82 FR 42703 - Final Environmental Impact Statement for Vista Grande Drainage Basin Improvement Project, Golden Gate National Recreation Area, San Francisco and San Mateo Counties, California
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 174 (September 11, 2017)
National Park Service
Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 174 (September 11, 2017)
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| FR Document | 2017-19085 |
[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 174 (Monday, September 11, 2017)] [Notices] [Pages 42703-42704] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2017-19085] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR National Park Service [NPS-PWR-PWRO-23152; PPPWGOGAP0 PPMPSAS1Z.YP0000] Final Environmental Impact Statement for Vista Grande Drainage Basin Improvement Project, Golden Gate National Recreation Area, San Francisco and San Mateo Counties, California AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. ACTION: Notice of availability. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The National Park Service (NPS) announces the availability of the Final Environmental Impact Statement (Final EIS) for the proposed Vista Grande Drainage Basin Project (Project), prepared in cooperation with the City of Daly City (Daly City). The Final EIS incorporates the Final Environmental Impact Report (EIR) prepared by Daly City. Daly City is seeking a Special Use Permit from the NPS for construction activities proposed at Fort Funston, a possible Right of Way approval for outfall-related infrastructure on the beach below Fort Funston, and modernization of an existing easement to clarify the rights and obligations of the parties with regard to proposed structures within Fort Funston. DATES: The NPS will execute a Record of Decision no sooner than 30 days after the date of publication by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) of the notice of filing and availability of the Final EIS in the Federal Register. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Please contact Steve Ortega at the Golden Gate National Recreation Area (GGNRA) Planning Division at (415) 561-4930 or [email protected]. ADDRESSES: An electronic copy of the Final EIS is available on the project Web site (http://parkplanning.nps.gov/Vista_Grande). A limited number of printed copies of the Final EIS are available for public inspection, and may be requested by contacting the GGNRA Planning Division as noted above. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose and need for the Project is to alleviate flooding in the Vista Grande Drainage Basin and Canal and provide a sustainable source of water for management of Lake Merced water levels and quality, and to ensure that the portion of the Project within federally managed lands, if authorized, is constructed, operated, and maintained in a manner that is consistent with the protection and enhancement of resources, values, and uses of lands and waters under federal jurisdiction. NPS's objectives for the Project include the following: (1) Avoid, minimize, or mitigate environmental impacts to Park natural and cultural resources; (2) during construction, ensure the health and safety of park visitors and staff, maintain access to and through Fort Funston, and minimize impacts to the visitor experience; (3) permanently improve public access along the beach; and (4) minimize impacts on park assets and sustain or restore all park assets (e.g., facilities, features, grounds) to pre- construction or better conditions. Range of Alternatives: The Project would address storm-related flooding in the Vista Grande Drainage Basin, while providing the additional benefit of augmenting the level of Lake Merced. The project would also improve recreational access and reduce litter transfer and deposition along the beach below Fort Funston and maximize the use of existing rights-of-way, easements, and infrastructure to minimize construction-related costs, habitat disturbance, and disruption to recreational users. The Final EIS describes and analyzes the following four alternatives: No Project/No Action Alternative would result in no construction of the physical components of the proposed Project, and none of the proposed operational changes to stormwater routing or Lake Merced water management would be made. The NPS would not grant the Special Use Permit or amend the existing easement, and no construction could occur within NPS-managed lands. Annual Canal sediment removal activities would continue, as well as as-needed maintenance activities. Because Canal and Tunnel capacity would not be improved, occasional flooding of the Canal and associated flooding of John Muir Drive into Lake Merced and in local neighborhoods would continue. This alternative serves as the environmental baseline from which potential effects of the ``action'' alternatives were compared. Proposed Project, identified as the NPS preferred alternative, would consist of the following: (1) Improvements within the Vista Grande Basin storm drain system upstream of the Vista Grande Canal; (2) Partial replacement of the existing Vista Grande Canal to incorporate a gross solid screening device, an approximately 2.6-acre constructed treatment wetland, and diversion and discharge structures to route some stormwater (and