96-3920. Notice of Intent To Prepare a Joint Environmental Impact Statement/Environmental Impact Report for the Proposed Disposal and Reuse of Naval Air Station Alameda and the Alameda Annex of the Fleet Industrial Supply Center, Alameda, California

[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 36 (Thursday, February 22, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6816-6817]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-3920]



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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Navy


Notice of Intent To Prepare a Joint Environmental Impact 
Statement/Environmental Impact Report for the Proposed Disposal and 
Reuse of Naval Air Station Alameda and the Alameda Annex of the Fleet 
Industrial Supply Center, Alameda, California

SUMMARY: Pursuant to Section 102(2)(c) of the National Environmental 
Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969 as implemented by the Council on 
Environmental Quality regulations (40 CFR Parts 1500-1508) and the 
California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), the Department of the 
Navy, in association with the City of Alameda, California, announces 
its intent to prepare a joint Environmental Impact Statement/
Environmental Impact Report (EIS/EIR) for the proposed disposal and 
reuse of Naval Air Station (NAS) Alameda and the Fleet and Industrial 
Supply Center, Oakland, Alameda Annex and Facility (Alameda Annex/
Facility). The Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act (Public Law 
101-510) of 1990 , as implemented by the base closure process of 1993, 
directed the Navy to close NAS Alameda and the Alameda Annex/Facility.
    The Navy will be the lead agency for NEPA documentation and the 
City of Alameda will be the lead agency for CEQA documentation.
    The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will be a cooperating agency for 
the NEPA documentation.
    NAS Alameda and the Alameda Annex/Facility are located on Alameda 
Island, at the western end of the City of Alameda, Alameda County, 
California. Alameda Island lies along the eastern side of the San 
Francisco Bay adjacent to the City of Oakland.
    NAS Alameda is approximately two miles long by one mile wide, and 
occupies approximately 2,842 acres, including 1,734 acres of uplands 
and 1,108 acres of tidelands. The Base, which is scheduled for 
operational closure in April, 1997, is currently developed with 
airfield, industrial, office, residential, educational, institutional, 
and open space uses.
    The Alameda Annex/Facility consists of two parcels which comprise 
approximately 188 acres of land area, adjacent to NAS Alameda to the 
east and bordered on the north by the Oakland/Alameda Estuary, which 
separates Alameda Island from the City of Oakland. It is developed with 
warehouses, open spaces, storage and administrative buildings. The 
Alameda Annex/Facility is scheduled for operational closure in 
September, 1998.
    The EIS/EIR will address the disposal of both NAS Alameda and the 
Alameda Annex/Facility to public or private entities and the potential 
impacts of reuse alternatives. All available property will be disposed 
of in accordance with the provisions of applicable laws, including 
Public Law 101-510 and applicable federal property disposal 
regulations.
    The NAS Alameda Community Reuse Plan, developed by the Alameda 
Reuse and Redevelopment Authority (ARRA), includes both NAS Alameda and 
the Alameda Annex/Facility, and constitutes the preferred Reuse Plan 
for the EIS/EIR. The Plan is a mixed use proposal and identifies seven 
distinctive reuse sub-areas and recommendations for reuse. The EIS/EIR 
will examine the potential impacts to the environment that may result 
from the implementation of the preferred Reuse Plan and potential 
alternative reuse scenarios. The alternatives may include mixed use, 
still based in large part on the Reuse Plan, but emphasizing open 
space, a seaport industrial focus, and an option with a limited use 
airfield and increased residential uses. A ``no action'' alternative, 
which would result in the federal government retaining the property in 
an ``inactive'' caretaker status, will also be included.

ADDRESSES: Federal, state and local agencies, and interested 
individuals are invited to participate in the scoping process to 
determine the range of issues and reuse alternatives to be addressed. A 
public scoping meeting to receive oral and written comments will be 
held on Wednesday, March 13, 1996, at 7:00 p.m., at the Alameda High 
School Cafeteria, located at 2200 Central Avenue, Alameda, California. 
In the interest of available time, each speaker will be asked to limit 
oral comments to five minutes. In addition, written comments may be 
submitted by March 29, 1996, to Mr. Jerry Hemstock, Code 185JH, 
Engineering Field Activity West, Naval Facilities Engineering Command, 
900 Commodore Drive, San Bruno, California 94066-5006, telephone (415) 
244-3023, fax [phone]. For further information regarding the NAS 
Alameda Community Reuse Plan, contact Mr. Paul Tuttle, Alameda Reuse 
and Redevelopment Authority, Naval Air Station Postal Directory, 
Building 90, Alameda, California 94501-5012, telephone [phone], 
fax [phone].

    Dated: February 15, 1996.
M. A. Waters,
LCDR, JAGC, USN, Federal Register Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 96-3920 Filed 2-21-96; 8:45 am]
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