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[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 93 (Monday, May 13, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22027-22028]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-11861]

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Navy

Notice of Intent to Prepare a Joint Environmental Impact 
Statement/Environmental Impact Report for the Disposal and Reuse of 
Certain Real Properties at Naval Training Center, San Diego, California

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 association with the City of San Diego, California, announces 
its intent to prepare a joint Environmental Impact Statement/
Environmental Impact Report (EIS/EIR) to evaluate the environmental 
effects of the proposed disposal and reuse of certain real properties 
at the Naval Training Center (NTC), San Diego, California. The Navy 
will be the lead agency for NEPA documentation and the City of San 
Diego will be the lead agency for CEQA documentation.
    In accordance with the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act 
(Public Law 101-510) of 1990, as implemented by the 1993 Base Closure 
and Realignment process, the Navy was directed to close NTC San Diego. 
The proposed action involves the disposal of land, buildings, and 
infrastructure of NTC for subsequent reuses.
    The property currently occupied by NTC is approximately 550 acres. 
Of the 550-acre site, approximately 410 acres are planned for disposal. 
The remaining 140 acres will be retained by the U.S. Navy for military 
housing and other uses. NTC is located in a highly developed 
residential and commercial area approximately two miles from

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downtown San Diego at the edge of northern San Diego Bay. It is 
bordered by the community of Point Loma to the west, the Fleet Anti-
Submarine Warfare Training Center to the south, the U.S. Marine Corps 
Recruit Depot to the northeast, and the San Diego International Airport 
(Lindberg Field) to the eastern boundary.
    The EIS/EIR will analyze the environmental effects of the disposal 
of NTC based on potential reasonable reuses of the property, taking 
into account uses identified by the City of San Diego and as determined 
during the scoping process. The City's NTC Reuse Planning Committee has 
proposed a draft reuse plan which identifies several uses for the 
property. The draft reuse plan includes such uses as: residential; 
educational; a mixture of active and passive recreational open space; 
retail and cultural uses; and galleries and exhibit space in the 
historic core of the site. Alternatives being considered would include 
airport expansion, housing types, hotel use, and a Public Safety 
Academy. Major environmental issues that will be addressed in the 
document would include, but are not limited to traffic, cultural and 
biological resources, land uses, visual quality, socioeconomics, 
community services and utilities, and noise.

ADDRESSES: The Navy will conduct a scoping meeting on Tuesday, June 11, 
1996, beginning at 7:00 p.m. at the NTC Support Center, Building 623, 
Cushing Road (NTC Support Center can be accessed from Gate 1 located at 
the corner of Lytton Avenue and Barnett Avenue), San Diego, California. 
A brief description of the proposed action will precede request for 
public comment. Navy and City representatives will be available at this 
meeting to receive comments from the public regarding issues of 
concern. Federal, state and local agencies, and interested parties are 
invited to be present or represented at the meeting. 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 meeting and submitted in writing either at the meeting or 
mailed to the address listed below. Written comments must be received 
by June 25, 1996, to become part of the official record. Additional 
information concerning this notice may be obtained by contacting: Ms. 
Sheila Donovan (Code 232.SD), Southwest Division, Naval Facilities 
Engineering Command, 1220 Pacific Highway, San Diego, California 92132-
5178, telephone (619) 532-3624. For further information regarding the 
City's NTC Reuse Plan, please contact Mr. Scott Vurbeff, City of San 
Diego Development Services Department, 1222 First Avenue, Mail Station 
501, San Diego California 92101, telephone (619) 236-6947.

    Dated: May 8, 1996.
M.A. Waters,
LCDR, JAGC, USN, Federal Register Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 96-11861 Filed 5-10-96; 8:45 am]
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