[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 6 (Tuesday, January 9, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 644]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-257]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Navy
Notice of Intent To Prepare An Environmental Impact Statement for
Construction of Flood Protection Facilities Along the Santa Margarita
River and Replacement of the Basilone Road Bridge at Marine Corps Base
Camp Pendleton, CA
Pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act as implemented by
the Council on Environmental Quality regulations (40 CFR Parts 1500-
1508), the U.S. Marine Corps intends to prepare an Environmental Impact
Statement (EIS) to evaluate the environmental effects of construction
of flood protection facilities and replacement of the Basilone Road
Bridge at Marine Corps Base (MCB) Camp Pendleton. During the winter of
1993, heavy rains and stormwater runoff resulted in the Santa Margarita
River flooding facilities at MCB Camp Pendleton, including Marine Corps
Air Station (MCAS) Camp Pendleton. The flood also destroyed the
Basilone Road Bridge, a transportation corridor which spans the Santa
Margarita River.
The proposed action involves construction of a levee and stormwater
control measures to prevent flooding from the Santa Margarita River
damaging facilities at MCB/MCAS Camp Pendleton, and construction of a
new two-lane bridge to replace the bridge destroyed by the flood.
Alternatives to be addressed in the EIS will focus on methods of
implementing flood protection measures, including different levee
alignments; alternative stormwater control facilities, including a
detention basin location and a concrete lined flood control channel;
and alternative alignments of the Basilone Road Bridge.
Major environmental issues that will be addressed in the EIS
include air quality, water quality, traffic, utilities, endangered
species and cultural resources.
The Marine Corps will initiate a scoping process for the purpose of
determining the extent of issues to be addressed and identifying the
significant issues related to this action. The Marine Corps will hold a
public scoping meeting on January 25, 1996, beginning at 4:00 pm, at
the San Rafael Elementary School, 1616 San Rafael Drive, Oceanside, CA.
This meeting will be advertised in area newspapers.
A brief presentation will precede request for public comment.
Marine Corps representatives will be available at this meeting to
receive comments from the public regarding issues of concern to the
public. It is important that federal, state, and local agencies and
interested individuals take this opportunity to identify environmental
concerns that should be addressed during the preparation of the EIS. In
the interest of available time, each speaker will be asked to limit
their oral comments to five minutes.
Agencies and the public are also invited and encouraged to provide
written comment on scoping issues in addition to, or in lieu of, oral
comments at the public meeting. To be most helpful, scoping comments
should clearly describe specific issues or topics which the commentor
believes the EIS should address. Written statements and or questions
regarding the scoping process should be mailed to: Commanding Officer,
Southwest Division, Naval Facilities Engineering Command, 1220 Pacific
Coast Highway, San Diego, CA 92132-5187, (Attn: Ms. Melanie Ault, Code
232MA), phone number (619) 532-3355. All comments must be received no
later than February 12, 1996.
Dated: January 3, 1996.
By direction of the Commandant of the Marine Corps.
Kim G. Weirick,
Acting Head, Land Use and Military Construction Branch, Facilities and
Services Division, Installations and Logistics Department.
[FR Doc. 96-257 Filed 1-8-96; 8:45 am]
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