[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 159 (Monday, August 18, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43997-43999]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-21799]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Finding of No Significant Impact for the Defense Logistics Agency
Late Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) Actions
AGENCY: Defense Logistics Agency (DLA), Department of Defense.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) prepared a programmatic
environmental assessment pursuant to the Council on Environmental
Quality Regulations (40 CFR Parts 1500-1508) for implementing the
procedural provisions of the National Environmental Policy Act (42
U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) which evaluated the potential environmental and
socioeconomic effects associated with realigning designated missions
and personnel to enduring DLA activities pursuant to recommendations by
the BRAC Commission and related discretionary action plans. The
environmental assessment resulted in a finding of no significant
environmental or socioeconomic impact.
EFFECTIVE DATE: August 18, 1997.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Daniel W. McGinty, Staff Director, Congressional and Public Affairs,
Defense Logistics Agency, 8725 John J. Kingman Road, Suite 2533, ATTN:
CAAR, Fort Belvoir, VA 22060-6220, (703) 767-6222.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In summary, the DLA proposed action,
identified as the preferred alternative, is to:
Relocate the Defense Contract Management District West to
a
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purchased office building in the Los Angeles/Long Beach area. Relocate
the Defense Contract Management Area Office Detroit, Detroit Arsenal,
MI, to existing facilities on the realigned Detroit Arsenal. Relocate
the Defense Contract Management Area Office Dayton, Gentile, Air Force
Station (AFS), OH, to Wright Patterson Air Force Base (AFB), Dayton,
OH. Relocate the Defense Contract Management Area Office Stratford,
Stratford Army Engine Plant, CT, to GSA lease facilities in the
Stratford, CT, area.
Relocate the Defense Distribution Depot missions that
remain after the disestablishment of the Defense Distribution Depot
Letterkenny, PA (DDLP) (with the exception of a DLA satellite operation
at Letterkenny Army Depot to support the continuing missile maintenance
mission); the realignment of Defense Distribution Depot Columbus, OH
(DDCO); and closure of Defense Distribution Depot Memphis, TN (DDMT),
Defense Distribution Depot Ogden, UT (DDOU) and Defense Distribution
Depot McClellan, CA (DDMC), and the redistribution of the remaining
mission and materials to the enduring Defense Distribution Depots.
Relocate the specified mission from DDLP and discretionary mission from
Defense Distribution Depot Red River, TX (DDRT) to the Defense
Distribution Depot Anniston, AL (DDAA). Privatize and ultimately
disestablish the Defense Distribution Depot San Antonio, TX (DDST).
Relocate the Deployable Medical Systems (DEPMEDS) from DDOU to Hill
AFB, Ogden, UT.
Reorganize the Inventory Control Points (ICPs) from five
to three (except for the Defense Fuel Supply Center) into the Defense
Supply Centers, Columbus, OH (DSCC), Philadelphia, PA (DSCP), and
Richmond, VA (DSCR). Relocate the mission of the Defense Electronics
Supply Center, Gentile AFS, Dayton, OH, to the DSCC, disestablishing
the Defense Industrial Supply Center, Philadelphia, (DISC) and
redistribute the residual mission among the enduring Defense Supply
Centers. Relocate the Defense Personnel Support Center (to become DSCP)
to the Naval Aviation Supply Office (Naval Inventory Control Point,
Philadelphia).
Enclave Defense National Stockpile (DNSC) material at
Letterkenny Army Depot, Chambersburg, PA, Seneca Army Depot, Romulus,
NY, and Sierra Army Depot, Herlong, CA. Sell strategic materials and
ores and return the following sites to the permitting military service
at Savanna Army Depot, Savanna, IL, DDMT, and Naval Surface Warfare
Center, Louisville, KY. If, in the future, it were determined that
materials must be relocated, then site-specific NEPA analysis, if
appropriate, would be conducted.
Relocate the Headquarters, Defense Reutilization and
Marketing Service (DRMS) organizations located at closing
installations. Specifically, relocate the Defense Reutilization and
Marketing Service-International Sales Office at DDMT to the
Headquarters, DRMS, Battle Creek, MI, and the Defense Reutilization and
Marketing Service-Operations West at DDOU to Hill AFB, UT.
Close 11 Defense Reutilization and Marketing Offices
(DRMOs) located at closing and realigning military installations and
relocate any residual mission to the enduring DRMOs. Surplus and
hazardous property would be disposed by reutilization, transfer,
donation, sale, or ultimate disposal (service contract) prior to the
DRMO relocation or disestablishment. Relocate DRMO San Antonio, Kelly
AFB, to new facilities at Brooks AFB, TX, or lease back current
facilities from the Kelly AFB Local Redevelopment Authority (KLRA)--
whichever is determined to be the most operationally efficient and cost
effective. Site-specific NEPA analysis to determine potential
environmental and socioeconomic effects would be conducted, if
appropriate, by the U.S. Air Force.
