[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 168 (Wednesday, August 31, 1994)]
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[Federal Register: August 31, 1994]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Navy

 

Public Hearing for the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for 
Base Realignment of the Naval Air Warfare Center, Aircraft Division, 
Patuxent River, MD

    Pursuant to Council on Environmental Quality regulations (40 CFR 
Parts 1500-1508) implementing procedural provisions of the National 
Environmental Policy Act, the Department of the Navy has prepared and 
filed with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency the Draft 
Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for Base Realignment of the Naval 
Air Warfare Center, Aircraft Division (NAWCAD), Patuxent River, 
Maryland.
    In response to the recommendations of the 1993 Defense Base Closure 
and Realignment Commission and to legislative requirements in the 1990 
Base Closure and Realignment Act (Public Law 101-510), NAWCAD Trenton, 
New Jersey is relocating functions to NAWCAD Patuxent River, Maryland. 
In addition, the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) headquarters will 
be relocating administrative offices from Arlington, Virginia, to 
NAWCAD Patuxent River. NAVAIR is currently a tenant command at NAWCAD 
Patuxent River, providing test, evaluation and support for various base 
activities. Proposed construction includes a 462,500 square foot NAVAIR 
Headquarters building; a 100,000 square foot Propulsion System 
Evaluation Facility (PSEF) that comprises engine test facilities and 
laboratories; and a 3,650 square foot expansion of the child-care 
facility. The proposed construction also includes a parking garage, 
surface parking lots, stormwater detention basins, fuel supply for the 
PSEF, and on-base widening and realignment of Buse Road. The 
realignment involves the transfer of approximately 2,800 personnel (500 
military and 2,300 civil service) and their families to the tri-county 
region of Saint Mary's, Calvert, and Charles Counties.
    The DEIS has been distributed to various Federal, state, and local 
agencies, elected officials, special interest groups, local libraries, 
and the media. A limited number of single copies are available at the 
address listed at the end of this notice.
    A public hearing to inform the public of the DEIS findings and to 
solicit comments will be held on Thursday, September 15, 1994, at 7:00 
p.m., in the Joseph E. Carter Office Building, Saint Mary's County 
Governmental Center, State Route 245, Leonardtown, Maryland. The pubic 
hearing will be conducted by the Navy. Federal, state, and local 
agencies, and interested parties are invited and urged to be present or 
represented at the hearing. Oral statements will be heard and 
transcribed by a stenographer, however, to assure accuracy of the 
record, all statements should be submitted in writing. All statements, 
both oral and written. In the interest of available time, each speaker 
will be asked to limit oral comments to five (5) minutes. Longer 
statements should be summarized at the public hearing and submitted in 
writing either at the hearing or mailed to the address listed at the 
end of this announcement. All written statements must be postmarked by 
October 11, 1994, to become part of the official record.
    Additional information concerning this notice may be obtained by 
contacting Mr. Mike Bryan (Code 20N), Engineering Field Activity 
Chesapeake, 901 M Street SE, Building 212, Washington Navy Yard, 
Washington, DC 20374-5018, telephone (202) 685-3061.

    Dated: August 25, 1994.
P.W. Kelley,
Capt., Jagc, USN, Alternate Federal Register Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 94-21438 Filed 8-31-94; 8:45 am]
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