[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 117 (Friday, June 18, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32899-32900]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-15507]
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PRESIDIO TRUST
Letterman Complex, The Presidio of San Francisco, CA;
Identification of the Preferred Alternative for the Draft Supplemental
Environmental Impact Statement and Extension of the Public Comment
Period
AGENCY: The Presidio Trust.
ACTION: Identification of the ``Digital Arts Center'' (Alternative 5)
as the Presidio Trust's (Trust) preferred alternative for the purposes
of the draft supplemental environmental impact statement (SEIS) for new
development and uses within the Letterman Complex, The Presidio of San
Francisco (Presidio) (EIS No. 990143). The draft SEIS is a supplement
to the 1994 Final General Management Plan Amendment (GMPA) EIS for the
Presidio. The Trust is extending the public comment period to 45 days
after the publication of this notice to provide full opportunity for
the public to make their views known on the action.
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SUMMARY: The Trust has prepared and circulated for review a draft SEIS
for the development and occupancy of approximately 900,000 square feet
of new, low- to mid-rise mixed-use space within 23 acres of the 60-acre
Letterman Complex, located in the northeast corner of the Presidio (64
FR 22662-63 (April 27, 1999)). For the purposes of the draft SEIS, six
alternatives were evaluated at a comparable level of analysis for
development and occupancy of the site: a ``Science and Education
Center'' (the Updated Presidio GMPA Alternative, or Alternative 1); a
``Sustainable Urban Village'' (Alternative 2); a ``Mixed Use
Development'' (Alternative 3); a ``Live/Work Village'' (Alternative 4);
a ``Digital
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Arts Center'' (Alternative 5) and ``Minimum Management'' (the No Action
Alternative, or Alternative 6). Of the six alternatives discussed in
the draft SEIS, the Trust has preliminarily determined that the
``Digital Arts Center'' (Alternative 5) would best fulfill its
statutory mission and responsibilities under the Presidio Trust Act
(Pub. L. 104-333), giving consideration to economic, environmental,
technical and other factors.
Identification of a preferred alternative at this time does not
imply that the Trust has made a final determination regarding the
viability of Alternatives 1, 2, 3, 4 and 6. The Trust invites public
comment on all of the alternatives described in the draft SEIS,
including the Trust's preferred alternative.
Media coverage of the preferred alternative selection process
conducted by the Trust may have resulted in public confusion regarding
the continuing viability of Alternatives 1, 2, 3, 4 and 6. For this
reason, the Trust has chosen to extend the public comment period to
April 27-August 2, 1999 to accommodate a full 45-day comment period for
the draft SEIS, as updated by this Federal Register notice, which will
also enable the public to review and comment on the Trust's selection
of Alternative 5 as the Trust's preferred alternative.
Public Meeting
The Trust will receive additional oral comment on the draft SEIS at
the July 20, 1999 meeting of the Citizens' Advisory Commission of the
Golden Gate National Recreation Area. The meeting will be held at Park
Headquarters, Building 201, Fort Mason, San Francisco, California at
7:30 p.m.
Comments
Comments on the draft SEIS must be received by August 2, 1999.
Written comments on the draft SEIS must be sent to: NEPA Compliance
Coordinator--Attn: Letterman Complex, Presidio Trust, 34 Graham Street,
P.O. Box 29052, San Francisco, CA 94129-0052, Fax: 415-561-5315, E-
mail: planning@presidiotrust.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Pelka, NEPA Compliance
Coordinator, the Presidio Trust, 34 Graham Street, P.O. Box 29052, San
Francisco, CA 94129-0052. Telephone: 415-561-5300.
Reference: 40 CFR 1502.14(e)
Dated: June 14, 1999.
Karen A. Cook,
General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 99-15507 Filed 6-17-99; 8:45 am]
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