[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 158 (Friday, August 14, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49652-49653]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-17804]
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GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
[Notice-PBS-2020-07; Docket No. 2020-0002; Sequence No. 28]
Notice of Availability for the Final Environmental Assessment for
the Appraisers Building and U.S. Custom House Limited Scope Repair &
Alteration Project in San Francisco, California
AGENCY: General Services Administration (GSA).
ACTION: Notice of availability.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces the availability of the Final
Environmental Assessment (EA) for the proposed Appraisers Building and
U.S. Custom House Limited Scope Repair & Alteration Project, San
Francisco, California. The Final EA analyzes the potential
environmental impacts resulting from proposed limited scope repairs and
alterations associated with the Appraisers Building (630 Sansome
Street) and U.S. Custom House (555 Battery Street). The proposed action
would repair, modify, or replace certain building improvements and
systems to improve certain building systems to current building code
and safety standards, as well as to prolong their useful life. Based on
its finding of no significant impacts, GSA has determined that an
Environmental Impact Statement need not be prepared.
DATES: The availability period for the Final EA ends on September 30th,
2020.
ADDRESSES: The Final EA is available electronically for public review
at https://www.gsa.gov/about-us/regions/welcome-to-the-pacific-rim-region-9/buildings-and-facilities/california/us-appraisers-building and
https://www.gsa.gov/about-us/regions/welcome-to-the-pacific-rim-region-9/buildings-and-facilities/california/us-custom-house-san-francisco
(The Final EA is located under the ``Current Projects'' section).
Questions or comments concerning the Final EA should be directed
to: Osmahn Kadri, Regional Environmental Quality Advisor/NEPA Project
Manager, c/o Melanie Hernandez, 169 Saxony Road, Suite 214, Encinitas,
CA 92024, or via email to [email protected].
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Osmahn Kadri, Regional Environmental
Quality Advisor/NEPA Project Manager, GSA, at [email protected] or
415-522-3617.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The Project is located at 630 Sansome Street (Appraisers Building)
and 555 Battery Street (U.S. Custom House), San Francisco, California.
The Project involves two adjacent historical buildings in Downtown San
Francisco, California--the Appraisers Building located at 630 Sansome
Street, and the U.S. Custom House located at 555 Battery Street. The
Project is proposed in order to improve certain systems of the
Appraisers Building and U.S. Custom House up to current building code,
safety standards and serviceable condition and to prolong their useful
life. Both buildings contain certain building elements and building
systems that, due to age, advancement in technologies, failure, or need
for operational upgrades, must be addressed.
The Final EA analyzes an Action Alternative and a No Action
Alternative. The Action Alternative would repair, modify, or replace
certain building improvements and systems to improve certain building
systems to current building code and safety standards, as well as to
prolong their useful life. The limited scope repairs would address
deficiencies in the following categories: Electrical; Fire Protection;
Architectural Barriers Act Accessibility Standard (ABAAS) Compliance;
Curtain Walls; Windows; Roofing; Overhang Canopy; Elevators; Exterior
Cladding; Subbasement Water Intrusion; Building Systems--Mechanical &
Plumbing; and Window Washing System. Under the No Action Alternative,
the limited scope repairs and alterations to the existing Appraisers
Building and U.S. Custom House would not occur.
The Draft EA was made publicly available on January 31, 2020 for a
30-day period. The public review period closed on March 2, 2020. The
Notice of Availability for the Draft EA was published in the Federal
Register at 85 FR 5660 on January 31, 2020. The Draft EA was also
available for review at the Chinatown Library, 1135 Powell Street, San
Francisco, CA 94108. In preparing this Final EA, GSA did not receive
any public comments on the Draft EA during the public review period.
After careful consideration of the environmental analysis and
associated environmental effects of the Proposed Action Alternative and
No Action Alternative, the purpose and need for the Project, and no
comments received on the Draft EA, GSA will be implementing the
Proposed Action Alternative.
Finding
Pursuant to the provision of GSA Order ADM 1095.1F, the PBS NEPA
Desk Guide, and the regulations issued by the Council of Environmental
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Quality, (40 CFR parts 1500 to 1508), this notice advises the public of
our finding that the Proposed Action will not significantly affect the
quality of the human environment.
Basis for Finding
The environmental impacts of the proposed repairs and alterations
were considered in the Final EA pursuant to the National Environmental
Policy Act (NEPA) and the CEQ regulations implementing NEPA. No
significant impacts on the environment would occur with implementation
of best management practices and avoidance, minimization, and
mitigation measures identified in the Final EA.
The Final EA and Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) can be
viewed on the GSA website at https://www.gsa.gov/about-us/regions/welcome-to-the-pacific-rim-region-9/buildings-and-facilities/california/us-appraisers-building and https://www.gsa.gov/about-us/regions/welcome-to-the-pacific-rim-region-9/buildings-and-facilities/california/us-custom-house-san-francisco (The Final EA is located under
the ``Current Projects'' section).
The FONSI will be signed thirty (30) days after the publication of
this notice, provided that no information leading to the contrary
finding is received or comes to light during this period.
Dated: August 11, 2020.
Jared Bradley,
Director, Portfolio Management Division, Pacific Rim Region, Public
Buildings Service.
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