[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 221 (Friday, November 15, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Page 62531]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-24818]


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GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

[Notice-PBS-2019-10; Docket No. 2019-0002; Sequence No. 24]


Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement 
(EIS) for the Chet Holifield Federal Building in Laguna Niguel, 
California

AGENCY: Public Buildings Service (PBS), General Services Administration 
(GSA).

ACTION: Scoping announcement.

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SUMMARY: GSA intends to prepare an EIS to analyze the potential impacts 
from the proposed alternatives to address the long-term housing of all 
the tenants of the Chet Holifield Federal Building. The building is 
owned and managed by GSA and is occupied by various federal agency 
tenants, with the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services 
(USCIS) serving as the largest tenant.

DATES: The Public Scoping Period will begin on Friday, November 8, 
2019. Interested parties are encouraged to provide written comments 
regarding the scope of the EIS on or before Tuesday, December 10, 2019.

ADDRESSES: Written comments can be submitted by either of the following 
methods:
     Email: [email protected].
     Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: ATT: Osmahn Kadri, 50 
United Nations Plaza, Room 3345, Mailbox 9, San Francisco, CA 94102.

    The views and comments of the public are necessary in helping to 
determine the scope and content of the environmental analysis.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Osmahn A. Kadri, Regional 
Environmental Quality Advisor/NEPA Project Manager, GSA, at 415-522-
3617.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    The Chet Holifield Federal Building was originally built in 1970 by 
the Aerospace and Systems Group of North American Rockwell Corporation, 
although it was never occupied by them. The building and site was 
transferred to the Federal Government for use by federal agencies in 
March of 1974. As a result of the age and current condition of the Chet 
Holifield Federal Building, there are a number of issues with the 
building to be addressed, including abatement of asbestos containing 
materials and enhancement of the building's structural system.
    The development of this project necessitates an Environmental 
Impact Statement (EIS) under the National Environmental Policy Act 
(NEPA) and the GSA Public Buildings Service NEPA Desk Guide as well as 
Council on Environmental Quality Laws, Regulations, and Executive 
Orders.

Alternatives

    The EIS will consider two ``action'' alternatives and one ``no 
action'' alternative. One action alternative consists of relocation of 
current tenants into lease space primarily throughout the Orange 
County, California market. Some tenants may be relocated outside of 
Orange County. The existing Chet Holifield Federal Building and 
surrounding government property would be turned over to the GSA Real 
Property Utilization Disposal Division.
    The other action alternative consists of construction of a new 
federal office building south of the existing Chet Holifield Federal 
Building for the USCIS and relocating all other tenants into lease 
space primarily within the Orange County market. The existing building 
and the remainder of the property not retained for construction of the 
new Federal Office Building would be turned over to the GSA Real 
Property Utilization Disposal Division.
    The ``no action'' alternative assumes that the current issues with 
the Chet Holifield Federal Building would not be addressed and that 
operations would continue under current conditions.

    Dated: November 7, 2019.
Jared Bradley,
Director, Portfolio Management Division, Pacific Rim Region, Public 
Buildings Service.
[FR Doc. 2019-24818 Filed 11-14-19; 8:45 am]
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