[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 62 (Tuesday, April 1, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15470-15471]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-8192]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Notice of Public Hearing for the Draft Environmental Impact 
Statement for Disposal and Reuse of the Naval Weapons Industrial 
Reserve Plant, Calverton, NY

SUMMARY: Per 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, on March 14, 1997, with the U.S. Environmental Protection 
Agency, a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for the disposal 
and subsequent reuse of the Naval Weapons Industrial Reserve Plant 
(NWIRP), Calverton, New York. The DEIS addresses the environmental 
consequences of disposal of NWIRP Calverton, and implementation of the 
proposed Community Reuse Plan for the base prepared by the Calverton 
Air Facility Joint Planning and Redevelopment Commission, an entity 
established by the Riverhead Town Board. The DEIS evaluates 
environmental effects of three reuse alternatives which represent a 
reasonable range of alternative redevelopment intensities for the base 
if the decision is made to dispose of the property.

ADDRESSES: The Department of the Navy will hold a public hearing to 
inform the public of the DEIS findings and to solicit comments. The 
hearing will be held on Thursday, April 17, 1997, beginning at 7:30 
p.m., at the Ramada East End, 1830 Route 25, Riverhead, New York. 
Please call the point of contact below or the Ramada Inn in the case of 
inclement weather.
    Federal, state, local agencies and interested parties are invited 
and urged to attend or be represented at the hearing. Oral statements 
will be heard and transcribed by a stenographer; however, to assure the 
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 action and will be given equal consideration.

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    Additional copies of the DEIS have been placed in the Riverhead 
Free Library, 330 Court Street, Riverhead, New York.
    Written comments on the DEIS should be mailed to the address noted 
below and must be postmarked not later than May 9, 1997 to be part of 
the official record.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Additional information concerning this 
notice may be obtained by contacting Mr. Kurt Frederick (Code 202) 
Northern Division, Naval Facilities Engineering Command, 10 Industrial 
Highway, MSC 82, Lester, PA 19113, telephone (610) 595-0728, facsimile 
(610) 595-0778.

    Dated: March 27, 1997.
M.A. Waters,
LCDR, JAGC, USN, Alternate Federal Register Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 97-8192 Filed 3-31-97; 8:45 am]
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