[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 16 (Monday, January 26, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 3723]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-1726]



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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army


Records of Decision on the Final Environmental Impact Statement 
(FEIS) on the Disposal and Reuse of the Savanna Army Depot Activity, 
Savanna, Illinois

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 FEIS for the disposal and reuse of the 13,062 acres 
comprising the Savanna Army Depot Activity, Savanna, Illinois, 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 National 
Environmental Policy Act requires the Army to prepare its analysis of 
the environmental impacts of disposal. The EIS also analyzes the 
secondary environmental impacts of disposal--the reuse of the property. 
The ROD and the FEIS satisfy the requirements of NEPA.
    The Army has selected the encumbered disposal alternative. 
Encumbered disposal requires the transfer of the 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 pertain to the following: unexploded ordnance, 
wetlands, historical resources, threatened and endangered species, 
utilities easements, easements and rights-of-way, access easements, 
reversionary interests, overflow easements, remedial activities, and 
lead-based paint. The Army will impose deed restrictions or other 
requirements to ensure safety and protection of human health and the 
environment.
    The Army has taken all practicable measures to avoid or minimize 
adverse environmental impacts 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: A copy of the ROD may be obtained by writing to Ms. Shirley 
Barnett, at the U.S. Army Materiel Command, ATTN: AMCSO, 5001 
Eisenhower Avenue, Alexandria, VA 22333-0001 or by calling (703) 617-
8172. Copies of the Final EIS may be obtained by writing to Mr. Glen 
Coffee at the Corps of Engineers, Mobile District, ATTN: CESAM-PD-E, 
109 St. Joseph Street, Mobile, AL 36628-0001, or by facsimile at (334) 
690-2721.

    Dated: January 20, 1998.
Raymond J. Fatz,
Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army (Environment, Safety and 
Occupational Health), OASA, (I,L&E).
[FR Doc. 98-1726 Filed 1-23-98; 8:45 am]
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