[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 143 (Friday, July 25, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43457-43458]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-17581]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Navy
Notice of Public Meetings for the Proposed Naval Base Coronado
Coastal Campus Draft Environmental Impact Statement, California
AGENCY: Department of the Navy, DoD.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: Pursuant to Section 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental
Policy Act of 1969 and regulations implemented by the Council on
Environmental Quality (40 Code of Federal Regulations parts 1500-1508),
the Department of the Navy (DoN) has prepared and filed with the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, a Draft Environmental Impact Statement
(EIS) evaluating the potential environmental effects of constructing,
operating, and maintaining an academic campus on Naval Base Coronado
(NBC) to support the operational readiness of Naval Special Warfare
Command (NSWC) personnel.
With the filing of the Draft EIS, the DoN is initiating a 60-day
public comment period beginning on July 25, 2014 and ending on
September 22, 2014. During this period, the DoN will conduct two public
meetings to receive oral and written comments on the Draft EIS. This
notice announces the dates and locations of the public meetings and
provides supplementary information about this environmental planning
effort.
Dates and Addresses: Public information and comment meetings will
be held in Imperial Beach and Coronado, California between 5:00 p.m. to
8:00 p.m. on the following dates and at the following locations:
1. August 13, 2014, Marina Vista Community Center, 1075 Eighth
Street, Imperial Beach, California 91932.
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2. August 14, 2014, Winn Room, Coronado Public Library, 640 Orange
Avenue, Coronado, California 92118.
Additional information concerning meeting times and locations is
available on the EIS Web site (http://www.nbccoastalcampuseis.com) and
through local news media.
Federal, state, and local agencies and officials, and interested
groups and individuals, are encouraged to provide comments during the
public comment period, in person at the public meetings (orally or in
writing), or in writing online at http://www.nbccoastalcampuseis.com or
via the U.S. Postal Service. Comments will not be accepted through
social media. Written comments on the Draft EIS should be postmarked or
received (online) no later than September 22, 2014, to ensure they
become part of the official record. Equal weight will be given to oral
and written statements.
For Mailing Written Comments and Further Information Contact: NBC
Coastal Campus EIS Project Manager (Attn: Ms. Teresa Bresler), 2730
McKean Street, Building 291, San Diego, California 92136.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A Notice of Intent to prepare this Draft EIS
was published in the Federal Register on June 29, 2012 (77 FR 38781).
Scoping meetings were held on July 17 and 18, 2012. The scoping period
concluded on August 14, 2012, following a 15-day extension of the
scoping period that was announced on July 31, 2012 (77 FR 45345).
Comments received during the public scoping period were considered
during preparation of the Draft EIS.
The proposed NBC Coastal Campus would involve the construction,
operation, and maintenance of an academic campus at Silver Strand
Training Complex-South (SSTC-South), San Diego, California. The
proposed campus would be comprised of 1.5 million square feet of space
to include a mix of instructional and administrative facilities
supporting logistics, operations, training, and administration.
Implementation of the proposed action would occur over a 10-year
period.
The purpose of this action is to: (1) Provide logistics and
operational support buildings, classrooms, storage and administrative
facilities to accommodate growth of NSWC on the west coast; and, (2)
maintain Congressionally-mandated increased training and operational
readiness requirements for NSWC. However, the current NSWC operational
support, classroom and tactical skills instruction and administrative
facilities, primarily located at Naval Amphibious Base (NAB) Coronado,
are inadequate to meet mission requirements. Moreover, expansion
potential at that location is limited. Therefore, the proposed action
would meet the needs of NSWC by optimizing the use of space within the
existing NBC footprint, thereby allowing NSWC to support fluctuating
organizational structure and mandated mission requirements.
In addition to the no action alternative, three development
alternatives are evaluated in the Draft EIS. Alternative 1 (SSTC-South
Bunker Demolition Alternative) would consolidate NSWC facilities at one
location on SSTC-South. This alternative would include design and
construction of logistical support buildings, equipment use and
maintenance training facilities, classroom and tactical skills
instruction buildings, storage and administrative facilities,
utilities, fencing, roads, and parking. A new controlled entry point
would provide immediate access to/from State Route 75 and a historic
bunker would be demolished to facilitate campus construction.
Alternative 2 (SSTC-South Bunker Retention Alternative) would include
all the components of Alternative 1 within the same footprint but would
include retention of the historic bunker, thereby resulting in a
smaller developable footprint. Alternative 3 (Multi-Installation
Alternative) would site necessary NSWC facilities at more than one
location to include NAB Coronado and Naval Air Station North Island, in
addition to SSTC-South. This alternative would include retention of the
historic bunker similar to Alternative 2.
The Draft EIS contains a comprehensive analysis of the potential
environmental impacts of the Proposed Action, including impacts on land
use and recreation, geology and soils, air quality, hazardous materials
and waste, water quality and hydrology, noise, biological resources,
cultural resources, traffic and circulation, socioeconomics and
environmental justice, public health and safety, utilities and public
services, coastal uses and resources, and aesthetics.
The Draft EIS was distributed to Federal, state, and local
agencies, elected officials, and other interested individuals and
organizations. Copies of the Draft EIS are available for public review
at the following libraries:
1. Coronado Public Library, 640 Orange Avenue, Coronado, California
92118.
2. Imperial Beach Library, 810 Imperial Beach Boulevard, Imperial
Beach, California 91932.
3. City of San Diego Central Library, 330 Park Boulevard, San Diego,
California 92101.
An electronic copy of the Draft EIS is available for viewing or
downloading at http://www.nbccoastalcampuseis.com. A paper copy of the
Executive Summary or a single compact disc of the Draft EIS will be
made available upon written request.
Dated: July 21, 2014.
N. A. Hagerty-Ford,
Commander, Office of the Judge Advocate General, U.S. Navy, Federal
Register Liaison Officer.
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