[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 41 (Thursday, March 1, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 12930]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-4986]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Air Force


Second Supplemental Record of Decision (ROD) for the Disposal of 
Portions of the Former Homestead Air Force Base (AFB), FL

    On January 15, 2001, the Air Force signed the Second Supplemental 
ROD for Portions of the Former Homestead AFB. The ROD was developed 
based on consideration of the December 2000 Final Supplemental 
Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS), correspondence received by the 
Air Force, and other relevant factors.
    The Air Force decided in the ROD to offer approximately 717 acres 
of surplus property to Miami-Dade County for mixed-use development, but 
will not allow construction of a commercial airport at the site. The 
Air Force will retain the runway and airfield areas at the former base 
for its own use. Those areas will continue to be maintained by the Air 
Force and used by the Air Force Reserve, the Florida Air National 
Guard, Customs Service, and other federal agencies.
    If the county opts not to apply for the transfer or declines the 
surplus property, the Air Force then will act upon a request for the 
property from the Department of the Interior, which hopes to trade the 
land for other valuable property. This transaction also would be in 
support of mixed-use development of the Homestead property.
    This decision struck a balance between the federal interests in 
economic development of realigned military bases and the protection of 
environmental values in two nearby national parks. Although this 
decision is a reversal of one made by the Air Force in 1994, the new 
decision sought to protect the County's interests by giving the County 
the first opportunity to accept the land for redevelopment. The County 
is the local redevelopment authority under the base closure laws, and 
offering the property to the County first reflects policy that local 
redevelopment authorities be given a central role in the determination 
of how base closure property is to be reused.
    More details about the decision can be found in the Second 
Supplemental Record of Decision (ROD) for Disposal of Portions of the 
Former Homestead Air Force Base (AFB), Florida, which is available on 
request by contacting Mr. John Corradetti, Jr. Program Manager, 
Division A, Air Force Base Conversion Agency, 1700 N. Moore Street, 
Suite 2300, Arlington, VA 22209-2809. A copy can also be viewed 
electronically at http://www.denix.osd.mil/SEIS.

Janet A. Long,
Air Force Federal Register Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 01-4986 Filed 2-28-01; 8:45 am]
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