[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 234 (Tuesday, December 5, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 75926-75927]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-30952]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army


Notice of Record of Decision (ROD) on the Final Environmental 
Impact Statement (FEIS) on the Disposal and Reuse of the Military Ocean 
Terminal, Bayonne, New Jersey

AGENCY: Department of the Army, DoD.

ACTION: Record of Decision.

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SUMMARY: The Department of the Army announces its ROD on the FEIS for 
the disposal and reuse of the Military Ocean Terminal, Bayonne (MOTBY). 
The closure of MOTBY was mandated in accordance with the Defense Base 
Closure and Realignment Act of 1990, Public Law 101-510, as amended.
    The ROD allows the Army to initiate action to dispose of the 
excess/surplus property of MOTBY, in accordance with the Bayonne Local 
Redevelopment Authority Amended Reuse Plan.

ADDRESSES: A copy of the ROD may be obtained by contacting Dr. Susan 
Ivester Rees, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army Engineer 
District, Mobile (CESAM-PD), 109 St. Joseph Street, Mobile, AL 36602.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Susan Ivester Rees at 334-694-4141 
or by facsimile at 334-690-2727.

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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FEIS analyzed three disposal 
alternatives with respect to the disposal and subsequent reuse of the 
676-acre (440 land acres and 236 submerged land acres) comprising the 
MOTBY: (1) the no action alternative, under which the property would be 
maintained in a caretaker status after closure; (2) the unencumbered 
alternative, under which the Army would transfer the property without 
encumbrances, such as environmental restrictions and easements; and (3) 
the encumbered disposal alternative, under which the Army would 
transfer the property with various environmental restrictions and 
easements, limiting the future use of the property.
    In the ROD, the Army concludes that the FEIS adequately addresses 
the impacts of property disposal and documents its decision to transfer 
the property as encumbered. Possible encumbrances include: Covenants 
and restrictions pertaining to asbestos-containing material, lead-based 
paint, floodplains, future remedial activities after transfer, 
wetlands, easements and rights-of-way.

    Dated: November 29, 2000.
Raymond J. Fatz,
Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army, (Environment, Safety and 
Occupational Health), OASA (I&E).
[FR Doc. 00-30952 Filed 12-4-00; 8:45 am]
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