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[FR Doc No: 94-18155]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary of the Army

 

Notice of Intent, Environmental Impact Statement for Wastewater 
Effluent Disposal at Schofield Barracks and Wheeler Army Airfield, 
Oahu, HI

AGENCY: Department of the Army, DOD.

ACTION: Notice of intent.

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SUMMARY: This Notice of Intent is for an Environmental Impact Statement 
(EIS) to assess the effects of implementing a system to dispose of 
wastewater effluent from the Schofield Barracks Wastewater Treatment 
Plant. The plant currently treats approximately 2.8 million gallons of 
sewage per day.
    The proposed system consists of treatment facilities, reservoirs, 
pumping stations, pipelines, and monitoring equipment. The areas 
considered for irrigation include golf courses, open fields, and 
undeveloped land, on and off Schofield Barracks/Wheeler Airfield. Other 
options may include no action, effluent disposal at various irrigation 
sites, stream disposal, ocean disposal, underground injection wells, 
and advanced treatment of effluent for disposal.
    Potentially significant environmental and social concerns include 
possible impacts on archaeological/historic resources; groundwater 
resources; nearby streams; the ecosystems at the irrigation sites; 
public health; economic stimulation from construction expenditures; and 
negative public perceptions concerning the proposed action.
    Public involvement will consist of public scoping meetings 
following the processing of a notice of the project through the 
Areawide Clearinghouse; advertising the Notice of Intent in the State 
of Hawaii Office of Environmental Quality Control Bulletin, and through 
contacting local neighborhood boards and other community groups, 
affected government agencies, private organizations, and individuals. 
The public hearings will be held after distribution of the EIS. All 
interested government agencies, planning advisory committees, and 
private organizations and individuals are encouraged to provide input 
into the study process, identify potential environmental and social 
concerns and effects, and develop measures to avoid, ameliorate, or 
mitigate adverse environmental social impacts.
    Coordination will be undertaken with adjoining land owners; the 
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; other Federal agencies, State of 
Hawaii agencies such as the Department of Health, Department of Land 
and Natural Resources, Department of Business and Economic Development, 
Office of State Planning, and Office of Environmental Quality Control; 
City and County of Honolulu agencies such as Board of Water Supply, 
Department of Public Works, Department of Land Utilization, and 
Department of General Planning; and organizations such as the Mililani 
and Wahiawa Neighborhood Boards.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Ms. Helene Takemoto, U.S. Army Engineer District Honolulu, 
Environmental Division (CEPOD-ED-ES), Fort Shafter, Hawaii 96858-5440; 
Telephone: (808) 438-6931/1776 and FAX (808) 438-7801.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The EIS is currently scheduled to be 
available for public review in the spring of 1995.

    Dated: July 18, 1994.
Raymond J. Fatz,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army (Environment, Safety and 
Occupational Health), OASA (I, L&E).
[FR Doc. 94-18155 Filed 7-25-94; 8:45 am]
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