[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 105 (Thursday, June 1, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 28587]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-13358]



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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Notice of Availability

summary: This announces the notice of availability of the DEIS on the 
potential impact of the construction and operation of the proposed 
chemical agent demilitarization facility at Pine Bluff Arsenal, 
Arkansas. The proposed facility will be used to demilitarize all 
stockpiled chemical agents and munitions currently stored at Pine Bluff 
Arsenal. The DEIS examines the potential impacts of on-site 
incineration, alternative sites within Pine Bluff Arsenal and the ``no 
action'' alternative. The ``no action'' alternative is considered to be 
a deferral of the demilitarization with continued storage of agents and 
munitions at Pine Bluff Arsenal.
    In its Record of Decision on February 26, 1988 (53 FR 5816, 
February 26, 1988) for the Final Programmatic Environmental Impact 
Statement on the Chemical Stockpile Disposal Program (CSDP), the 
Department of the Army selected on-site disposal by incineration at all 
eight chemical munition storage sites within the continental United 
States as the method by which it will destroy its lethal chemical 
stockpile. On March 29, 1989, the Department of the Army published a 
Notice of Intent in the Federal Register which provided notice that, 
pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act and implementing 
regulations, it would prepare a draft site-specific EIS for the Pine 
Bluff chemical munitions disposal facility. The Department of the Army 
prepared a DEIS to assess the site-specific health and environmental 
impacts of on-site incineration of chemical agents and munitions stored 
at the Pine Bluff Arsenal. Comments on the DEIS will be included in the 
FEIS and considered by the Army in its Record of Decision. The Army 
will meet with the public during the comment period to discuss the 
DEIS. Details of the meeting will be announced at a future date. The 
DEIS for Pine Bluff Arsenal is now available and comments may be 
delivered to the address below:

addresses: Director, U.S. Army Chemical Demilitarization and 
Remediation Activity, ATTN: AMSCB-RAE-E, Aberdeen Proving Ground, 
Maryland 21010-5401.

for further information contact: Above address, or Ms. Catherine 
Stalcup at (410) 671-3629/2583.
Lewis D. Walker,
Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army, (Environmental, Safety and 
Occupational Health) OASA (I, L&E).
[FR Doc. 95-13358 Filed 5-31-95; 8:45 am]
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