[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 6 (Friday, January 9, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 1446]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-083]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army


Notice of Availability for the Environmental Impact Statement 
(EIS) on the Disposal and Reuse of the Former Fitzsimons Army Medical 
Center, Now U.S. Army Garrison-Fitzsimons (USAG-F), Aurora, Colorado

AGENCY: Department of the Army, DoD.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: The proposed action evaluated by this EIS is the disposal of 
USAG-F, Aurora, Colorado, in accordance with the Defense Base Closure 
and Realignment Act of 1990, Pub. L. 101-510. The EIS addresses the 
environmental consequences of the disposal and subsequent reuse of the 
577-acre installation except for a 21.8 acre enclave for the McWhethy 
Army Reserve Center.
    The EIS 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 few or no Army-imposed limitations, 
or encumbrances, on the future use of the property. The impacts of 
reuse are evaluated in terms of land use intensities. The Fitzsimons 
Redevelopment Authority developed the reuse alternatives based on their 
Reuse Plan. The resource areas evaluated for potential impacts by the 
proposed action (disposal) and the secondary action (reuse) include: 
land use; climate; air quality; noise; geology, soils, and topography; 
water resources; infrastructure; regulated substances; biological 
resources and ecosystems; cultural resources; sociological environment; 
quality of life; installation agreements, and permits and regulatory 
authorizations.

COPIES: Copies of the EIS will be available for review at the Aurora 
Central Public Library, Aurora, CO and USAG-F, Aurora, CO.

DATES: A final decision on the FEIS will be made after a 30-day waiting 
period, which commences with the publication of the Environmental 
Protection Agency's NOA in the Federal Register. The action will be 
documented with a Record of Decision.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the EIS can be obtained by writing to the U.S. 
Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District Office, ATTN: Mr. Gene Sturm, 
215 North 17th Street, Omaha, NE 68102-4978, or by facsimile at (402) 
221-4886. Written comments and suggestions should also be sent to this 
address.

    Dated: December 19, 1997.
Raymond J. Fatz,
Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army, Environment, Safety and 
Occupational Health) OASA (I,L&E).
[FR Doc. 98-083 Filed 1-8-98; 8:45 am]
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