50652 Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 210 / Wednesday, November 1, 2017 / Notices 

GENERAL SERVICES 

ADMINISTRATION 

[Notice–PBS–2017–02; Docket 2017–0002; 

Sequence 21] 

Notice of intent To Prepare a 

Supplemental Environmental Impact 

Statement for the San Ysidro Land Port 

of Entry (LPOE) Modernization and 

Expansion Project 

AGENCY: Public Building Service (PBS), 

General Services Administration (GSA). 

ACTION: Notice of intent; Announcement 

of meeting. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the requirements 

of the National Environmental Policy 

Act of 1969 (NEPA), the Council on 

Environmental Quality Regulations, and 

the GSA Public Buildings Service NEPA 

Desk Guide, GSA is issuing this notice 

to advise the public that a Supplemental 

Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) 

will be prepared for the San Ysidro 

LPOE Modernization and Expansion 

Project (Project). 

DATES: Meeting Date: A public scoping 

meeting will be held on Wednesday, 

November 8th, 2017 from 4:00 p.m., 

Pacific Time (PT), to 6:00 p.m., PT. The 

meeting will be an informal open house, 

where visitors may come, receive 

information, and provide written 

comments. Agencies and the public are 

encouraged to provide written 

comments regarding the scope of the 

SEIS. Written comments must be 

received by November 30, 2017. 

ADDRESSES: The public scoping meeting 

will be held at The Front, 147 West San 

Ysidro Boulevard, San Ysidro, CA 

92173. Written comments must be sent 

to the General Services Administration, 

Attention: Osmahn Kadri, Regional 

Environmental Quality Advisor/NEPA 

Project Manager, 50 United Nations 

Plaza, Room 3345 Mailbox 9, San 

Francisco, CA 94102, or via email to 

osmahn.kadri@gsa.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Osmahn A. Kadri, Regional 

Environmental Quality Advisor/NEPA 

Project Manager, GSA, Pacific Rim 

Region, at 415–522–3617. Please also 

call this number if special assistance is 

needed to attend and participate in the 

public scoping meeting. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: GSA 

intends to prepare a SEIS to analyze the 

potential impacts resulting from 

proposed modifications and minor 

design changes to the San Ysidro LPOE 

Modernization and Expansion Project. 

The San Ysidro LPOE is located at the 

terminus of Interstate 5 at the United 

States-Mexico border in the San Ysidro 

community of San Diego, California. 

Background 

A Final Environmental Impact 

Statement (EIS) and Record of Decision 

(ROD) were published in September 

2009. Both addressed the 

reconfiguration and expansion of the 

San Ysidro LPOE in three independent 

construction phases to improve overall 

capacity and operational efficiency. In 

May 2014, GSA published a Final SEIS 

and ROD that evaluated changed 

circumstances and proposed 

modifications to the Project, including 

(1) the incorporation of northbound 

pedestrians inspections at the proposed 

southbound-only pedestrian crossing 

facility, on the west side of the LPOE, 

and modification of the phasing/timing 

of the construction of the pedestrian 

crossing facility; (2) changes to the 

development footprint on the west side 

of the LPOE and design refinements to 

the Virginia Avenue Transit Center; (3) 

a change in the number of vehicle lanes 

and the installation of southbound 

inspection booths and overhead 

canopies on the proposed southbound 

roadway; and (4) minor changes in the 

design and/or timing of implementation 

of several Project elements. GSA 

prepared a Revision to the Final SEIS in 

August 2015 that addressed minor 

changes to the alignment of the 

southbound roadway and employee 

access road, as well as specific 

information that was not known or 

available at the time the Final EIS or 

Final SEIS were prepared (regarding the 

details of the on-site wastewater 

treatment facility). 

Phase 1 is complete and included the 

construction of a pedestrian bridge, 

additional northbound vehicle lanes 

and inspection facilities, a new 

southbound pedestrian crossing facility 

on the east side of the LPOE, a new bidirectional pedestrian crossing facility 

on the west side of the LPOE, and the 

Virginia Avenue Transit Center. Phase 2 

is fully funded and involves the 

construction of new buildings. Phase 3 

is fully funded and includes 

construction of a southbound roadway 

and associated inspection equipment. 

Phases 2 and 3 are anticipated to be 

completed in 2019. 

The SEIS will address changes to the 

Project, which include acquisition of 

one parcel of land on the east side of the 

LPOE and incorporation of this 

additional land area into the LPOE. 

Alternatives Under Consideration 

Two action alternatives are under 

consideration in addition to the NoAction Alternative. Alternative 1 would 

include demolition of the existing 

building on the acquisition site and 

expansion of the LPOE pedestrian plaza. 

Alternative 2 would involve renovating 

the existing on-site building. The No 

Action Alternative assumes that the site 

would not be acquired by GSA and the 

additional land area would not be 

incorporated into the LPOE. 

Scoping Process 

Scoping will be accomplished 

through a public scoping meeting, direct 

mail correspondence to appropriate 

federal, state, and local agencies, and to 

private organizations and citizens who 

have previously expressed, or are 

known to have, an interest in the 

Project. 

Dated: October 23, 2017. 

Matthew Jear, 

Director, Portfolio Management Division, 

Pacific Rim Region, Public Buildings Service. 

[FR Doc. 2017–23754 Filed 10–31–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6820–Y1–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Meeting of the Advisory Committee on 

Minority Health 

AGENCY: Office of Minority Health, 

Office of the Secretary, Department of 

Health and Human Services. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: As stipulated by the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act, the 

Department of Health and Human 

Services (HHS) is hereby giving notice 

that the Advisory Committee on 

Minority Health (ACMH) will hold a 

meeting conducted as a telephone 

conference call. This call will be open 

to the public. Preregistration is required 

for both public participation and 

comment. Any individual who wishes 

to participate in the call should email 

OMH-ACMH@hhs.gov by December 4, 

2017. Instructions regarding 

participating in the call and how to 

provide verbal public comments will be 

given at the time of preregistration. 

Information about the meeting is 

available from the designated contact 

and will be posted on the Web site for 

the Office of Minority Health (OMH), 

www.minorityhealth.hhs.gov. 

Information about ACMH activities can 

be found on the OMH Web site under 

the heading About OMH. 

DATES: The conference call will be held 

on December 5, 2017, 1:00 p.m.–3:00 

p.m. ET. 

ADDRESSES: Instructions regarding 

participating in the call will be given at 

the time of preregistration. 


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