[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 250 (Friday, December 27, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 68249-68250]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-33008]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army


Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact for 
the Relocation of the U.S. Army Defense Ammunition School and Center 
(USADACS) From Savanna Army Depot Activity, Illinois, to McAlester Army 
Ammunition Plant (MCAAP), Oklahoma

AGENCY: Department of the Army, DoD.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with Public Law 101-510 (as amended), the 
Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990, the Defense Base 
Closure and Realignment Commission recommended the relocation of the 
U.S. Army Defense Ammunition School and Center (USADACS) from Savanna 
Army Depot Activity (SVAD), Illinois to McAlester Army Ammunition Plant 
(MCAAP), Oklahoma.
    The Environmental Assessment (EA) evaluates the environmental 
impacts associated with the transfer of 228 civilian jobs from SVAD to 
MCAAP. It also involves the construction of MCAAP of a new 
headquarters/administration building, a new applied instruction 
facility, a new transportability text complex, and renovation of two 
existing structures for classroom and training aids space to support 
the USADACS.
    The EA, which is incorporated into the Finding of No Significant 
Impact (FNSI), examines potential impacts of the proposed action and 
alternatives on 13 resource areas and areas of environmental concern: 
Land use, air quality, noise, water resources, geology, infrastructure, 
training areas, hazardous and toxic materials, biological resources and 
ecosystems, cultural resources, the sociological environment, economic 
development, and quality of life.
    Based on the analysis found in the EA, which is hereby incorporated 
in this FNSI, it has been determined that the implementation of these 
realignments at MCAAP would have no significant or cumulatively 
significant impacts on the quality of the natural or human environment. 
Because no significant environmental impacts would result from 
implementation of the proposed action, an Environmental Impact 
Statement is not required and will not be prepared.

DATES: Inquiries will be accepted until January 27, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the EA and FNSI can be obtained by contacting Mr. 
Glen Coffee at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District, ATTN: 
CESAM-PD-E, P.O. Box 2288, Mobile, Alabama 36628-0001 or by telephone 
at (334) 690-2729.

    Dated: December 20, 1996.
Raymond J. Fatz,
Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army, (Environment, Safety and 
Occupational Health) OASA (I,L&E).
[FR Doc. 96-33008 Filed 12-27-96; 8:45 am]
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