[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 9 (Wednesday, January 14, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2219-2220]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-844]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army


Record of Decision on the Final Environmental Impact Statement on 
the Disposal and Reuse of Vint Hill Farms Station, Warrenton, VA

AGENCY: Department of the Army, DoD.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: The Department of the Army announced its Record of Decision 
(ROD) on the Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for the 
disposal and reuse of the 701 acres of Vint Hill Farms Station, 
Warrenton, Virginia, in accordance with the Defense Base Closure and 
Realignment Act of 1990, Public Law 101-510, as amended.
    Under the Act, the Secretary of the Army has been delegated the 
authority to dispose of excess real property and facilities located at 
a military installation being closed or realigned. The Army is required 
to comply with the National Environmental Policy Act during the process 
of property disposal and must prepare appropriate analyses of the 
impacts of disposal and, indirectly, of reuse of the property on the 
environment. The ROD and the FEIS satisfy requirements of the law to

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examine the environmental impacts of disposal and reuse of Vint Hill 
Farms Station.
    Encumbered disposal involves the transfer of property to others 
with use restrictions imposed by the Army. The ROD concludes that 
surplus property will be conveyed subject to restrictions, identified 
in the FEIS, that relate to the following: reservations for the right 
access property to remediate areas until cleanup is completed, 
reservation for access to utilities necessary to implement remediation 
actions, restrictions (conservation easement) prohibiting disturbance 
of wetlands and a 100-foot upland buffer adjacent to wetlands. The Army 
will impose reservations to deed restrictions as necessary and 
appropriate to protect human health, the environment, and public 
safety.
    The Army has taken all practicable measures to avoid or minimize 
environmental harm associated with its preferred alternative of 
encumbered property disposal. The Army will continue to work with 
individual future owners to avoid, reduce, or compensate for adverse 
impacts that might occur as a result of disposal. Mitigation measures 
for reuse activities are identified in the FEIS.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the ROD and FEIS are available for review at the 
Fauquier County Public Library in Warrenton, Bealeton Branch Library in 
Bealeton, and Prince William County Center Library in Manassas. A copy 
of the ROD may also be obtained by writing to Mrs. Shirley Barnett, 
U.S. Army Materiel Command, ATTN: AMCSO, 5001 Eisenhower Avenue, 
Alexandria, VA 22333-0001, or by calling (703) 617-8172.

    Dated: January 6, 1998.
Raymond J. Fatz,
Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army (Environment, Safety and 
Occupational Health), OASA (I, L&E).
[FR Doc. 98-844 Filed 1-13-98; 8:45 am]
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