[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 100 (Tuesday, May 23, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33300-33301]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-12935]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army


Notice of Availability for the Record of Decision (RDO) 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

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Council on Environmental quality, the Army has prepared the ROD in 
association with the completion of the Final Environmental Impact 
Statement (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 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.
    The ROD establishes the Army's decision to proceed with the 
disposal of excess properties/facilities in accordance with the Army's 
preferred alternative (encumbered disposal) described in the FEIS.

ADDRESSES: Requests for a copy of the FEIS or ROD may be addressed to 
Mr. Jim Ellis, Little Rock District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 
ATTN: CESWL-ET-WP, PO Box 867, Little Rock, AR 72203.

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

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 Chaffee. Based upon the analysis contained in 
the FEIS, encumbrances and deed restrictions associated with the Army's 
disposal actions for Fort Chaffee will 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 is a decision that will be made by the FCRA.

    Dated: May 18, 2000.
Raymond J. Patz,
Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army, (Environment, Safety and 
Occupational Health) OASA(I&E).
[FR Doc. 00-12935 Filed 5-22-00; 8:45 am]
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