authorized non-stormwater) flows from the Vista Grande Canal to Lake Merced and to allow lake water to be used for summer treatment wetland maintenance; (3) Modification of the existing effluent gravity pipeline so that it may be used year round to convey treated effluent from the nearby North San Mateo County Sanitation District Wastewater Treatment Plant to the existing outlet and diffuser by gravity, and abandoning the force main pipeline; (4) Modification of the existing lake overflow structure to include an adjustable weir and siphon that allows water from the lake to flow into the Canal and Tunnel; (5) Replacement of the existing Vista Grande Tunnel to expand its hydraulic capacity and extend its operating lifetime and replacement of the Lake Merced Portal to the Tunnel; and (6) Replacement of the existing Ocean Outlet structure and a portion of the existing 33-inch submarine outfall pipeline that crosses the beach at Fort Funston. Tunnel Alignment Alternative would include the construction of a replacement tunnel south of the existing Tunnel. The new tunnel would run from a new east portal at the Canal to a new or rehabilitated Ocean Outlet structure at Fort Funston. The Tunnel would run beneath the Olympic Club, Highway 35, and the GGNRA lands. This alternative could be paired with either the proposed Canal improvements or the Canal Configuration Alternative. Canal Configuration Alternative would not construct the box culvert replacing the first 1,500 feet of the Canal; rather, the diversion structure described for the proposed Project [[Page 42704]] would be relocated to the southern (upstream) end of the Canal. The box culvert under John Muir Drive also would be relocated and would cross under John Muir Drive close to the southern end of Impound Lake. The design of the diversion structure, box culvert under John Muir Drive, and Lake Merced Outlet would be approximately the same as for the proposed Project, but located at the upstream (southern) end of the Canal. The diversion structure would replace the first approximately 350 feet of the Canal, and the rest of the Canal would be unchanged except as needed for temporary construction access to the Lake Merced Tunnel Portal. Under the Canal Configuration Alternative, only one wetland cell of approximately 1.7 acres would be constructed. This alternative could be paired with either the proposed Tunnel improvements or the Tunnel Alignment Alternative. The EPA notice of filing and availability of the Draft EIS was published on April 29, 2016, which opened the 60 day public review and comment period. The draft document was posted online at http://parkplanning.nps.gov/Vista_Grande, and printed copies were available on request. Daly City conducted one public meeting in Daly City on May 26, 2016. Following a review of agency and public comments on the Draft EIS, the NPS and Daly City prepared written responses to substantive comments relevant to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) review of the Project. Responses to comments are provided in Chapter 3 of the Final EIS. Staff-initiated revisions to the text of the Draft EIS as well as revisions made in response to pertinent comments are provided in Chapter 4 of the Final EIS. The NPS will execute a Record of Decision no sooner than 30 days following EPA's notice published in the Federal Register announcing filing and release of the Final EIS. The official responsible for approval of the Vista Grande Drainage Basin Improvement Project is the Regional Director of the Pacific West Region, and subsequently the General Superintendent, GGNRA, will be responsible for NPS implementation. Authority: 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq. Dated: July 25, 2017. Martha J. Lee, Acting Regional Director, Pacific West Region. [FR Doc. 2017-19085 Filed 9-8-17; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4312-52-P
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the date of this sale notice (43 CFR FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: managed lands. Annual Canal sediment
3473.2). Please contact Steve Ortega at the removal activities would continue, as
A lease issued as a result of this Golden Gate National Recreation Area well as as-needed maintenance
offering will provide for payment of an (GGNRA) Planning Division at (415) activities. Because Canal and Tunnel
annual rental of $3 per acre, or fraction 561–4930 or goga_planning@nps.gov. capacity would not be improved,
thereof, and a royalty payable to the ADDRESSES: An electronic copy of the occasional flooding of the Canal and
United States of 12.5 percent of the Final EIS is available on the project Web associated flooding of John Muir Drive
value of coal mined by surface methods site (http://parkplanning.nps.gov/Vista_ into Lake Merced and in local
and 8 percent of the value of coal mined Grande). A limited number of printed neighborhoods would continue. This
by underground methods. Bidding copies of the Final EIS are available for alternative serves as the environmental
instructions for the tract offered and the public inspection, and may be requested baseline from which potential effects of
terms and conditions of the proposed by contacting the GGNRA Planning the ‘‘action’’ alternatives were
coal lease are included in the Detailed Division as noted above. compared.
