[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 136 (Friday, July 16, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38412-38413]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-18118]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army


Availability for the Record of Decision (ROD) for the Disposal 
and Reuse of Fort McClellan (FMC), Alabama

AGENCY: Department of the Army, DoD.

ACTION: Record of decision.

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SUMMARY: The Department of the Army announces the availability of the 
Record of Decision (ROD) for the disposal and reuse of Fort McClellan, 
Anniston, Alabama. It has been determined that the Final Environmental 
Impact Statement (FEIS) for the disposal and reuse of the installation 
adequately assesses the impacts of the proposed action and related 
alternatives on the biological, physical and cultural environment. The 
Army installation is being closed in accordance with the Defense Base 
Closure and Realignment Act of 1990. A 22,567 acre National Guard 
Enclave will remain after Fort McClellan closes. The ROD establishes 
the Army's decision to proceed with disposal of excess properties and 
facilities in accordance with the Army's preferred alternative 
(Encumbered Disposal) described in the FEIS.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the ROD and/or FEIS may be obtained by contacting 
Mr. Curtis Flakes, US Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District (ATTN: 
CESAM-PD-EC), P.O. Box 2288, Mobile, AL 36602-3630.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Curtis Flakes at (334) 690-2777 
and telefax: (334) 690-2727.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FEIS analyzed 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 fewer or 
no Army-imposed restrictions on the future use of the property. The 
preferred action identified in the FEIS is Encumbered Disposal of 
excess property at Fort McClellan. Based upon the analysis contained in 
the FEIS, encumbrances

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and deed restrictions associated with the Army's disposal actions for 
Fort McClellan 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 
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 local 
community. This ROD allows the Army to initiate action to dispose of 
the excess property at Fort McClellan in accordance with the Fort 
McClellan Comprehensive Reuse Plan.

    Dated: July 8, 1999.
Raymond J. Fatz,
Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army, (Environment, Safety and 
Occupational Health) OASA (I&E).
[FR Doc. 99-18118 Filed 7-15-99; 8:45 am]
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