[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 101 (Thursday, May 23, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25850-25851]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-12986]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE DEFENSE

Department of the Army


Record of Decision on the Final Environmental Impact Statement on 
the Disposal and Reuse of the Tooele Army Depot Base Realignment and 
Closure (BRAC) Parcel

AGENCY: Department of the Army, DOD.

ACTION: Notice of Availability.

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SUMMARY: The Department of the Army announced its Record of Decision 
(ROD) on the Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for the 
disposal and reuse of the 1,700-acre BRAC parcel at Tooele Army Depot, 
Tooele, Utah. In accordance with the Defense Base Closure and 
Realignment Act of 1990, Pub. L. 101-510, as amended.
    Under the Act, the Secretary of the Army has been delegated the 
authority to dispose of excess real property and facilities located at 
a military installation being closed or realigned. The Army is required 
to comply with the National Environmental Policy Act during the process 
of property disposal and must prepare appropriate analyses of the 
impacts of disposal and, indirectly, of the reuse of the property on 
the environment. The ROD and the FEIS satisfy requirements of the law 
to examine the environmental impacts of disposal and reuse of the 
Tooele BRAC parcel.
    Encumbered disposal involves the transfer of property to others 
with use restrictions imposed by the Army. The ROD concludes that 
surplus property will be conveyed, subject to restrictions identified 
in the FEIS, that relate to the following: measures to protect ground 
water quality, utilities interdependencies, and remedial activities. 
The Army will impose reservations or deed restrictions, as necessary 
and appropriate, to protect human health, the environment, and public 
safety.
    The Army has taken all practicable measures to avoid or minimize 
environmental harm associated with its preferred alternative of 
encumbered property disposal. The Army will continue to work with 
individual future owners to avoid, reduce, or compensate for adverse 
impacts that might occur as

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a result of disposal. Mitigation measures for reuse activities are 
identified in the FEIS.

ADDRESSES: A copy of the ROD may be obtained by writing Mrs. Shirley 
Barnett at the U.S. Army Materiel Command, ATTN: AMCSO, 5001 Eisenhower 
Avenue, Alexandria, VA 22333-0001 or by calling (703) 617-8172.

    Dated: May 16, 1996.
Raymond J. Fatz,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army, (Environmental, Safety 
and Occupational Health) OASA (IL&E).
[FR Doc. 96-12986 Filed 5-22-96; 8:45 am]
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