[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 237 (Monday, December 10, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63744-63745]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-30424]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Federal Law Enforcement Training Center


FLETC Cheltenham, MD; Notice of Availability of Document for 
Review

AGENCY: Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, Treasury.

ACTION: Notice of availability of environmental assessment for public 
review.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the Federal Law Enforcement 
Training Center (FLETC), pursuant to the National Environmental Policy 
Act of 1969 (NEPA), the Council on Environmental Quality Regulations 
for Implementing the National Environmental Policy Act (40 CFR parts 
1500-1508), and Department of the Treasury Directive 75-02 (Department 
of the Treasury Environmental Quality Program), has prepared an 
Environmental Assessment (EA) related to the renovation of the former 
Naval Communications Detachment Cheltenham, MD to provide a law 
enforcement requalification training facility for use by a wide variety 
of federal, state, and local agencies located in the metropolitan 
Washington, DC area. The proposed action includes demolition and 
renovation of existing buildings for use as classrooms, simulators, 
locker facilities, storage, etc., and construction of a free-standing, 
completely enclosed, environmentally safe indoor firearms training 
range and an outdoor vehicle training range. Vegetation manipulation 
will occur for aesthetic purposes, wildlife habitat improvement, 
wildfire hazard control, and insect/disease reduction.
    The public and resource agencies were invited to attend a public 
meeting held October 24, 2001, and participate in the planning and 
analysis of the proposed project. At that meeting the FLETC discussed 
the environmental review process, described the project and 
alternatives under consideration, discussed the scope of environmental 
issues to be investigated in accordance with the requirements of NEPA, 
and answered questions from attendees.
    An Environmental Assessment document has been prepared in 
accordance with NEPA and Department of the Treasury requirements, 
addressing the various project alternatives, their potential 
environmental impacts, and issues raised during the October 24 public 
meeting. This document will be available for public review and comment 
from December 17, 2001 until January 16, 2002 at the following 
locations:

1. Prince George's County Memorial Library System, Surratts-Clinton 
Branch, 9400 Piscataway Road, Clinton, MD 20735, 301-868-9200
2. Department of the Treasury, Library, Main Treasury Building, 1500 
Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20220, Contact Bill McGovern at 
282-622-0043

    The EA will also be viewable as a PDF file on the FLETC's Internet 
site at 


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http://www.fletc.gov/evs/cheltenham.htm for the same time period.
    Significant comments received from the public and agencies during 
the review period will be addressed in the EA and included in an 
Appendix. Should the FLETC determine, based on the public's comments 
and the information presented in the Environmental Assessment, that the 
impacts of the demolition/renovation, construction, and operation of 
the facility will not have a significant environmental impact, it will 
prepare a Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) for publication in 
the Federal Register and in a newspaper in general circulation at the 
project location. Should significant environmental impacts be 
determined to exist due to the project, the FLETC will proceed with the 
preparation of an Environmental Impact Statement, per the requirements 
of NEPA, the Council on Environmental Quality, and its own 
environmental policies and procedures.

DATES: Written comments concerning the EA should be received on or 
before January 16, 2002, to be assured of consideration.

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments to Ms. Susan Shaw, NEPA 
Coordinator/Project Manager, c/o FLETC Cheltenham Facility, 9000 Commo 
Road, Cheltenham, MD 20623-5000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Susan Shaw, NEPA Coordinator/Project 
Manager, FLETC, at (912) 261-4557. Ms. Shaw's e-mail address is 
[email protected]. Information is also available from Bob Smith, 
Chief, Cheltenham Operations at (301) 868-5830. Mr. Smith's e-mail 
address is [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Federal Law Enforcement Training Center 
has a mission of providing high quality, cost-effective training of 
federal law enforcement personnel. The FLETC proposes with this action 
to provide requalification-training services in the Washington, DC area 
by renovating the former Naval Communications Detachment Cheltenham, MD 
facility, which has been inactive since 1998. Providing these 
requalification services in the Washington, DC area will eliminate the 
need for Washington, DC area law enforcement agencies to travel to the 
FLETC's Glynco, GA facility, reducing associated costs and time 
demands.
    The FLETC Cheltenham facility is located approximately 15 miles 
southeast of Washington, DC, in Prince George's County, MD. The project 
site is situated east of Maryland Route 5 and west of Maryland Route 
301, approximately 3 miles south of Andrews Air Force Base.

    Authority: The Council on Environmental Quality's National 
Environmental Policy Act, 40 CFR parts 1500 et seq.

    Dated: December 5, 2001.
Bruce Bowen,
Assistant Director, Office Of Compliance, Federal Law Enforcement 
Training Center.
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