[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 48 (Monday, March 11, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 9680]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-5706]



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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army


Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) on the Disposal and 
Reuse of the BRAC Parcel at Tooele Army Depot, Tooele, Utah

AGENCY: Department of the Army, DOD.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: The proposed action evaluated by this FEIS is the disposal of 
the 1700 acre BRAC parcel at Tooele Army Depot, Tooele, Utah in 
accordance with the Defense Base Closure and realignment Act of 1990, 
Public Law 101-510, as amended.
    The FEIS addresses the environmental consequences of the disposal 
and subsequent reuse of the 1700 acres. Three alternative methods of 
disposal are analyzed: Encumbered Disposal, Unencumbered Disposal and 
retention of the property in a caretaker status (i.e., the No Action 
Alternative). The Encumbered Disposal Alternative addresses natural or 
man-made encumbrances to the future reuse. The Unencumbered Disposal 
Alternative evaluates the potential to remove encumbrances, thereby 
allowing the property to be disposed of with fewer or no Army imposed 
restrictions on future use. The impacts of reuse are evaluated in terms 
of land use intensities.
    No significant adverse environmental impacts associated with the no 
action alternative or other disposal alternatives have been identified. 
The Tooele County Base Reuse Committee submitted a plan for reuse of 
the BRAC Parcel at Tooele Army Depot. The FEIS acknowledges the Tooele 
County Base Reuse Committee Reuse Plan as the preferred local reuse 
plan, and the impacts of that plan are analyzed in the FEIS. Actions 
associated with realignment of Tooele Army Depot missions are discussed 
but not analyzed. Reuse of the parcel is analyzed as an indirect or 
secondary effect of facility disposal. This environmental Impact 
Statement analyzes potential environmental and socioeconomic 
consequences of three reuse scenarios. In contradistinction to our 
finding of no significant impacts with respect to disposal 
alternatives, added demands on limited water resources, traffic, 
utility system deficiencies and traffic related air pollutant emissions 
have been identified as potentially significant impacts under one or 
more of the reuse alternatives.

DATES: The public review period for this document ends 30 days after 
the date of publication of the EPA notice in the Federal Register.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the Final Environmental Impact Statement can be 
obtained by writing to Mr. Glenn Coffee, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 
Mobile District, ATTN: CESAM-PD-E, 109 St. Joseph Street, P.O. Box 
2288, Mobile, Alabama 36628-000, telephone (334) 690-2729, telefax 
(334) 690-2424.1.

    Dated: March 5, 1996.
Raymond J. Fatz,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army, (Environmental, Safety 
and Occupational Health) OASA (IL&E).
[FR Doc. 96-5706 Filed 3-8-96; 8:45 am]
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