Final Environmental Impact Statement - New Federal Courthouse

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FINAL ENVmONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT NEW FEDERAL COURTHOUSE EUGENE/SPRINGFIELD, LANE COUNTY, OREGON DECEMBER 18, 2000 LEAD AGENCY: United States General Services Administration Public Buildings Service Northwest Arctic Region (Region 10) LEAD AGENCY CONTACT: END OF REVIEW PERIOD: ABSTRACT: Michael Levine U. S. General Services Administration 400 15th Street SW Auburn, Washington 98001-6599 (253) 931-7263 January 18, 2001 The proposed action is to construct a new federal courthouse in Eugene/Springfield in an appropriate location and of sufficient size to satisfy the present and future needs of the federal courts and related agencies. This environmental impact statement examines a no-action alternative and two development site alternatives. Each of the two alternative sites has two site-plan options, addressing the maximum potential site area and the minimum practical site azea. Each of the development alternatives involves construction of a new 265,290-square-foot federal courthouse building and 80 secure parking spaces. The no-action alternative would continue the use of the existing federal building/courthouse, supplemented by the continued use of leased space throughout the Eugene/Springfield azea. This document identifies the agency's preferred alternative as the Eugene site bounded by East 8th Avenue, Highway 99, the Southern Pacific Railroad tracks, and the centerline of the unimproved Ferry Street right-of--way that bisects the Chiquita (formerly Agripac) property (Alternative 2, option A). If practical, GSA may reduce the amount of property to be acquired, in order to control costs and leave additional property for potential redevelopment by the city of Eugene. Architectural design of the courthouse building would begin following final site selection, to be published in the record of decision for the project.