[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 20 (Tuesday, January 30, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 3010]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-1669]



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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Notice of Public Hearing for the Draft Environmental Impact 
Statement for the Disposal and Reuse of Naval Base Philadelphia, 
Philadelphia, PA

SUMMARY: 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 the Disposal and Reuse of 
Naval Base Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA. This action is being 
conducted in accordance with the Defense Base Closure and Realignment 
Act of 1990 (Pub. L. 101-510).
    The DEIS has been distributed to various federal, state, and local 
agencies, elected officials, special interest groups, the media, and 
the South Philadelphia Branch of the Free Library of Philadelphia; 1700 
South Broad Street, Philadelphia. A limited number of single copies are 
available at the address listed at the end of this notice for public 
review and comment. A public hearing to inform the public of the DEIS 
findings and to solicit comments will be held on February 15, 1996, 
beginning at 7:30 p.m., at the South Philadelphia Community Center, 
2600 South Broad Street (corner of Broad St. and Oregon Ave.), 
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Please call the point of contact listed 
below or the Community Center at (610) 467-1500 in the case of 
inclement weather to confirm that the meeting will take place.
    Federal, state, 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 ensure 
accuracy of the record, all statements should be submitted in writing. 
All statements, both oral and written, will become part of the public 
record on this study. Equal weight will be given to both oral and 
written statements.

ADDRESSES: Written comments on the DEIS should be mailed to the address 
noted below, and must be postmarked by March 4, 1996 to become part of 
the official record. Additional information concerning this notice may 
be obtained by contacting Ms. Tina Deininger, (Code 202), Northern 
Division, Naval Facilities Engineering Command, 10 Industrial Highway, 
MSC 82, Lester, PA, 19113, telephone (610) 595-0759, facsimile (610) 
595-0778.

    Dated: January 25, 1996.
M.D. Schetzsle,
LT, JAGC, USNR, Alternate Federal Register Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 96-1669 Filed 1-29-96; 8:45 am]
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