65640 Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 244 / Wednesday, December 20, 1995 / Notices

Extension of Comment Period on the

Proposal To Change Items 85 and 90

in the Military Traffic Management

Command Freight Traffic Rules

Publication 1A (MFTRP–1A) Governing

Carrier’s Entitlement to Detention

Charges)

AGENCY: Military Traffic Management

Command, DOD.

ACTION: Notice to extend comment

period.

SUMMARY: This notice extends the

deadline to January 31, 1996 for

comments on the Military Traffic

Management Command (MTMC)

Proposal to Change Items 85 and 90 in

the MTMC Freight Traffic Rules

Publication 1A (MFTRP 1A) Governing

Motor Carrier Entitlement to Detention

Charges. Formerly the deadline for

comments was December 26, 1995 as

published on November 24, 1995 (FR,

Vol. 60, No. 226, page 58052).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.

Leon N. Patton Jr., or Mr. John

Alexander, (703) 681–6871,

Headquarters, Military Traffic

Management Command, ATTN: MTOP–

T–NI, 5611 Columbia Pike, Falls

Church, VA 22041–5050.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: None.

Gregory D. Showalter,

Army Federal Register Liaison Officer.

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Extension of Comment Period on the

Transloading of Arms, Ammunition,

and Explosives

AGENCY: Military Traffic Management

Command, DOD.

ACTION: Notice to extend comment

period.

SUMMARY: This notice extends the

deadline to January 31, 1996 to

comments on the Military Traffic

Management Command (MTMC)

Proposal to Change Item 48 in the

MTMC Freight Traffic Rules Publication

1A Governing Transloading of

Shipments of Divisions 1.1, 1.2, and 1.3

Ammunition and Explosives. Formerly

the deadline for comments was

December 26, 1995, as published in the

notice section on November 24, 1995

Federal Register, Vol. 60, No. 226, page

number 58054).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Mr. David Foreman, (703) 681–6293,

Headquarters, Military Traffic

Management Command, ATTN: MTOP–

QEC, 5611 Columbia Pike, Falls Church,

VA 22041–5050.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: None.

Gregory D. Showalter,

Army Federal Register Liaison Officer.

[FR Doc. 95–30842 Filed 12–19–95; 8:45 am]

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Department of the Navy

Record of Decision for the

Development of Facilities in San Diego/

Coronado, CA To Support the

Homeporting of One Nimitz-Class

Aircraft Carrier

Pursuant to section 102(2) of the

National Environmental Policy Act

(NEPA) of 1969 and the Council on

Environmental Quality regulations

implementing NEPA procedures (40

CFR 1500–1508), the Department of the

Navy announces its decision to

implement the preferred alternative

presented in the Final Environmental

Impact Statement (FEIS) to comply with

the 1993 Base Realignment and Closure

(BRAC) directive from Congress to close

Naval Air Station Alameda and relocate

ships currently homeported there to

fleet concentrations in San Diego and in

the Pacific Northwest. Affected ships

include two Nimitz-class aircraft

carriers (CVNs), one of which will be

realigned to the San Diego area and is

the subject of this decision.

A Notice of Intent was published in

the Federal Register in July 1993,

indicating that the Navy would prepare

a Draft Environmental Impact Statement

(DEIS) for the Development of Facilities

in San Diego/Coronado to Support the

Homeporting of One Nimitz-Class

Aircraft Carrier. A scoping meeting was

held in August 1993, in Coronado,

California. In May 1995, the DEIS was

distributed to federal, state and local

agencies, elected officers, special

interest groups, and interested

individuals. A public hearing was held

on June 7, 1995 in Coronado. Oral and

written comments and Navy responses

were incorporated into the FEIS which

was distributed to the public for a

review period that ended on December

8, 1995.

The proposed action includes six

separate construction projects for

facilities and infrastructure necessary to

support one CVN and preserve the

existing capacity to accommodate one

transient CVN at Naval Air Station

North Island (NASNI). Homeporting a

CVN will require: (1) Dredging of the

carrier berths and turning basin, and the

San Diego Bay channel (consisting of

the inner channel and the outer

channel); and (2) constructing a bay fill

area, a carrier wharf, propulsion plant

maintenance facilities, and support

utilities during the next five years.

The carrier berths and turning basin

will be dredged to a depth of ¥50 feet

below Mean Lower Low Water (MLLW),

the inner channel will be dredged to

¥47 feet MLLW, and the outer channel

will be dredged to ¥55 feet MLLW. The

outer channel extends south from Point

Loma for 2.2 miles until the natural

water depth reaches ¥55 feet MLLW. A

total of approximately 9 million cubic

yards (CY) of sediments will be dredged

and disposed of at several locations. Of

that amount, 70,000 CY adjacent to the

existing quaywall has been found

unsuitable for ocean disposal and will

be used as backfill in the bay fill area.

In addition, approximately 40,000 CY of

sediment dredged from the rock dike

foundation and 150,000 CY of sediment

dredged from an eelgrass mitigation site

will also be used as backfill in the bay

fill area. Bioaccumulation studies

indicated that approximately 932,000

CY of dredged material located in the

berthing area are suitable for ocean

disposal and will be disposed of at the

U.S. Environmental protection Agency

approved Ocean Disposal Site (LA–5),

located approximately 5 miles

southwest of Point Loma. The remaining

dredged material of approximately 7.86

million CY are suitable for beach

nourishment. This material will be

deposited nearshore in water depth

ranging between ¥20 and ¥30 feet

MLLW at four severely eroded beaches

in San Diego County. These beaches

include: (a) Imperial Beach which will

receive approximately 1.7 million CY,

(b) Del Mar and (c) Oceanside, which

will receive approximately 2.46 million

CY each, and (d) Mission Beach, which

will receive approximately 1.24 million

CY of the dredged material. The exact

disposal quantities and locations are

subject to approval and permitting by

the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

(COE).

The San Diego Association of

Governments (SANDAG) is attempting

to obtain funding to supplement

available Navy military construction

funding in order to place dredged

material directly onto eroded beaches.

In the event that federal, state, or local

funding becomes available in time to

meet dredging schedules, dredge

material determined suitable for beach

nourishment by the COE would be

placed directly onshore at five beach

sites located in San Diego County. These

five beaches were analyzed during the

EIS process and have been determined

to be suitable for onshore beach

nourishment. These beaches are not

suitable for nearshore placement of

dredged material because of sensitive