[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 172 (Friday, September 4, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47272-47273]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-23571]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army


Notice of Availability for the Final Environmental Impact 
Statement (FEIS) 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 of 
1969 (NEPA) and the President's Council on Environmental Quality, the 
Army has prepared an FEIS 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 with 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.

DATES: the review period for the FEIS will end 30 days after the 
publication of the NOA in the Federal Register by the EPA.

ADDRESSES: Questions and/or written comments regarding the FEIS, or a 
request for a copy of the document may be directed to Mr. Curtis 
Flakes, Mobile District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (ATTN: CESAM-PD-
EC), P.O. Box 2288, Mobile, AL 36602-3630.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mr. Curtis Flakes at (334) 690-2693 or telefax at (334) 690-2727.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FEIS 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; (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 FEIS is Encumbered Disposal of 
excess property at FMC. Based upon the analysis contained in the FEIS, 
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 Development Commission (FMDC) 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 FMDC 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 FMDC.
    Comments on the FEIS will be used in preparing the Record of 
Decision for the Army action.
    Copies of the FEIS have been forwarded to the USEPA, other Federal, 
state and local agencies; public officials; and organizations and 
individuals who previously provided substantive comments to the DEIS. 
Copies of the FEIS and related support studies are available for review 
at the following FMC libraries: Abrams Library (For McClellan 
Community), 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

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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 36629.

    Dated: August 27, 1998.
Raymond J. Fatz,
Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army (Environment, Safety and 
Occupational Health), OASA (I, L&E).
[FR Doc. 98-23571 Filed 9-3-98; 8:45 am]
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