Public Hearing for Draft Environmental Impact Statement on Realignment of Naval Air Station Miramar, CA

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Navy

Public Hearing for Draft Environmental Impact Statement on

Realignment of Naval Air Station Miramar, CA

Pursuant to Council on Environmental Quality regulations (40 CFR

Parts 1500-1508) implementing procedural provisions of the National

Environmental Policy Act, the Marine Corps has prepared and filed with

the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency the Draft Environmental Impact

Statement (DEIS) for realignment of

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Naval Air Station (NAS) Miramar, California.

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

solicit comments will be held on October 18, 1995, beginning at 6:00

pm, in the Tierrasanta Elementary School Auditorium, located at 5450 La

Quenta Drive, San Diego, California.

The public hearing will be conducted by the Marine Corps. 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 assure accuracy of

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

statements, both oral and written, will become part of the public

record on this study. Equal weight will be given to both oral and

written statements.

In the interest of available time, each speaker will be asked to

limit their oral comments to five minutes. If longer statements are to

be presented, they should be summarized at the public hearing and

submitted in writing either at the hearing or mailed to the address

listed at the end of this announcement. All written statements must be

postmarked by October 29, 1995, to become part of the official record.

The DEIS has been distributed to various Federal, State, and local

agencies, elected officials, and civic associations and groups. A

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

the end of this notice.

In accordance with the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of

1990 and the specific base closure and realignment decisions approved

by the president and accepted by Congress in September 1995, the

proposed action is the realignment or conversion of NAS Miramar to

Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Miramar. The proposed action relocates

aircraft and associated assets from MCAS Tustin and MCAS El Toro, which

are closing, to NAS Miramar. Alternatives considered in the DEIS

include: no action, relocation of aircraft and assets to other air

stations that meet operational requirements, and relocation of aircraft

and assets to NAS Miramar. Alternative configurations of facilities at

NAS Miramar were also evaluated. The proposed action will have impacts

on noise, endangered species, and air quality.

Additional information concerning this notice may be obtained by

contacting LtCol George Martin or Mr. Bruce Shaffer, Base Closure and

Realignment Office, Marine Corps Air Station El Toro, Santa Ana, CA

92709, telephone (714) 726-2338.

Dated: September 19, 1995.

Robert Watkins,

Head, Land Use and Military Construction Branch, Facilities and

Services Division, Installations and Logistics Department.

By direction of the Commandant of the Marine Corps.

[FR Doc. 95-23669 Filed 9-22-95; 8:45 am]

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