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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 87 / Friday, May 7, 2021 / Notices
Following the scoping period, a Draft PEIS will be prepared and ultimately circulated for public comment.
DATES: Public Scoping comments and related material must be post-marked or received by the Coast Guard on or before June 21, 2021. A representative will respond to substantive and relevant questions submitted via https
virtual.woodplc.com/VirtualSpace/
102907, or emailed to BaseSeattlePEIS@
uscg.mil, during normal business hours Pacific Standard Time between May 7, 2021June 14, 2021.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by docket number USCG
20210183 using the Federal eRulemaking Portal at https
www.regulations.gov. See the Public Scoping Process portion of the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section for further instructions on submitting comments. A virtual scoping tool will be available at https
virtual.woodplc.com/VirtualSpace/
102907. If electronic comments cannot be submitted, written comments can be sent to: U.S. Coast Guard, Shore Infrastructure Logistics Center, Environmental Management Division, Attn: Mr. Dean Amundson, 1301 Clay Street, Suite 700N, Oakland, CA 94612
5203.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information about this document call or email Dean Amundson, Coast Guard;
telephone 5106375541, BaseSeattlePEIS@uscg.mil.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This Notice of Intent briefly summarizes the proposed project, including the purpose and need and possible alternatives. As required by the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 NEPA and Council on Environmental Quality CEQ
implementing regulations 40 CFR
15001508, specifically 1502.3, a Federal agency must prepare an EIS if it is proposing a major Federal action to analyze the environmental consequences of implementing each of the alternatives, if carried forward for full review following public scoping, by assessing the effects of each alternative on the human environment.
Purpose and Need for the Proposed Action Base Seattle supports, and will continue to support, the Coast Guards execution of its statutory missions, pursuant to 14 U.S.C. 102. The Coast Guards Base Seattle is located on Puget Sound in Seattle, Washington. The Base serves as the homeport for several Coast Guard cutters and provides a full range of support functions for vessels and
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Coast Guard missions in the Pacific Northwest and Polar areas of operation.
The purpose of the Proposed Action is to provide adequate facilities and infrastructure at Base Seattle to support current and future execution of the Coast Guards statutory missions. Base Seattle is the largest Coast Guard facility in the Pacific Northwest and is an essential facility to support Coast Guard missions in the Pacific Northwest and Polar regions now and for the foreseeable future. To continue to support Coast Guard mission execution throughout these regions, expansion and extensive modernization of Base Seattle is required.
The need for the Proposed Action is to address substantial existing deficiencies in facilities and infrastructure at Base Seattle that hinder the efficient execution of Coast Guard missions, as well as provide facility enhancements necessary to support current and future major cutters homeported at Base Seattle. Three new Polar Security Cutters are planned to be homeported at Base Seattle. In addition, one existing icebreakerCGC HEALY
is expected to remain at Base Seattle, and up to four other major cutters may be homeported at Base Seattle in the future, replacing two existing high endurance cutters. Advances in major cutter technology require infrastructure enhancements and renovations to accommodate the increased size and shore-side support requirements associated with these advanced operating assets. The Coast Guard has identified deficiencies that include, but are not limited to, a lack of adequate land area, incompatible land uses, shortage of berthing capacity, out of date and inadequate facilities and infrastructure, and traffic congestion and parking shortfalls, as well as the need for improved resiliency in the event of natural disasters, and improved physical security capabilities.
Modernization and renovation efforts would ensure operational and mission support requirements are properly provided for and would enhance the resiliency and long-term sustainability of Base Seattle facilities and infrastructure. Planning with future mission flexibility in mind also minimizes the need for costly future infrastructure modifications and resulting environmental impacts.
Preliminary Proposed Action and Alternatives Coast Guard has identified a Proposed Action and preliminary Alternatives for potential consideration in the PEIS. A
No-Action and three preliminary, reasonable Action Alternatives are
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presented for consideration for public review and comment. The Proposed Action would expand Base Seattle and modernize existing facilities and infrastructure over approximately the next 10 years.
Actions Common to All Alternatives All three Action Alternatives include several common actions, including the following:
Demolishing existing, deficient buildings 1, 2, 2 Annex, 10, and 12, and consolidating the functions of these buildings into a new 3-story, approximately 36,000 square foot Mission Support Building, and a new 5story, approximately 75,000-square-foot Base Administration Building.
Rehabilitating or rebuilding Building 7 and a small area of Terminal 46 to meet current needs, as well as building codes and seismic standards, and other potential seismic stabilization throughout the Base.
Upgrading the main gate of the Base and the security fencing and functions, including expanding fencing to incorporate any newly acquired property.
Modernizing communications, electrical, natural gas, sanitary sewer, potable water, and storm sewer utilities, and realigning these utilities to correspond with the development pattern under each of the alternatives.
Realigning parking, roadways, walkways, and landscaping to correspond with the development pattern under each of the alternatives.
The three Action Alternatives differ in the amount of land proposed for acquisition.
Alternative 1Modernization With Land Acquisition at Terminal 46
Under Alternative 1, the Coast Guard would acquire approximately 54.1 acres from the Port of Seattle, consisting of a currently leased, approximately 1.1 acre parcel within the existing Base footprint and up to 53 acres of Terminal 46. This alternative would include acquisition of two existing berths at Terminal 46.
Alternative 2Modernization With Land Acquisition at Terminals 30 and 46
Under Alternative 2, the Coast Guard would acquire approximately 21.5 acres from the Port of Seattle, consisting of two currently leased properties within the existing Base footprint, totaling approximately 2.2 acres, approximately 0.3 acre Burlington-North Santa Fe BNSF property, approximately 5.5
acres of Terminal 46, and approximately 13.5 acres of Terminal 30. This alternative would allow for
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