95-22793. Notice of Intent To Prepare a Joint Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)/Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for the Disposal and Potential Reuse of the Naval Medical Center, Oakland, California

[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 176 (Tuesday, September 12, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47351-47352]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-22793]



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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Notice of Intent To Prepare a Joint Environmental Impact 
Statement (EIS)/Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for the Disposal and 
Potential Reuse of the Naval Medical Center, Oakland, 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 coordination with the City of Oakland is preparing a joint 
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)/Environmental Impact Report (EIR) 
for the disposal and potential reuse of the Naval Medical Center 
Oakland (NMCO) property and structures located in Oakland, California. 
The Navy shall be the EIS lead agency and the City of Oakland shall be 
the EIR lead agency. The Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act 
(Public Law 101-510) of 1990, as implemented by the 1993 base closure 
process, directed the U.S. Navy to close NMCO. NMCO is scheduled for 
closure in September of 1996.
    NMCO is within the jurisdiction of the City of Oakland in Alameda 
County, and is located approximately nine miles southeast of the 
Oakland central business district, and 17 miles east of the City of San 
Francisco. The medical center site is approximately 192 acres developed 
with approximately 89 structures including the hospital, 5 modern 
buildings, 20 older buildings, 24 miscellaneous structures, and 38 
military family housing units.
    The EIS/EIR will address the disposal of the property and the 
potential impacts to the environment that may result from reuse 
development based upon implementation of the Oak Knoll Reuse Plan 
(currently under preparation by the City of Oakland) and a ``no 
action'' alternative. The Oak Knoll Reuse Plan--Preliminary 
Alternatives, dated August 1995, prepared by the City of Oakland Base 
Reuse Authority in conjunction with the residents of the City of 
Oakland will serve as the basis 

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for reuse alternatives. The ``no action'' alternative would have NMCO 
remain federal government property in a caretaker status.
    The Oak Knoll Reuse Plan--Preliminary Alternatives listed the 
following preliminary alternatives: Senior/Community, Mixed Use 
Village, Single Use Campus, and Residential. These alternatives 
comprise land uses (neighborhood retail area, community facilities 
area, educational/training and institutional area, active recreational 
area, open space area, and residential area) combined in different 
acreage configurations. A neighborhood retail area (including 
supermarket, convenience shops, restaurants, laundry, beauty shop, copy 
service, travel agency, and bank uses) could range up to 5 acres. A 
community facilities area (including senior residential, homeless 
housing, elder hostel, health and social services facility, post 
office, small professional offices, and daycare facilities) could range 
up to 33 acres. An educational/training and institutional use area 
(including professional research development and biotech facilities, 
offices, administration, storage, conference and assembly halls, and 
health clinic) could range up to 35 acres. An active recreation area 
(including swimming pool, bowling alley, gymnasium, tennis courts, 
baseball fields, playfields and picnic area) could range between 8-14 
acres. An open space area (recreation trails, creek restoration, 
conserved woodlands, wildlife habitat, and parkland) could range 
between 55-110 acres. A residential area (including variable mixes of 
market rate housing, single-family housing units, and/or medium density 
townhouses, live/work spaces, and senior/homeless housing) could range 
up to 82 acres.

dates: 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 and written comments will be 
held at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday, September 27, 1995, at the NMCO Club 
Knoll Caduceus Room, 8750 Mountain Boulevard, Oakland, 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.

addresses: All written comments should be submitted within 30 days of 
the published date of this notice to Mr. Gary J. Munekawa (Code 185), 
Engineering Field Activity West, Naval Facilities Engineering Command, 
900 Commodore Drive, San Bruno, California 94066-5006, telephone (415) 
244-3022, fax [phone]. For information concerning the EIR, 
please contact the City of Oakland, Office of Planning and Building, 
Environmental Review Section, Ms. Anu Raud at telephone [phone], 
or Mr. Nixon Lam at telephone [phone], or fax [phone]. 
For further information regarding the Oak Knoll Reuse Plan--Preliminary 
Alternatives, dated August 1995, please contact the City of Oakland, 
Oakland Base Reuse Authority, Mr. Paul Nahm, or Mr. Barry Cromartie at 
telephone [phone], or fax [phone].

    Dated: September 8, 1995.
M.D. Schetzsle,
LT, JAGC, USNR, Alternate Federal Register Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 95-22793 Filed 9-11-95; 8:45 am]
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