95-15846. Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement/Environmental Impact Report for the Disposal and Reuse of the Former Naval Shipyard Hunters Point, San Francisco, CA

[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 124 (Wednesday, June 28, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33392-33393]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-15846]



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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Navy


Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement/Environmental 
Impact Report for the Disposal and Reuse of the Former Naval Shipyard 
Hunters Point, San Francisco, CA

    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 
coordination with the City and County of San Francisco is preparing a 
joint Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)/Environmental Impact Report 
(EIR) for the disposal and potential reuse of the former Naval 
Shipyard, Hunters Point property and structures located in San 
Francisco, California. The Navy shall be the EIS lead agency and the 
City of San Francisco shall be the EIR lead agency. The Defense Base 
Closure and Realignment Act (Pub. L. 101-510) of 1990, as implemented 
by the 1993 base closure process, directed the U.S. Navy to close Naval 
Station Treasure Island and its off-station property, Hunters Point 
Annex (the former Naval Shipyard, Hunters Point). This EIS/EIR shall be 
prepared for the disposal and reuse of former Naval Shipyard Hunters 
Point. A separate EIS/EIR shall be prepared for the disposal and reuse 
of Naval Station, Treasure Island.
    The former Naval Shipyard is within the jurisdiction of the City of 
San Francisco. It covers approximately 500 acres of the southeast San 
Francisco waterfront. The property is developed with industrial ship 
repair facilities and associated buildings, including limited support 
facilities (residential, recreational). The EIS/EIR will address 
disposal of the property and the potential impacts associated with 
potential reuses of the property.
    The EIS/EIR will address the potential significant impacts to the 
environment that may result from the implementation of two reuse 
alternatives and a ``no action'' alternative. The Hunters Point 
Shipyard Reuse Plan (based on a Hunters Point Land Use Draft Plan dated 
March 1995 developed by the City and County of San Francisco Planning 
Department with the San Francisco Redevelopment Agency in conjunction 
with the Mayor's Citizens Advisory Committee) will constitute the 
preferred alternative. The preferred alternative has been endorsed by 
the San Francisco Planning & Redevelopment Commissions and the Citizens 
Advisory Committee. The preferred reuse alternative would provide 
approximately 6,500 jobs, 1,300 residential units, 1.1 million square 
feet of industrial use (such as ship repair, ship maintenance, trucking 
and courier services, equipment leasing, printing and publishing, 
motion picture production, etc.), 300,000 square feet of research & 
development use (such as data processing, telecommunication, etc.) 
555,000 square feet of cultural/institutional use (such as large 
education and training facilities, museums, theaters, galleries, 
restaurants, etc.), 1.1 million square feet of mixed use (such as 
artist studios, live/work space, recording studios, research and 
development, hotel/conference facilities, retail, etc.), and 6.1 
million square feet of open space. The second alternative would be a 
reduced development of approximately 5,000 jobs, 600 residential units, 
900,000 square feet of industrial use, 250,000 square feet of research 
& development use, 425,000 square feet of cultural/institutional use, 
850,000 square feet of mixed use, and 6.1 million square feet of open 
space. The ``no action'' alternative would have the former Naval 
Shipyard remain federal government property, in a continuing caretaker 
status.
    Federal, state, and local agencies, and interested individuals are 
encouraged to participate in the scoping process for the EIS/EIR to 
determine the range of issues and alternatives to be addressed. A 
public scoping meeting to receive oral [[Page 33393]] and written 
comments will be held at 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday, July 12, 1995, at the 
Southeast Community Facility, 1800 Oakdale Avenue, San Francisco, 
California. In the interest of available time, each speaker will be 
asked to limit oral comments to five (5) minutes. Longer comments 
should be summarized at the public meeting or mailed to the address 
listed at the end of this announcement. All written comments should be 
submitted within 30 days of the published date of this notice to Ms. 
Mary Doyle (Code 185), Engineering Field Activity West, Naval 
Facilities Engineering Command, 900 Commodore Drive, San Bruno, 
California 94066-5006, telephone [phone], fax [phone]. 
For information concerning the EIR, please contact Ms. Barbara Sahm, of 
the San Francisco Planning Department, Office of Environmental Review, 
telephone [phone]. For further information regarding the Hunters 
Point Shipyard Land Use Plan, please contact Mr. Byron Rhett, Hunters 
Point Project Manager of the San Francisco Redevelopment Agency, 
telephone [phone] or Mr. Paul Lord, Hunters Point Planning 
Manager of the San Francisco Planning Department, telephone (415) 538-
6311.

    Dated: June 23, 1995.
L.R. McNees,
LCDR, JAGC, USN, Federal Register Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 95-15846 Filed 6-27-95; 8:45 am]
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