[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 218 (Thursday, November 9, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67349-67350]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-28777]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army


Final Environmental Assessment (EA) and Finding of No Significant 
Impact (FNSI) for BRAC 95 Disposal and Reuse of Rio Vista Army Reserve 
Center, California

AGENCY: Department of the Army, DoD.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with Public Law 101-510 (as amended), the 
Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990, the Defense Base 
Closure and Realignment Commission recommended the closure of Rio Vista 
Reserve Center.
    The Final EA evaluates the environmental impacts of the disposal 
and subsequent reuse of the 28-acre installation. Alternatives examined 
in this EA include no action, unencumbered disposal of the property and 
encumbered disposal of the property. Encumbered disposal refers to 
transfer or conveyance of property having restrictions on subsequent 
use as a result of any Army-imposed or legal restraint. Under the no 
action alternative, the Army would not dispose of property but would 
maintain it in a caretaker status for an indefinite period.

DATES: Comments must be submitted by December 11, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the Final EA and FNSI may be obtained by writing 
to Mr. Jerry Fuentes, Corps of Engineers, Sacramento District, 
Environmental Resources Branch (CESPK-PD-R), 1325 J Street, Sacramento, 
CA 95814.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Jerry Fuentes at (916) 557-6706.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: While closure of Rio Vista is the Army's 
primary action, the EA also analyzes the potential environmental 
effects of reuse as a secondary impact by means of evaluating 
intensity-based reuse scenarios. The Army's preferred alternative for 
disposal of the Rio Vista Reserve Center is encumbered disposal, with 
encumbrances pertaining to easements, threatened and endangered species 
habitat, lead-based paint and asbestos-containing material.
    A Notice of Intent declaring the Army's intent to prepare an EA for 
the

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closure of Rio Vista Reserve Center was published in the Federal 
Register on September 22, 1995 (60 FR 49264).
    The Final EA and FNSI are available for review at the Rio Vista 
Library, 167 Main St, Rio Vista, CA 94571.

    Dated: September 26, 2000.
Richard E. Newsome,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army (Environment, Safety and 
Occupational Health) OASA (I&E).
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