Notice2025-11059
Notice of Availability for a Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement and Floodplain Assessment and Statement of Findings for the Expansion and Modernization of the Raul Hector Castro Land Port of Entry and Proposed Commercial Land Port of Entry in Douglas, Arizona
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Published
June 20, 2025
Issuing agencies
General Services Administration
Abstract
Pursuant to the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) and the GSA Public Buildings Service NEPA Desk Guide, GSA is issuing this notice to announce the availability of the Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (Final SEIS), which evaluates potential environmental impacts from proposed flood control and utility upgrades at the Raul Hector Castro (RHC) Land Port of Entry (LPOE), along with considering provisions to provide adequate construction water to the proposed Commercial LPOE. The potential improvements are in support of the RHC LPOE Expansion and Modernization and Proposed Commercial LPOE Project in Douglas, Arizona.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 117 (Friday, June 20, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26299-26300]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-11059]
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GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
[Notice-PBS-2025-06; Docket No. 2025-0002; Sequence No. 10]
Notice of Availability for a Final Supplemental Environmental
Impact Statement and Floodplain Assessment and Statement of Findings
for the Expansion and Modernization of the Raul Hector Castro Land Port
of Entry and Proposed Commercial Land Port of Entry in Douglas, Arizona
AGENCY: Public Buildings Service (PBS), General Services Administration
(GSA).
ACTION: Notice of Availability (NOA).
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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the requirements of the National Environmental
Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) and the GSA Public Buildings Service NEPA
Desk Guide, GSA is issuing this notice to announce the availability of
the Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (Final SEIS),
which evaluates potential environmental impacts from proposed flood
control and utility upgrades at the Raul Hector Castro (RHC) Land Port
of Entry (LPOE), along with considering provisions to provide adequate
construction water to the proposed Commercial LPOE. The potential
improvements are in support of the RHC LPOE Expansion and Modernization
and Proposed Commercial LPOE Project in Douglas, Arizona.
DATES:
Wait Period--The Final SEIS Wait Period begins with publication of
this notice in the Federal Register and will last for 30 days until
July 20, 2025. Any final written comments must be received by the last
day of the Wait Period (see ADDRESSES section of this notice on how to
submit comments). After the Wait Period, GSA will finalize the Record
of Decision (ROD).
ADDRESSES:
Public Comments--Any final written comments may be submitted by one
of the following methods.
<bullet> Email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#dd92aeb0bcb5b3f396bcb9afb49dbaaebcf3bab2ab"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="4f003c222e272161042e2b3d260f283c2e61282039">[email protected]</span></a>. Please include `RHC LPOE
Final SEIS' in the subject line of the message.
<bullet> Mail: ATTN: Osmahn Kadri, RHC LPOE Final SEIS; U.S.
General Services Administration, c/o Potomac-Hudson Engineering, Inc.,
77 Upper Rock Circle, Suite 302, Rockville, MD 20850.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Osmahn Kadri, 415-522-3617,
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#09467a646861672742686d7b60496e7a68276e667f"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="733c001e121b1d5d381217011a331400125d141c05">[email protected]</span></a>.
Para obtener m[aacute]s informaci[oacute]n, comun[iacute]quese con
Osmahn Kadri, Gerente de Proyecto NEPA de GSA, en <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection" class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="147b6779757c7a3a7f7570667d547367753a737b62">[email protected]</a>
o al 415-522-3617.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Unique Identifier: SEIS-023-00-009-1727281974
The Final SEIS describes the purpose and need for the project;
alternatives considered; the existing environment that could be
affected; the potential impacts resulting from each of the
alternatives; and proposed best management practices and/or mitigation
measures. The Final SEIS also includes a Floodplain Assessment and
Statement of Findings, which provides a Finding of No Practicable
Alternative (FONPA) related to construction in floodplains under the
Proposed Action. Following publication of the Draft SEIS, GSA
determined that additional construction water was required at the
proposed Commercial LPOE, beyond the water that is to be supplied from
a temporary groundwater well constructed by the City of Douglas in 2023
near the southeast corner of the proposed Commercial LPOE site. To
address this issue, GSA is proposing to truck treated wastewater from
the City of Douglas Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP) to the Commercial
LPOE. Based on impacts analyses and public and stakeholder comments,
GSA has identified Alternative 1 (Flood Control, Utility Upgrades, and
Construction Water Supply) as its preferred alternative.
The undertaking has already been determined, as part of past
consultations with the Arizona State Historic Preservation Officer
(SHPO), to have adverse effects under the National Historic
Preservation Act due to the proposed demolition of historic properties.
A cultural resource survey conducted for the expanded project area in
April 2025 identified four potentially historic resources. The project
area presented in the Draft SEIS was revised to avoid these resources.
Therefore, the project would have no additional adverse effects on
historic resources beyond those discussed in the 2024 Final EIS. GSA is
continuing consultation with the Arizona SHPO as required under Section
106 of the National Historic Preservation Act, and updates will be
provided in the ROD.
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Under the Endangered Species Act, GSA, as part of the 2024 Final
EIS, coordinated with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) per
section 7 requirements to determine effects to federally protected
species. The USFWS concurred with GSA findings that the 2024 Final EIS
preferred alternative would not likely adversely affect federally
threatened or endangered species. GSA is currently consulting with
USFWS regarding the Proposed Action. GSA will follow all conservation
measures recommended by USFWS, including any new measures recommended
for this project. Correspondence with USFWS to date is incorporated in
the Final SEIS. Updates will be included in the ROD.
Because the project area is within a floodplain and in compliance
with Executive Order 11988 (Floodplain Management), GSA prepared a
Floodplain Assessment and Statement of Findings addressing potential
impacts on floodplains, which provides a FONPA for construction within
floodplains. Based on this assessment the realignment of the Rose
Avenue channel segment is not anticipated to affect the floodplain's
capacity to store water or result in the potential to further expand
the floodplain or increase the spread or intensity of a flood event. In
addition, it is anticipated that the Proposed Action would not result
in significant adverse impacts from the removal of existing Special
Hazard Flood Areas that correspond with the regulatory floodway, or
from any potential establishment of new Special Hazard Flood Areas. The
Floodplain Assessment and Statement of Findings was provided for public
review as part of the Draft SEIS and is included in the Final SEIS.
Final SEIS Wait Period
The views and comments of the public are necessary in helping GSA
in its decision-making process with impacts to environmental and
cultural impacts. Any final comments received will be considered
equally and will become part of the public record. Further information
on the project, including an electronic copy of the Final SEIS, may
also be found online at the following website: <a href="https://www.gsa.gov/about-us/gsa-regions/region-9-pacific-rim/land-ports-of-entry/raul-hector-castro-land-port-of-entry/environmental-review">https://www.gsa.gov/about-us/gsa-regions/region-9-pacific-rim/land-ports-of-entry/raul-hector-castro-land-port-of-entry/environmental-review</a>.
Russell Larson,
Director, Portfolio Management Division, Pacific Rim Region, Public
Buildings Service, U.S. General Services Administration.
[FR Doc. 2025-11059 Filed 6-18-25; 8:45 am]
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