[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 242 (Wednesday, December 17, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 66059]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-32944]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army


Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) on the Disposal and 
Reuse of the Evans Subpost Fort Monmouth, New Jersey

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 Evans Subpost Fort Monmouth, New Jersey, 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 215 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 Army's preferred alternative for disposal 
of the Evans Subpost is encumbered disposal, which involves conveying 
the property with conditions imposed on historic resources, remedial 
activities, special easements and restrictive covenants to create or 
maintain buffer zones between sensitive areas or adjoining parcels. The 
FEIS concludes that the alternatives analyzed will have both long-term 
adverse and short-term adverse effects and that the significant adverse 
effects will result under the medium and high intensity reuse 
scenarios. The FEIS identifies mitigation measures that can be taken in 
the future to avoid or reuse any adverse impacts from reuse.

DATES: The public review period for this document ends 30 days after 
the date of publication of the Environmental Protection Agency's Notice 
of Availability in the Federal Register.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the FEIS are available for review at the Wall 
Township Public Library, 2700 Allaire Road, Wall, New Jersey 07719. 
Copies of the FEIS may also be obtained by writing to Dr. Susan Rees, 
U.S. Army Engineer District, ATTN: CESAM-PD-E, P.O. Box 2288, Mobile, 
Alabama 36628-0001 or by telephone at (334) 694-4141 or telefax (334) 
690-2721.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Draft EIS (DEIS) was made available for 
public review and comment. A notice of availability (NOA) of the DEIS 
was published in the Federal Register (61 FR 22058) on May 13, 1996. 
The Army conducted a public meeting on May 29, 1996, to receive public 
input on the DEIS. Display advertisements informing the public were 
taken out in the local newspaper.

    Dated: December 4, 1997.
Raymond J. Fatz,
Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army (Environment, Safety and 
Occupational Health), OASA (I,L&E).
[FR Doc. 97-32944 Filed 12-16-97; 8:45 am]
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