[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 244 (Friday, December 19, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66605-66606]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-32880]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Army
Notice of Availability for the Draft Environmental Impact
Statement (DEIS) for the Disposal and Reuse of Fort McClellan, Alabama
agency: Department of the Army, DoD.
action: Notice of availability.
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summary: In compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act
(NEPA) of 1969 and the President's Council on Environmental Quality,
the Army has prepared a DEIS for the Disposal and Reuse of Fort
McClellan (FMC), Alabama. The approved 1995 base closure and
realignment actions required by the Base Closure and Realignment Act of
1990 (Pub. L. 101-510), and subsequent actions in compliance wit this
law, mandated the closure of FMC. It is Department of Defense (DoD)
policy to dispose of property no longer needed by DoD. Consequently, as
a result of the mandated closure of FMC, the Army is disposing of
excess property at FMC.
The DEIS analyzes three disposal alternatives: (1) The no action
alternative, which entails maintaining the property in caretaker status
after closure; (2) the encumbered disposal alternative, which entails
transferring the property to future owners with Army-imposed
limitations, or encumbrances, on the future use of the property; and
(3) the unencumbered disposal alternative, which entails transferring
the property to future owners with fewer or no Army-imposed
restrictions on the future use of the property. The preferred action
identified in this DEIS is encumbered disposal of excess property at
FMC. Based upon the analysis contained in the DEIS, encumbrances and
deed restrictions associated with the Army's disposal actions for FMC
will be mitigation measures.
Planning for the reuse of the property to be disposed of is a
secondary action resulting from closure. The local community has
established the Fort McClellan Reuse and Redevelopment Authority
(FMRRA) to produce a reuse development plan for the surplus property.
The impacts of reuse are evaluated in terms of land use intensities.
This reuse analysis is based upon implementing one of three reuse
alternatives, all of which are based upon the FMRRA draft reuse plan.
The Army has not selected one of these three alternatives as the
preferred action. Selection of the preferred reuse plan is a decision
that will be made by the FMRRA.
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dates: The review period for the DEIS will end 45 days after
publication of the NOA in the Federal Register by the EPA. Comments on
the DEIS will be used in preparing the Final Environmental Impact
Statement and a Record of Decision for the Army action.
copies: Copies of the DEIS have been forwarded to the Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA), other Federal, state and local agencies,
public officials; and organizations and individuals who previously
requested copies of the DEIS. Copies of the DEIS and related support
studies are available for review at the following FMC libraries: Abrams
(Fort McClellan Community) Library, Building 2102, Fort McClellan,
Alabama 36205-5020; Fischer Library, U.S. Army Chemical School, Fifth
Avenue, Building 1081, Fort McClellan, Alabama 36205; and the Military
Police School Library, U.S. Army Military Police School, Building 3181,
Fort McClellan, Alabama 36205; as well as the following public and
other libraries: Anniston-Calhoun County Public Library, 108 East 10th
Street, Anniston, Alabama 36202; Cole Library, Jacksonville State
University, 700 Pelham Road, North, Jacksonville, Alabama 36265;
Jacksonville Public Library, 200 Pelham Road, North, Jacksonville,
Alabama 36205; Oxford Public Library, 213 Choccolocco Street, Oxford,
Alabama 36203; and Mobile District, Army Corps of Engineers, 109 Saint
Joseph Street, Mobile, Alabama 36628.
addresses: Questions and/or written comments regarding the DEIS, or a
request for a copy of the document may be directed to Mr. Curtis Flakes
at the Mobile District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (ATTN: CESAM-PD-
EC), P.O. Box 2288, Mobile, AL 36602-3630; phone: 334-690-2693 and
telefax: 334-690-2727.
supplementary information: A public meeting will be held during the 45-
day comment period to afford the public the opportunity to provide oral
and written comments on the DEIS. The location and time of the meeting
will be announced in local newspapers at least 15 days prior to the
meeting. Interested persons are invited to attend this public meeting.
Verbal comments at the public meeting will be limited to 5 minutes per
person. Individuals desiring to make longer statements may provide
written comments to the address above.
Dated: December 9, 1997.
Gary W. Abrisz,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army (Environment, Safety and
Occupational Health) OASA (I, L&E).
[FR Doc. 97-32880 Filed 12-18-97; 8:45 am]
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