Notice of Intent To Prepare A Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for the Construction of a Federal Correctional Facility in Lassen County, California

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 103 (Friday, May 28, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29071-29072]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-13626]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Federal Bureau of Prisons


Notice of Intent To Prepare A Draft Environmental Impact 
Statement (DEIS) for the Construction of a Federal Correctional 
Facility in Lassen County, California

AGENCY: Federal Bureau of Prisons, Department of Justice.

ACTION: Notice of Intent to Prepare a Draft Environmental Impact 
Statement (DEIS).

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SUMMARY:

Proposed Action

    The U.S. Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Prisons has

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determined that, in order to meet increasing demands for additional 
inmate capacity, a new Federal correctional facility is needed in its 
system.
    The Bureau of Prisons proposes to construct and operate either a 
high security United States Penitentiary or a medium security Federal 
Correctional Institution, both with an adjacent minimum security 
satellite camp, in Lassen County, California. The high security 
facility would have a rated capacity of approximately 1,000 inmates. 
The medium security facility would be designed to have a rated capacity 
of approximately 1,200 inmates, and the minimum security component 
would house approximately 150-300. The potential site also would be 
used for road access, administration, programs and services, parking, 
and support facilities.
    In the process of evaluating several potential sites, several 
aspects will receive a detailed examination including utilities, 
traffic patterns, noise levels, visual intrusions, threatened and 
endangered species, cultural resources, and socio-economic impacts.

Alternatives

    In developing the DEIS, the options of ``no action'' and 
``alternative sites'' for the proposed facility will be fully and 
thoroughly examined.

Scoping Process

    Informal discussions and meetings with local economic development 
staff have already been held on the proposed project, and during the 
preparation of the DEIS, there will be numerous other opportunities for 
public involvement. The public scoping meeting will begin at 7:00 p.m. 
on Wednesday June 16, 1999 at the Sierra Army Depot Theater, Building 
No. 2071 on Cascade Avenue and Columbia Street in Herlong, California. 
The meeting has been well publicized and is scheduled at a time that 
will make the meeting possible for the public and interested agencies 
or organizations to attend.

DEIS Preparation

    Public notice will be given concerning the availability of the DEIS 
for public review and comment.

ADDRESSES: Questions concerning the proposed action and the DEIS can be 
answered by: David J. Dorworth, Chief, Site Selection and Environmental 
Review Branch, Administration Division, Federal Bureau of Prisons 320 
First Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20534, Telephone: (202) 504-6470, 
Telefacsimile: (202) 616-6024, E-mail: siteselection@bop.gov.

    Dated: May 14, 1999.
David J. Dorworth,
Chief, Site Selection and Environmental Review Branch.
[FR Doc. 99-13626 Filed 5-27-99; 8:45 am]
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