[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 76 (Thursday, April 18, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 16924]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-9534]
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GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
Notice of Availability FEIS
The General Services Administration (GSA) announces the release of
the Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS), for the siting and
proposed construction of a new Courthouse Annex in the Central Business
Area (CBA) of Savannah, Georgia. The 30-day comment period for the FEIS
closes Monday, May 20, 1996.
The EIS has examined the impacts of constructing an Annex to the
Courthouse in the Savannah CBA. This includes impacts to historic and
cultural resources, traffic and parking, and socioeconomics (including
the impacts on local businesses and neighborhoods). The EIS examined
ways to mitigate unavoidable adverse impacts of the proposed action.
Concurrent with implementation of the National Environmental Policy Act
requirements, GSA has also implemented its consultation requirements
under Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act, regarding
the impacts to historic properties as a result of undertaking the
proposed action. GSA is very much aware of the potential for adverse
affects on the National Historic Landmark District as a result of the
proposed action, and has made every effort to identify and take into
account such affects while planning this project.
The New Courthouse will house approximately 250 employees in a
165,000 occupiable square feet structure that will meet the 10-year and
30-year space requirements of the U.S. Courts. The project will contain
five courtrooms, and office space for Court-related agencies, as well
as space for GSA. After an exhaustive process of site identification
and site screening, three potential sites and four configurations were
considered technically feasible and analyzed in the EIS as follows:
1. ``No Action,'' that is, undertake no new construction.
Dated: April 11, 1996.
Phil Youngberg,
Regional Environmental Officer, 4PT.
2. Construction of a single building 80 feet tall on the
sites of the current Juliet Gordon Low Buildings A&B including building
over President Street. This is the GSA preferred alternative.
3. Construction two buildings 133 feet high on the sites
of the current Juliet Gordon Low Buildings A&B and not building over
President street.
4. Partial demolition and construction at the site of the
Juliet Gordon Low Building currently housing the US Army Corps of
Engineers.
5. Construction north of the existing Courthouse on a 1.4
acre parcel bounded by State, Bull, Broughton, and Whitaker Streets,
leaving undisturbed the two buildings facing Bull Street, demolishing
the remaining structures, and closing and building over Broughton Lane.
Public comments on the FEIS should be communicated to GSA by May 20
in writing at the following address with you and comments to: Mr.
Philip Youngberg, Regional Environmental Officer--4PT, 401 West
Peachtree Street, NW, Suite 3010, Atlanta, GA 30365-3010 or fax your
comments to Mr. Youngberg at 404-331-4540. Comments should be received
no later than May 20, 1996. GSA anticipates issuing a Record of
Decision after the close of the 30-day comment period.
[FR Doc. 96-9534. Filed 4-17-96; 8:45 am]
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