Statement of Lease Sale. Copies of the Proposed Project, identified as the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
statement and the proposed coal lease NPS preferred alternative, would consist
purpose and need for the Project is to
are available at the Montana-Dakotas of the following: (1) Improvements
alleviate flooding in the Vista Grande
State Office. Casefile NDM 107039 is within the Vista Grande Basin storm
Drainage Basin and Canal and provide
also available for public inspection at drain system upstream of the Vista
a sustainable source of water for Grande Canal; (2) Partial replacement of
the Montana-Dakotas State Office. management of Lake Merced water the existing Vista Grande Canal to
(Authority: 43 CFR 3422.3–2) levels and quality, and to ensure that incorporate a gross solid screening
the portion of the Project within device, an approximately 2.6-acre
Richard M. Hotaling,
federally managed lands, if authorized, constructed treatment wetland, and
Acting Associate State Director. is constructed, operated, and
[FR Doc. 2017–19179 Filed 9–8–17; 8:45 am] diversion and discharge structures to
maintained in a manner that is route some stormwater (and authorized
BILLING CODE 4310–DN–P consistent with the protection and non-stormwater) flows from the Vista
enhancement of resources, values, and Grande Canal to Lake Merced and to
uses of lands and waters under federal allow lake water to be used for summer
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR jurisdiction. NPS’s objectives for the treatment wetland maintenance; (3)
National Park Service Project include the following: (1) Avoid, Modification of the existing effluent
minimize, or mitigate environmental gravity pipeline so that it may be used
impacts to Park natural and cultural year round to convey treated effluent
[NPS–PWR–PWRO–23152; PPPWGOGAP0
PPMPSAS1Z.YP0000] resources; (2) during construction, from the nearby North San Mateo
ensure the health and safety of park County Sanitation District Wastewater
Final Environmental Impact Statement visitors and staff, maintain access to and Treatment Plant to the existing outlet
for Vista Grande Drainage Basin through Fort Funston, and minimize and diffuser by gravity, and abandoning
Improvement Project, Golden Gate impacts to the visitor experience; (3) the force main pipeline; (4)
National Recreation Area, San permanently improve public access Modification of the existing lake
Francisco and San Mateo Counties, along the beach; and (4) minimize overflow structure to include an
California impacts on park assets and sustain or adjustable weir and siphon that allows
restore all park assets (e.g., facilities, water from the lake to flow into the
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. features, grounds) to pre-construction or Canal and Tunnel; (5) Replacement of
ACTION: Notice of availability. better conditions. the existing Vista Grande Tunnel to
Range of Alternatives: The Project expand its hydraulic capacity and
SUMMARY: The National Park Service would address storm-related flooding in extend its operating lifetime and
(NPS) announces the availability of the the Vista Grande Drainage Basin, while replacement of the Lake Merced Portal
Final Environmental Impact Statement providing the additional benefit of to the Tunnel; and (6) Replacement of
(Final EIS) for the proposed Vista augmenting the level of Lake Merced. the existing Ocean Outlet structure and
Grande Drainage Basin Project (Project), The project would also improve a portion of the existing 33-inch
prepared in cooperation with the City of recreational access and reduce litter submarine outfall pipeline that crosses
Daly City (Daly City). The Final EIS transfer and deposition along the beach the beach at Fort Funston.
