet MLLW with a bottom width of 600

feet. The second reach to be dredged is

the Pinole Shoal Channel, which

extends approximately 11 miles across

San Pablo Bay and connects the

naturally deep waters of San Pablo Bay

and Carquinez Strait. This channel will

be deepened from ¥35 MLLW to ¥45

feet MLLW, and the bottom width

reduced from 600 to 520 feet. The first

maneuvering area to be dredged is

associated with the Pinole Shoal

Channel, in the area near the Unocal

wharf at Oleum. This area will be

dredged to ¥45 feet MLLW. The

Carquinez Strait Channel is the third

reach to be deepened as part of the JFB

project. This approximately 3.5-mile

long channel will be deepened from

¥35 feet MLLW, with a width of 600

feet to ¥45 feet MLLW with a width of

520 feet through the shoal areas of

Upper Carquinez Strait in the MartinezBenicia area, tapering to approximately

300 feet at the Interstate 680 (I–680) and

Southern Pacific Railroad bridge. The

approach area south of the main

Carquinez Strait Channel at Martinez

will be deepened to ¥45 feet MLLW

and the maneuvering area will be

enlarged to include the naturally deep

water to the north. The final reach is

Bulls Head Shoal Channel, a distance of

approximately 2 miles. This reach will

be dredged from the existing ¥35 feet

to ¥45 feet MLLW and after passing

through the narrow straits under the

railroad bridge, widened from the

existing 350 feet to 520 feet. This newly

enlarged channel will continue into a

1500-foot trapezoidal turning basin that

will be positioned at the upstream end

of the reach with a depth of ¥35 feet

MLLW outside of the channel. After

leaving the turning basin the channel

will revert to current project dimensions

upstream of ¥35 feet MLLW with a

width of 350 feet. The volume of

material to be dredged from the project

is approximately (9 million cubic yards

[mcy]).

Alternatives

Alternatives associated with the JFB

projects are the No-Action alternative,

in which no disposal site would be used

and therefore the project would not be

constructed, and combinations of sites

for disposal of dredged material. A total

of ten sites have been identified for

disposal and will be evaluated in the

EIS/EIR. The sites include one ocean

disposal site (EPA-designated San

Francisco Deep Ocean Disposal Site

[SF–DODS]), one San Francisco Bay

disposal site (the Bay Farm Borrow

area), and eight land sites. The SF–

DODS is located approximately 50 miles

west of the Golden Gate Bridge in over

8,000 feet of water. The Bay Farm

Borrow Area (BFBA) is located off Bay

Farm Island, Alameda County and is, on

average, ¥31 feet MLLW, encompassing

over 400 acres. The first land alternative

is Leonard Ranch, located in Sonoma

County, south of Highway 37, near Port

Sonoma-Marin where material would be

dried and used as cover material for

landfills. Montezuma Wetlands (Phase I)

is located in Solano County on

Montezuma Slough north of the
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confluence of the Sacramento and San

Joaquin Rivers. Dredged material would

be used to restore the site to a tidal

wetland. Various Department of Water

Resources (DWR) Delta Island sites have

been identified through the Long Term

Management Strategy (LTMS) as

potential land sites for material to be

used in levee maintenance. Sites with

the most potential for use of dredged

material in levee maintenance are

Twitchell, Jersey, Sherman, Bradford,

and Bethel Islands and Webb Tract.

Scoping

The focus of the DEIS will be on the

construction and maintenance of the

JFB channel and the associated disposal

sites. Interested parties are requested to

express their views concerning the

proposed activity by June 16, 1995. A

scoping meeting for the project will be

held in the Bay Room at the George

Gordon Center, 500 Court Street in

Martinez, Contra Costa County,

California on June 1, 1995, starting at 6

p.m.

Agencies and the public are

encouraged to provide written

comments in addition to, or in lieu of,

oral comments at the scoping meeting.

To be most helpful, the scoping

comments should clearly describe

specific environmental topics or issues

which the commentator believes the

document should address. Oral and

written comments receive equal

consideration. Written public comment

concerning scoping of the DEIS will be

accepted until June 16, 1995. Please

address all correspondence to the

District Engineer, USAED San

Francisco, 211 Main Street, San

Francisco, California 94105. For

additional information, please contact

the person indicated above.

Topics which have already been

identified as needing consideration in

the DEIS are salinity intrusion, wildlife

conservation, endangered species, and

sediment and water quality.

