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[FR Doc No: 94-28696]


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[Federal Register: November 18, 1994]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Air Force

 

Notice of Intent to Prepare a Supplemental Environmental Impact 
Statement for Disposal of Pease Air Force Base, NH

Lead Agency: Department of the Air Force.

Cooperating Agency: Department of Transportation, Federal Aviation 
Administration.

    The Department of the Air Force will prepare a Supplemental 
Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) for disposal of Pease Air Force 
Base (AFB), New Hampshire, in accordance with the National 
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and decisions rendered on August 29, 
1994 in the US District Court of New Hampshire (Conservation Law 
Foundation, Inc and Town of Newington v. Department of the Air Force, 
et al).
    Pease AFB was closed under the provisions of the Base Closure and 
Realignment Act of 1988 (Public Law 100-526). Previous environmental 
documentation included the Final Environmental Impact Statement for the 
Closure of Pease AFB, New Hampshire (May, 1990) and subsequent Record 
of Decision (ROD) (July, 1990); and the Final Environmental Impact 
Statement for Disposal and Reuse of Pease AFB, New Hampshire (July, 
1991), with subsequent RODs issued in August, 1991 and April, 1992.
    On March 26, 1992, the Conservation Law Foundation filed a 
citizen's suit against the US EPA and the Air Force alleging violations 
of NEPA and the Clean Air Act (CAA) in the preparation of the July, 
1991 Disposal and Reuse EIS. The US District Court found the Air Force 
had not complied with NEPA and ordered preparation of a Supplemental 
EIS. As ordered by the Court, the Air Force is preparing an SEIS to 
provide additional information regarding the following:
    a. Compliance of the Pease redevelopment with the 1990 CAA 
Amendments, specifically the manner in which the project will comply 
with the interim emission reduction requirements for ozone precursors.
    b. A discussion of 1991 carbon monoxide air quality modeling 
results for selected traffic intersections around the base.
    c. The air quality impact on the State of Maine.
    d. Alternative mitigation measures.
    e. The impact of proposed redevelopment on surrounding wetlands.
    f. A summary of the current status of the Installation Restoration 
Program, specifically the Remedial Designs and Remedial Actions in 
place to clean up hazardous waste sites.
    The scoping process is not required in the preparation of an SEIS, 
however the Air Force will accept inputs from federal, state, or local 
agencies, or any other interested parties, concerning potential 
environmental issues. To ensure that the Air Force will have sufficient 
time to consider public inputs, comments should be forwarded to the 
address provided below by December 20, 1994. Input and further 
inquiries regarding the SEIS activities should be directed to: Jonathan 
D. Farthing, Chief, Environmental Analysis Division, HQ AFCEE/ECA, 8106 
Chennault Road, Brooks AFB, TX 78235-5318, Telephone: (210) 536-3802.

List of Subjects

    Environmental Protection, Environmental Impact Statement, US Air 
Force, Pease AFB, Defense Base Closure and Realignment.
Patsy J. Conner,
Air Force Federal Register Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 94-28696 Filed 11-17-94; 8:45 am]
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