[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 45 (Monday, March 9, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 12554]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-05507]
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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
Notice of Availability of a Supplemental Draft Environmental
Impact Statement for the San Francisco VA Medical Center Long Range
Development Plan
AGENCY: Department of Veterans Affairs.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), San Francisco VA
Medical Center (SFVAMC) announces the availability of the Supplemental
Draft Environmental Impact Statement (SDEIS) for the Long Range
Development Plan (LRDP), for public comment pursuant to the National
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969, as amended (42 U.S.C. 4331 et
seq.), the Council on Environmental Quality Regulations for
Implementing the Procedural Requirements of NEPA (40 CFR parts 1500-
1508), VA's implementing Regulations (38 CFR part 26), as well as the
settlement agreement resulting from Planning Association for the
Richmond, et al v. U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, C-06-02321-SBA
(filed 6 June 2008). VA supplemented the draft EIS originally released
in August 2012 to account for design and project phasing changes from
the LRDP released in 2012 to the LRDP released in 2014. Both versions
of the LRDP describe development and construction of patient care
buildings, research buildings, business occupancy buildings, and
parking structures, as well as retrofitting seismically deficient
buildings. The SDEIS identifies and addresses environmental impacts
associated with the Proposed Action.
DATES: Interested parties are invited to submit comments in writing on
the SFVAMC SDEIS by May 8, 2015. In preparing the SDEIS the SFVAMC will
consider all comments received or postmarked by that date. Comments
received after that date will be considered to the extent practicable.
Interested parties are also invited to participate in a public meeting
regarding the SFVAMC SDEIS on April 14, 2015 at SFVAMC (4150 Clement
Street, San Francisco, CA 94121, Building 7, 1st floor, Auditorium) at
5 p.m.
ADDRESSES: Submit written comments on the SFVAMC SDEIS through
www.regulations.gov. Please refer to: ``SFVAMC Supplemental Draft EIS''
in any correspondence.
Written comments may also be submitted electronically to
[email protected] please reference ``SFVAMC Supplemental Draft
EIS'' in any correspondence.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robin Flanagan, San Francisco Veterans
Affairs Medical Center, 4150 Clement Street, San Francisco, CA 94121 or
by telephone, (415) 750-2049. The SFVAMC 2014 LRDP and SDEIS are
available for viewing on the SFVAMC Web site: http://www.sanfrancisco.va.gov/planning.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: VA operates the SFVAMC, located at Fort
Miley in San Francisco, California. It is the only VA medical center in
the City and County of San Francisco and VA considers it an aging
facility that needs to be retrofitted and expanded.
Proposed Action
The SFVAMC has identified a need for retrofitting existing
buildings to the most recent seismic safety requirements and for an
additional 589,000 gross square feet (gsf) of medical facility space to
meet the needs of San Francisco Bay Area and northern California coast
Veterans over the next 15 years, in two phases.
Purpose and Need for Action
The purpose of the Proposed Action is to meet the Veterans Health
Administration mission of providing comprehensive, high-quality health
care services that improve the health and well-being of Veterans and
other eligible persons in the San Francisco Bay Area and Northern
California. VA's need for the Proposed Action is to address the area's
current and future capacity issues brought about by the growing Veteran
population, to better serve the ever-changing health care needs of the
growing Veteran population, and to provide safe and appropriate
facilities for providing health care services and conducting research.
SFVAMC has major space and parking deficiencies at its existing
Fort Miley Campus. The SFVAMC mission is to continue to be a major
primary and tertiary care medical center providing high-quality care to
eligible Veterans in the San Francisco Bay Area and along the North
Coast. SFVAMC strives to deliver needed care to Veterans while
contributing to health care knowledge through research. SFVAMC is also
a ready resource for Department of Defense backup, serving as a Federal
Coordinating Center in the event of a national emergency. New
construction initiatives would transform the Campus by providing
seismic improvements and additional facility space. VA can meet its
mission more effectively by integrating clinical care, education, and
research, because such integration makes for more efficient and
progressive overall care for Veterans.
Signing Authority
The Secretary of Veterans Affairs, or designee, approved this
document and authorized the undersigned to sign and submit the document
to the Office of the Federal Register for publication electronically as
an official document of the Department of Veterans Affairs. Jose D.
Riojas, Chief of Staff, approved this document on February 25, 2015 for
publication.
Approved: March 5, 2015.
Michael Shores,
Regulation Policy and Management, Office of General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 2015-05507 Filed 3-6-15; 8:45 am]
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