incorporates the Final Environmental below Fort Funston and maximize the Tunnel Alignment Alternative would
Impact Report (EIR) prepared by Daly use of existing rights-of-way, easements, include the construction of a
City. Daly City is seeking a Special Use and infrastructure to minimize replacement tunnel south of the existing
Permit from the NPS for construction construction-related costs, habitat Tunnel. The new tunnel would run
activities proposed at Fort Funston, a disturbance, and disruption to from a new east portal at the Canal to
possible Right of Way approval for recreational users. The Final EIS a new or rehabilitated Ocean Outlet
outfall-related infrastructure on the describes and analyzes the following structure at Fort Funston. The Tunnel
beach below Fort Funston, and four alternatives: would run beneath the Olympic Club,
modernization of an existing easement No Project/No Action Alternative Highway 35, and the GGNRA lands.
to clarify the rights and obligations of
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would result in no construction of the This alternative could be paired with
the parties with regard to proposed physical components of the proposed either the proposed Canal
structures within Fort Funston. Project, and none of the proposed improvements or the Canal
DATES: The NPS will execute a Record operational changes to stormwater Configuration Alternative.
of Decision no sooner than 30 days after routing or Lake Merced water Canal Configuration Alternative
the date of publication by the management would be made. The NPS would not construct the box culvert
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) would not grant the Special Use Permit replacing the first 1,500 feet of the
of the notice of filing and availability of or amend the existing easement, and no Canal; rather, the diversion structure
the Final EIS in the Federal Register. construction could occur within NPS- described for the proposed Project
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would be relocated to the southern INTERNATIONAL TRADE complaint names as respondents Aisin
(upstream) end of the Canal. The box COMMISSION Seiki Co., Ltd. of Japan; Aisin Holdings
culvert under John Muir Drive also of America, Inc. of Seymour, IN; Aisin
would be relocated and would cross Notice of Receipt of Complaint; Technical Center of America, Inc. of
under John Muir Drive close to the Solicitation of Comments Relating to Northville, MI; Aisin World Corporation
southern end of Impound Lake. The the Public Interest of America of Northville, MI; Bayerische
design of the diversion structure, box AGENCY: U.S. International Trade Motoren Werke AG of Germany; BMW
culvert under John Muir Drive, and Lake Commission. of North America, LLC of Woodcliff
Merced Outlet would be approximately Lake, NJ; BMW Manufacturing Co., LLC
ACTION: Notice.
the same as for the proposed Project, but of Greer, SC; Denso Corporation of
located at the upstream (southern) end SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that Japan; Denso International America, Inc.
of the Canal. The diversion structure the U.S. International Trade of Southfield, MI; Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
would replace the first approximately Commission has received a complaint of Japan; Honda North America, Inc. of
350 feet of the Canal, and the rest of the entitled Certain Thermoplastic- Torrance, CA; American Honda Motor
Encapsulated Electric Motors, Co., Inc. of Torrance, CA; Honda of
Canal would be unchanged except as
Components Thereof, and Products and America Mfg., Inc. of Marysville, OH;
needed for temporary construction
Vehicles Containing Same, DN 3248; the Honda Manufacturing of Alabama, LLC
access to the Lake Merced Tunnel
Commission is soliciting comments on of Lincoln, AL; Honda R & D Americas,
Portal. Under the Canal Configuration Inc. of Torrance, CA; Mitsuba
Alternative, only one wetland cell of any public interest issues raised by the
complaint or complainant’s filing Corporation of Japan; American Mitsuba
approximately 1.7 acres would be Corporation of Mount Pleasant, MI;
constructed. This alternative could be pursuant to the Commission’s Rules of
Practice and Procedure. Nidec Corporation of Japan; Nidec
paired with either the proposed Tunnel Automotive Motor Americas, LLC of
improvements or the Tunnel Alignment FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lisa
R. Barton, Secretary to the Commission, Auburn Hills, MI; Toyota Motor
Alternative. Corporation of Japan; Toyota Motor
U.S. International Trade Commission,
The EPA notice of filing and 500 E Street SW., Washington, DC North America, Inc. of New York, NY;
availability of the Draft EIS was 20436, telephone (202) 205–2000. The Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc. of
published on April 29, 2016, which public version of the complaint can be Torrance, CA; Toyota Motor Engineering
opened the 60 day public review and accessed on the Commission’s & Manufacturing North America, Inc. of
comment period. The draft document Erlanger, KY; Toyota Motor
Electronic Document Information
was posted online at http:// Manufacturing, Indiana, Inc. of
System (EDIS) at https://edis.usitc.gov,
parkplanning.nps.gov/Vista_Grande, Princeton, IN, and Toyota Motor
and will be available for inspection
and printed copies were available on Manufacturing, Kentucky, Inc. of
during official business hours (8:45 a.m.
