[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 190 (Friday, October 1, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 53392]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-25538]
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GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
Public Buildings Service
Virginia Avenue Border Crossing/San Ysidro Port of Entry, San
Diego, California; Notice of Intent; Environmental Impact Statement
AGENCY: Public Buildings Service, GSA.
ACTION: Pursuant to the Council on Environmental Quality Regulations
(40 CFR 1500-1508) implementing procedural provisions of the National
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), the United States General Services
Administration (GSA) hereby gives notice that said agency intends to
prepare an EIS on the Virginia Avenue Border Crossing/San Ysidro Port
of Entry in San Diego, California. The proposed project would include
construction of a small facility, four to six inspection lanes and
inspection booths. The site compliments the Government of Mexico's
planned new facility located at El Chaparral adjacent to Virginia
Avenue to the south.
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Alternatives: In addition to the proposed action, the EIS will
examine two alternatives; realignment of Inter-State Highway 5 and no
action or continued use of the existing San Ysidro Port Entry. Also,
reasonable alternatives that may or may not be within the authority of
GSA will be examined. If there are potentially a large number of
alternatives, only a reasonable number of examples covering the full
spectrum of alternatives shall be analyzed.
Public Involvement: There will be several public meetings
including, Scoping, Critical Issue(s), Draft Review and Final EIS.
There will also be public review and comment periods of the Draft EIS.
Further information may be obtained from: Ms. Sheryll White, U.S.
General Services Administration, Portfolio Management Division (9PT),
450 Golden Gate Avenue, 3rd Floor East, San Francisco, CA 94102-2799,
Telephone: (415) 522-3488.
Dated: September 23, 1999.
Aki K. Nakao,
Deputy Regional Administrator, (9AD).
Notice of Intent To Prepare an EIS
The General Services Administration intends to prepare an
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) on the following project: Virginia
Avenue Border Crossing/San Ysidro Port of Entry San Diego, California
The General Services Administration of the United States Government
is proposing to expand the United States Border Crossing at Virginia
Avenue in San Diego, California in order to provide southbound
vehicular inspection and to convert the existing southbound lanes at
the United States San Ysidro Port of Entry at San Diego, California to
northbound.
Alternatives to the proposed action include:
A. Proposed Action: Construction of a small facility, four to six
inspection lanes (initially) and inspection booths. The site
complements the Government of Mexico's planned new facility at El
Chaparral adjacent to Virginia Avenue to the south.
B. Realignment of Inter-State Highway 5 to increase northbound
inspection lanes at the San Ysidro Port of Entry. This action could
affect an historical residential area in Tijuana as well as traffic
access to newly aligned lanes. The site is located to the east of the
Government Mexico's planned new facility El Chaparral.
C. No action-space for functions now located at the San Ysidro Port
of Entry will continue.
D. Reasonable alternatives which may or may not be within the
authority of GSA. If there are potentially a large number of
alternatives, only a reasonable number of examples covering the full
spectrum of alternatives shall be analyzed.
Public scoping will include:
Scoping Meeting
Critical Issue(s) Meeting(s)
Public Review and Comment to Draft EIS
Draft EIS Review Meeting
Final EIS Meeting
For further information contact: Sheryll White, General Services
Administration, Portfolio Management Division (9PT), 450 Golden Gate
Avenue, 3rd Floor East, San Francisco, California 94102, (415) 522-
3488, Fax: (415) 522-3215. Email:sheryll.white@gsa.gov.
[FR Doc. 99-25538 Filed 9-30-99; 8:45 am]
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