Relocate the operational sites of the Defense Systems
Design Center (DSDC) located at closing installations. Specifically,
relocate DSDC-H from DDOU to Hill AFB, DSDC-NJ, from DDMT to the
Federal Center Building, Battle Creek, MI, and DSDC-SMA from DDLP,
Chambersburg, PA, to the Defense Distribution Depot, Susquehanna, PA.
Alternatives considered included the proposed action, which was the
preferred alternative, and the no action alternative. No other
alternative was considered feasible because it would entail
modernization or renovation of existing facilities, leasing of off-base
facilities, and construction of new facilities beyond that determined
essential to meet minimum requirements to accommodate relocating
activities. Criteria used in the decisionmaking process included
adhering to the approved BRAC Commission recommendations, maintaining
effective and efficient customer support by locating support as close
as possible to customers, and maximizing use of existing facilities.
Any other alternative would require excessive facility construction
and/or modifications, diminish customer support, and increase costs to
conduct business.
Based upon the EIFS model output, the 1,620 personnel relocating to
the Defense Construction Supply Center, Columbus, OH, from Gentile AFS,
would not create a significant socioeconomic effect in the region of
influence. The population increase in Columbus, OH, would be less than
0.12 percent for that region of influence. Additionally, employment
would be created in the region of influence and a slight increase in
the support infrastructure within the region would occur (e.g.,
increases in traffic and school populations).
Site-specific NEPA analysis to determine the potential
environmental and socioeconomic effects beyond the programmatic level
will be conducted, if appropriate, for the following actions:
Privatizing the Defense Distribution Depot McClellan, CA (DDMC) and
Defense Distribution Depot San Antonio, TX (DDST); relocating the
Deployable Medical Systems (DEPMEDS) from DDOU to Hill AFB, Ogden, UT;
temporary and permanent construction of a hazardous materials storage
warehouse at the Defense Distribution Depot San Joaquin, CA (Tracy
site); and the construction of a new facility at Brooks AFB or lease
back of the current facilities from the KLRA for the DRMO located at
Kelly AFB, TX. If, in the future, it were determined that DNSC
materials must be relocated, then site-specific NEPA analysis, if
appropriate, would be conducted.
Separate site-specific NEPA analyses to determine the potential
environmental and socioeconomic effects beyond the programmatic level
have been conducted for the following actions: relocation of the
Defense Electronics Supply Center mission to the Defense Supply Center,
Columbus, OH (DSCC), for which an environmental assessment (EA) for the
construction of the operational facility was conducted and a Finding of
No Significant Impact (FONSI) signed on June 27, 1991; conversion of
the Defense Distribution Depot Columbus, OH (DDCO) to a storage site
for slow moving/war reserve materiel, a project that would be
categorically excluded from analysis in accordance with DLAR 1000.22;
completion of an AF Form 813 by the Air Force on July 27, 1994, which
documented that the Air Force approved a categorical exclusion from a
full EA for activities relocating from Gentile AFS to Wright Patterson
AFB; and completion of an EA and FONSI by the Navy on November 22,
1996, associated with the relocation of the Defense Personnel Support
Center (DPSC) to the Naval Aviation Supply Office (Naval Inventory
Control Point,
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Philadelphia, PA) and the consolidation of the Defense Industrial
Supply Center with DPSC.
The military services exercising their land-owning responsibilities
will conduct the NEPA analysis for the disposal and reuse of DLA sites.
For the other actions, the environmental assessment showed that
implementing the proposed action would cause minimal or no adverse
environmental and socioeconomic effects. A positive effect would be
realized through a reduction in DLA's consumption of resources and
thereby lessen negative environmental effects associated with routine
support of Armed Forces activities. Analysis of the consequences of the
proposed action does not indicate any environmental impact mitigation
measures required or optional at the program level. Accordingly, an
environmental impact statement will not be prepared.
A public comment period regarding the environmental assessment will
begin at the time of publication of this notice and will conclude 30
days following. Copies of the environmental assessment are available
for inspection at the address listed above. Interested parties may
contact the DLA Public Affairs Office at (703) 767-6200.
Dated: August 12, 1997.
Jan B. Reitman,
Staff Director (Environmental and Safety Policy).
[FR Doc. 97-21799 Filed 8-15-97; 8:45 am]
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