94-21647. Intent to Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for the Proposed Disposal and Reuse of Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, CA

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Navy

 

Intent to Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for the 
Proposed Disposal and Reuse of Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, 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), the Department of the 
Navy in association with the City of Vallejo, California, announce 
their intent to prepare a joint Environmental Impact Statement/
Environmental Impact Report (EIS/EIR) for the proposed disposal and 
reuse of Mare Island Naval Shipyard (MINSY). The Defense Base Closure 
Act (Public Law 101-510) directs the Navy to close MINSY. The Navy will 
be the lead agency for NEPA documentation, and the City of Vallejo will 
be the lead agency for documentation pursuant to the California 
Environmental Quality Act.
    Mare Island, which is located about 30 miles northeast of San 
Francisco, is approximately 3.5 miles long by a mile wide, and covers 
approximately 5,460 acres. The Navy facility, which is scheduled for 
operational closure in April, 1996 is currently developed with 
industrial, office, residential, educational, commercial, cultural, 
recreational, institutional, and open space uses. The EIS/EIR will 
address the disposal of the property 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 Public Law 
101-510 and applicable federal property disposal regulations.
    The Mare Island Reuse Plan, developed by the City of Vallejo, 
constitutes the preferred alternative for the EIS/EIR. The Plan 
identifies 13 distinctive land use zones, plus broad wetland and dredge 
pond areas, and includes recommendations for reuse. The EIS/EIR will 
examine the potential impacts to the environment that may result from 
implementation of the preferred alternative and from three alternative 
reuse scenarios. The alternatives would include a less intensive 
development of the property, still based in large part on the Reuse 
Plan; a development scenario reflecting the Reuse Plan, public input 
and mitigation for identified environmental constraints; and a no-
action Alternative, which would result in the federal government 
retaining the property in an ``inactive'' 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 reuse alternatives to be addressed. A 
public scoping meeting to receive oral and written comments will be 
held on September 22, 1994, at 7:00 p.m., in the Joseph Room of the 
John F. Kennedy Library, located at 505 Santa Clara Street, Vallejo, 
California. In addition, written comments may be submitted by October 
7, 1994, to Mr. Jerry Hemstock, Code 09F2JH, Western Division, Naval 
Facilities Engineering Command, 900 Commodore Drive, San Bruno, 
California 94066-2402, telephone [phone], fax [phone]. 
For further information regarding the Mare Island Reuse Plan, contact 
Ms. Ann Merideth, City of Vallejo, Planning Division, 555 Santa Clara 
Street, Vallejo, California 94590-5934, telephone [phone], fax 
[phone].

    Dated: August 29, 1994.
Saundra K. Melancon,
Alternate Federal Register Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 94-21647 Filed 8-31-94; 8:45 am]
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