[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 62 (Wednesday, April 1, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15834-15835]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-8503]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army


Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) on the Disposal and 
Reuse of the Seneca Army Depot Activity, NY

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 Seneca Army Depot Activity (SEDA), New York, in accordance with the 
Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990, Public Law 101-510, 
as amended.
    The FEIS addresses the environmental impacts of the disposal and 
subsequent reuse of the entire installation except for the property 
required to create and maintain an enclave for storage of hazardous 
materials and ores as directed by the BRAC Commission. Alternatives 
examined in the FEIS include encumbered disposal of the property, 
unencumbered disposal of the property and retention of the property in 
a caretaker status (i.e., the no action alternative). The Army's 
preferred alternative for disposal of SEDA property is encumbered 
disposal, with encumbrances pertaining to historical resources, 
remedial activities, easements, wetlands, groundwater use, and 
unexploded ordnance.
    Disposal of the Depot property is the Army's primary action. Reuse 
of the property is a secondary action that will be taken by others. The 
FEIS also analyzes the potential environmental effects of reuse by 
means of evaluating intensity-based probable reuse scenarios. 
Appropriate to the Depot are low, medium-low, and medium intensity 
reuse scenarios reflecting the range of activities that could occur 
after disposal of the property.
    The Army proposes to make the majority of the 10,594 acres 
available to the Seneca County Industrial Development Authority (IDA). 
The U.S. Coast Guard would obtain 292 acres for continued use of a 
LORAN-C antenna station. The Army would retain 30 acres for the 
establishment of a BRAC Commission directed enclave for storage of 
hazardous materials and ores. This would leave approximately 10,272 
acres available for transfer or conveyance.


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DATES: Written public comments must be received on or before May 1, 
1998.

ADDRESSES: The FEIS is available for review at three libraries: the 
Waterloo Library and Historical Society, ATTN: Ms. Mary Zingerella, 31 
East Williams Street, Waterloo, NY 13165; Edith B. Ford Memorial 
Library, ATTN: Mr. & Ms. Henry Morris, 7169 North Main Street, Ovid, NY 
14521; and Geneva Free Library, ATTN: Ms. Kim Iraci, 244 Main Street, 
Geneva, NY 14456. Comments can be addressed to and copies may be 
obtained by writing to Mr. Hugh McClellan, U.S. Corps of Engineers, 
Mobile District, ATTN: SAMPD, P.O. Box 2288, Mobile, Alabama 36628-0001 
or by facsimile at (334) 690-2605.

    Dated: March 25, 1998.
Raymond J. Fatz,
Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army (Environment, Safety and 
Occupational Health) OASA (I, L&E).
[FR Doc. 98-8503 Filed 3-31-98; 8:45 am]
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