[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 153 (Tuesday, August 10, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 48462]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-18214]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Air Force


Proposed Collection; Common Request

AGENCY: Department of the Air Force and Department of the Navy.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This serves as a request for public comment, pursuant to 36 
CFR 800.14(e). The Department of the Air Force and the Department of 
the Navy (Navy and Marine Corps) are working to improve the quality of 
the housing for their Service Members. In compliance with the National 
Historic Preservation Act's (NHPA) Section 106 regulations, the Air 
Force and the Navy are consulting with the Advisory Council on Historic 
Preservation (Council), the National Conference of State Historic 
Preservation Officers (NCSHPO) and the National Trust for Historic 
Preservation (National Trust) to efficiently and programmatically meet 
their federal historic preservation responsibilities regarding Capehart 
and Wherry era housing as required under the NHPA rather than consult 
on individual undertakings, installation by installation.

DATES: Consideration will be given to all comments received by October 
12, 2004.

ADDRESSES: Address comments to: HQ AF/ILE, Environmental Programs, 
ATTN: Lt. Col. Alan Holck, 1260 Air Force Pentagon, Washington, DC, 
20030-1260 (AIR FORCE) Commander, Naval Facilities Engineering Command 
(BDD), ATTN: Dr. Jay Thomas, 1322 Patterson Ave SE., Ste 1000, 
Washington, Navy Yard DC 20374-5065.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lt. Col. Alan Holck at (703) 604-0632 
or Dr. Jay Thomas at (202) 685-9196.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Air Force and the Navy's (including the 
Marine Corps) Capehart and Wherry era housing may be eligible for 
listing to the National Register of Historic Places Under National 
Register Criteria A (associated with events that have made a 
significant contribution to the broad patterns of our history) and C 
(embodying distinctive characteristics of a type, period, or method of 
construction and representing a significant and distinguishable entity 
whose components may lack individual distinction). Section 106 of the 
National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) requires federal agencies to 
consider the effects of their actions on historic properties and 
provide the Council a reasonable opportunity to comment. The Section 
106 process seeks to accommodate historic preservation concerns with 
the needs of the federal agencies through consultation among the agency 
officials and other parties with an interest in the effects of the 
undertaking on historic properties. The Air Force and the Navy will 
request Program Comments from the Council pursuant to 36 CFR Sec.  
800.14e as an alternative way to comply with their historic 
preservation responsibilities for Capehart and Wherry era family 
housing (1949-1962). Capehart and Wherry housing is located at 46 Air 
Force, 41 Navy, and 13 Marine Corps installations throughout the United 
States. The Air Force and the Navy will request public comment on the 
proposed programmatic approach to comply with Section 106 of the NHPA. 
Potential mitigation includes augmenting and adopting research 
completed by the Department of the Army, pursuant to the Program 
Comment the Council issued on 7 June 02. Specific mitigation measures 
under consideration include oral histories, supplemental historic 
context information, adoption of the Army's design guidelines and tax 
credit information.
    Types of management and treatment that may be made to Capehart and 
Wherry era housing by the Air Force and the Navy include: maintenance 
and repair, rehabilitation, layaway and mothballing, demolition and 
replacement, transfer, sale or lease out of federal control, and 
substantial alteration through renovation, and may include any 
associated structures and landscape features that may be contributing 
elements to Capehart and Wherry are housing's eligibility for listing 
to the National Register of Historic Places. Implementation of all or 
some of these actions may constitute an adverse effect to historic 
properties. Evaluation of the environmental impacts resulting from 
implementation of the Air Force and the Navy's housing program will be 
addressed separately at each installation per the National 
Environmental Policy Act.
    The Air Force and the Navy will consult with the Council, the 
NCSHPO and the National Trust to identify appropriate treatment 
measures for its Capehart and Wherry era properties. Recommendations 
agreed to as a result of consultation will be published in the Federal 
Register by the Council. Agreement to and implementation of these 
recommendations will demonstrate the Air Force and the Navy have taken 
into account the effect of the undertaking on historic properties.

Pamela Fitzgerald,
Air Force Federal Register Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 04-18214 Filed 8-9-04; 8:45 am]
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