Virginia Avenue Border Crossing/San Ysidro Port of Entry, San Diego, California; Notice of Intent; Environmental Impact Statement

GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

Public Buildings Service

Virginia Avenue Border Crossing/San Ysidro Port of Entry, San

Diego, California; Notice of Intent; Environmental Impact Statement

AGENCY: Public Buildings Service, GSA.

ACTION: Pursuant to the Council on Environmental Quality Regulations

(40 CFR 1500-1508) implementing procedural provisions of the National

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), the United States General Services

Administration (GSA) hereby gives notice that said agency intends to

prepare an EIS on the Virginia Avenue Border Crossing/San Ysidro Port

of Entry in San Diego, California. The proposed project would include

construction of a small facility, four to six inspection lanes and

inspection booths. The site compliments the Government of Mexico's

planned new facility located at El Chaparral adjacent to Virginia

Avenue to the south.

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Alternatives: In addition to the proposed action, the EIS will

examine two alternatives; realignment of Inter-State Highway 5 and no

action or continued use of the existing San Ysidro Port Entry. Also,

reasonable alternatives that may or may not be within the authority of

GSA will be examined. If there are potentially a large number of

alternatives, only a reasonable number of examples covering the full

spectrum of alternatives shall be analyzed.

Public Involvement: There will be several public meetings

including, Scoping, Critical Issue(s), Draft Review and Final EIS.

There will also be public review and comment periods of the Draft EIS.

Further information may be obtained from: Ms. Sheryll White, U.S.

General Services Administration, Portfolio Management Division (9PT),

450 Golden Gate Avenue, 3rd Floor East, San Francisco, CA 94102-2799,

Telephone: (415) 522-3488.

Dated: September 23, 1999.

Aki K. Nakao,

Deputy Regional Administrator, (9AD).

Notice of Intent To Prepare an EIS

The General Services Administration intends to prepare an

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) on the following project: Virginia

Avenue Border Crossing/San Ysidro Port of Entry San Diego, California

The General Services Administration of the United States Government

is proposing to expand the United States Border Crossing at Virginia

Avenue in San Diego, California in order to provide southbound

vehicular inspection and to convert the existing southbound lanes at

the United States San Ysidro Port of Entry at San Diego, California to

northbound.

Alternatives to the proposed action include:

A. Proposed Action: Construction of a small facility, four to six

inspection lanes (initially) and inspection booths. The site

complements the Government of Mexico's planned new facility at El

Chaparral adjacent to Virginia Avenue to the south.

B. Realignment of Inter-State Highway 5 to increase northbound

inspection lanes at the San Ysidro Port of Entry. This action could

affect an historical residential area in Tijuana as well as traffic

access to newly aligned lanes. The site is located to the east of the

Government Mexico's planned new facility El Chaparral.

C. No action-space for functions now located at the San Ysidro Port

of Entry will continue.

D. Reasonable alternatives which may or may not be within the

authority of GSA. If there are potentially a large number of

alternatives, only a reasonable number of examples covering the full

spectrum of alternatives shall be analyzed.

Public scoping will include:

Scoping Meeting

Critical Issue(s) Meeting(s)

Public Review and Comment to Draft EIS

Draft EIS Review Meeting

Final EIS Meeting

For further information contact: Sheryll White, General Services

Administration, Portfolio Management Division (9PT), 450 Golden Gate

Avenue, 3rd Floor East, San Francisco, California 94102, (415) 522-

3488, Fax: (415) 522-3215. Email:[email protected].

[FR Doc. 99-25538 Filed 9-30-99; 8:45 am]

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