Notice of Public Hearing for the Draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement for the Miramar Landfill General Development Plan, Fiesta Island Replacement Project/Northern Sludge Processing Facility, and the West Miramar Landfill Overburden Disposal, at Naval Air Station Miramar, San Diego, CA

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Notice of Public Hearing for the Draft Programmatic Environmental

Impact Statement for the Miramar Landfill General Development Plan,

Fiesta Island Replacement Project/Northern Sludge Processing Facility,

and the West Miramar Landfill Overburden Disposal, at Naval Air Station

Miramar, San Diego, CA

Pursuant to Council on Environmental Quality regulations (40 CFR

parts 1500-1508) implementing procedural provisions of the National

Environmental Policy Act, the Department of the Navy, in cooperation

with the City of San Diego, has prepared and filed with the U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency the Draft Programmatic Environmental

Impact Statement (DPEIS) for the Miramar Landfill General Development

Plan, Fiesta Island Replacement Project/Northern Sludge Processing

Facility, and the West Miramar Landfill Overburden Disposal, at Naval

Air Station Miramar, San Diego, California.

The DPEIS has been distributed to various federal, state, and local

agencies, elected officials, special interest groups, and libraries. A

limited number of single copies are available at the address listed at

the end of this notice.

A public hearing to inform the public of the DPEIS findings and to

solicit comments will be held on Tuesday, May 31, 1994, beginning at 7

p.m., in the Madison High School auditorium, 4883 Doliva Street, San

Diego, California.

The public hearing will be conducted by the Navy. Federal, state

and local agencies and interested parties are invited and urged to be

present or represented at the hearing. Oral statements will be heard

and transcribed by a stenographer; however, to ensure accuracy of the

record, all statements should be submitted in writing. All statements,

both oral and written, will become part of the public record for the

study. Equal weight will be given to both oral and written statements.

Oral statements should be limited to five minutes or less.

Statements may also be submitted to the address listed at the end

of this notice. All written statements must be postmarked by June 13,

1994, to become part of the official record.

The DPEIS identifies a General Development Plan proposed by the

City of San Diego for phased long-term implementation and a number of

specific projects comprising Phase I, which is proposed for 1994

implementation. These projects are needed to accomplish the City's

master plan to expand existing solid waste facilities and to site new

waste processing and biosolids processing facilities.

The point of contact for obtaining copies of the DPEIS is

Commanding Officer, Naval Air Station Miramar, Attn: Mr. Roger

Hillhouse (Code 187RH), 45249 Miramar Way, San Diego, California 92145-

5005, telephone: (619) 537-1102.

This information will be made available in alternative formats upon

request. To request an agenda in an alternative format, or to request a

sign language or oral interpreter for the meeting, call the

Metropolitan Wastewater Department at (619) 533-4200 at least five

working days prior to the meeting to ensure availability. Assistive

listening devices are available for the meeting upon request.

Lewis T. Booker, Jr.

LCDR, JAGC, USN, Federal Register Liaison Officer.

[FR Doc. 94-11205 Filed 5-9-94; 8:45 am]

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