request. Daly City conducted one public Georgetown, KY. The complainant
to 5:15 p.m.) in the Office of the
meeting in Daly City on May 26, 2016. requests that the Commission issue a
Secretary, U.S. International Trade
Following a review of agency and public limited exclusion order, cease and
Commission, 500 E Street SW.,
comments on the Draft EIS, the NPS and desist orders, and impose a bond upon
Washington, DC 20436, telephone (202)
Daly City prepared written responses to respondents’ alleged infringing articles
205–2000.
during the 60-day Presidential review
substantive comments relevant to the General information concerning the
period pursuant to 19 U.S.C. 1337(j).
National Environmental Policy Act Commission may also be obtained by Proposed respondents, other
(NEPA) and California Environmental accessing its Internet server at United interested parties, and members of the
Quality Act (CEQA) review of the States International Trade Commission public are invited to file comments, not
Project. Responses to comments are (USITC) at https://www.usitc.gov. The to exceed five (5) pages in length,
provided in Chapter 3 of the Final EIS. public record for this investigation may inclusive of attachments, on any public
Staff-initiated revisions to the text of the be viewed on the Commission’s interest issues raised by the complaint
Draft EIS as well as revisions made in Electronic Document Information or § 210.8(b) filing. Comments should
response to pertinent comments are System (EDIS) at https://edis.usitc.gov. address whether issuance of the relief
provided in Chapter 4 of the Final EIS. Hearing-impaired persons are advised specifically requested by the
that information on this matter can be complainant in this investigation would
The NPS will execute a Record of
obtained by contacting the affect the public health and welfare in
Decision no sooner than 30 days
Commission’s TDD terminal on (202) the United States, competitive
following EPA’s notice published in the
205–1810. conditions in the United States
Federal Register announcing filing and
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The economy, the production of like or
release of the Final EIS. The official
Commission has received a complaint directly competitive articles in the
responsible for approval of the Vista
and a submission pursuant to § 210.8(b) United States, or United States
Grande Drainage Basin Improvement
of the Commission’s Rules of Practice consumers.
Project is the Regional Director of the
and Procedure filed on behalf of In particular, the Commission is
Pacific West Region, and subsequently
Intellectual Ventures II LLC on interested in comments that:
the General Superintendent, GGNRA,
September 5, 2017. The complaint (i) Explain how the articles
will be responsible for NPS
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alleges violations of section 337 of the potentially subject to the requested
implementation. Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1337) in remedial orders are used in the United
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq. the importation into the United States, States;
Dated: July 25, 2017. the sale for importation, and the sale (ii) identify any public health, safety,
within the United States after or welfare concerns in the United States
Martha J. Lee,
importation of certain thermoplastic- relating to the requested remedial
Acting Regional Director, Pacific West Region. encapsulated electric motors, orders;
[FR Doc. 2017–19085 Filed 9–8–17; 8:45 am] components thereof, and products and (iii) identify like or directly
BILLING CODE 4312–52–P vehicles containing same. The competitive articles that complainant,
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| Section | Notices | |
| Action | Notice of availability. | |
| Dates | The NPS will execute a Record of Decision no sooner than 30 days after the date of publication by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) of the notice of filing and availability of the Final EIS in the Federal Register. | |
| Contact | Please contact Steve Ortega at the Golden Gate National Recreation Area (GGNRA) Planning Division at (415) 561-4930 or [email protected] | |
| FR Citation | 82 FR 42703 |
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