[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 210 (Wednesday, November 1, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 50652]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-23754]
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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.
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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 [email protected].
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 bi-directional 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
No-Action 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]
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