The DEIS will be used as the primary

information document to secure

concurrence in a Federal Coastal Zone

Consistency Determination. In addition,

the DEIS will be used by the local

sponsor to meet its responsibilities

under the California Environmental

Quality Act, and may also be used by

the San Francisco Regional Water

Quality Control Board to meet its

responsibilities under the PorterCologne Act. Other reviews in which

the DEIS will be a source of information

are the Fish and Wildlife Coordination

Act, Endangered Species Act, Clean

Water Act, and ‘‘trustee agency’’ reviews

by the State of California. The DEIS will

be available for public review in Fall,

1995.

Gregory D. Showalter,

Army Federal Register Liaison Officer.

[FR Doc. 95–10191 Filed 4–25–95; 8:45 am]

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Department of the Navy

Community Redevelopment Authority

and Available Surplus Buildings and

Land at Military Installations

Designated for Closure: Naval Reserve

Center, Jamestown, New York

AGENCY: Department of the Navy, DOD.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This Notice provides

information regarding the

redevelopment authority that has been

established to plan the reuse of the

Naval Reserve Center, Jamestown, NY,

the surplus property that is located at

that base closure site, and the timely

election by the redevelopment authority

to proceed under new procedures set

forth in the Base Closure Community

Redevelopment and Homeless

Assistance Act of 1994.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John

J. Kane, Director, Real Estate Operations

Division, Naval Facilities Engineering

Command, 200 Stovall Street,

Alexandria, VA 22332–2300, telephone

(703) 325–0474, or Marian E.

DiGiamarino, Special Assistant for Real

Estate, Base Closure Team, Northern

Division, Naval Facilities Engineering

Command, 10 Industrial Highway, Mail

Stop #82, Lester, PA 19113–2090,

telephone (610) 595–0762. For detailed

information regarding particular

properties identified in this Notice (i.e.,

acreage, floor plans, sanitary facilities,

exact street address, etc.), contact Helen

McCabe, Realty Specialist, Base Closure

Team, Northern Division, Naval

Facilities Engineering Command, 10

Industrial Highway, Mail Stop #82,

Lester, PA 19113–2090, telephone (610)

595–0762.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 1993,

the Naval Reserve Center, Jamestown,

NY, was designated for closure pursuant

to the Defense Base Closure and

Realignment Act of 1990, Public Law

101–510, as amended. Pursuant to this

designation, the land and facilities at

this installation were on July 15, 1994,

declared surplus to the federal

government and available for use by (a)

non-federal public agencies pursuant to

various statutes which authorize

conveyance of property for public

projects, and (b) homeless provider

groups pursuant to the Stewart B.

McKinney Homeless Assistance Act (42

U.S.C. 11411), as amended.

Election To Proceed Under New

Statutory Procedures

Subsequently, the Base Closure

Community Redevelopment and

Homeless Assistance Act of 1994

(Public Law 103–421) was signed into

law. Section 2 of this statute gives the

redevelopment authority at base closure

sites the option of proceeding under

new procedures with regard to the

manner in which the redevelopment

plan for the base is formulated and how

requests are made for future use of the

property by homeless assistance

providers and non-federal public

agencies. On December 21, 1994, the

Governor of New York submitted a

timely request to proceed under the new

procedures. Accordingly, this notice of

information regarding the

redevelopment authority fulfills the

Federal Register publication

requirement of Section 2(e)(3) of the

Base Closure Community

Redevelopment and Homeless

Assistance Act of 1994.

Also, pursuant to paragraph (7)(B) of

Section 2905(b) of the Defense Base

Closure and Realignment Act of 1990, as

amended by the Base Closure

Community Redevelopment and

Homeless Assistance Act of 1994, the

following information regarding the

surplus property at the Naval Reserve

Center, Jamestown, NY, is published in

the Federal Register.

Redevelopment Authority

The redevelopment authority for the

Naval Reserve Center, Jamestown, NY,

for purposes of implementing the

provisions of the Defense Base Closure

and Realignment Act of 1990, as

amended, is the City of Jamestown,

acting by and through Mayor Richard A.

Kimball, Jr. For further information

contact the Office of the Mayor,

Municipal Building, 4th Floor,

Jamestown, NY 14701, telephone (716)

483–7600 and facsimile (716) 483–7591.

Surplus Property Descriptions

The following is a listing of the land

and facilities at the Naval Reserve

Center, Jamestown, NY, that were

declared surplus to the federal

government on July 15, 1994.

Land

Approximately 2.48 acres of improved

and unimproved fee simple land at the

U.S. Naval Reserve Center, in the City

of Jamestown, Chautauqua County, NY.

In general, all areas are presently

available. The station closed on July 1,

1994.