[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 214 (Friday, November 5, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 60429]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-28992]



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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 Chaffee, Arkansas

AGENCY: Department of the Army, DoD.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act 
(NEPA) of 1969 and the President's Council on Environmental Quality, 
the Army has prepared an FEIS for the Disposal and Reuse of Fort 
Chaffee, Arkansas. 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 Fort Chaffee. 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 Fort Chaffee, the Army is disposing 
of excess property at Fort Chaffee.

DATES: The review period will end December 6, 1999.

ADDRESSES: Questions and/or written comments regarding the FEIS, or a 
request for a copy of the document may be directed to Mr. Jim Ellis, 
Little Rock District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (ATTN: CESWL-ET-WD), 
P.O. Box 867, Little Rock, Arkansas 72203.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Jim Ellis at (501) 324-5033 or by 
telefax at (501) 324-5605.

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; 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 this FEIS is encumbered disposal of 
excess property at Fort Chaffee. Based upon the analysis contained in 
the FEIS, encumbrances and deed restrictions associated with the Army's 
disposal actions for Fort Chaffee 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 Chaffee Redevelopment Authority (FCRA) 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 FCRA reuse plan. The Army has not selected one of 
these three reuse alternatives as the preferred action. Selection of 
the preferred reuse plan will be made by the Fort Chaffee Public Trust, 
a follow-on organization to the FCRA.
    Copies of the FEIS have been forwarded to the Environmental 
Protection Agency (EPA), other Federal, state and local agencies; 
public officials; and organizations and individuals who previously 
provided substantive comments to the DEIS. Copies of the FEIS are 
available for review at the following libraries: Arkansas River Valley 
Regional Library, 501 N Front Street, Dardanelle, Arkansas 72834; 
Charleston Public Library, 510 Main Street, Charleston, Arkansas 72933; 
Clarksville Public Library, 2 Taylor Circle, Clarksville, Arkansas 
72830; Franklin County Library, 407 W. Market, Ozark, Arkansas 72949; 
Fort Smith Public Library, 61 S 8th Street, Fort Smith, Arkansas 72901; 
Gattis--Logan County Library, 100 E. Academy, Paris, Arkansas 72855; 
Logan County Library, 419 N. Kennedy Street, Booneville, Arkansas 
72927, Sebastion County Library, 18 North Adair, Greenwood, Arkansas 
72936; Van Buren Public Library, 111 N. 12th Street, Van Buren, 
Arkansas 72956; Yell County Library, 902 Atlanta Street, Danville, 
Arkansas 72833; and Little Rock District, Army Corps of Engineers, 700 
West Capitol, Little Rock, Arkansas 72201. Comments on the FEIS will be 
used in preparing the record of Decision for the Army action.

    Dated: November 1, 1999.
Raymond J. Fatz,
Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army (Environment, Safety and 
Occupational Health) OASA (I&E).
[FR Doc. 99-28992 Filed 11-4-99; 8:45 am]
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