[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 191 (Tuesday, October 3, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58384-58385]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-8440]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army


Notice of Availability of a Draft Environmental Impact Statement 
(DEIS) for Base Closure and Realignment (BRAC) Actions at Fort Lee, VA

AGENCY: Department of the Army, DoD.

ACTION: Notice of Availability (NOA).

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SUMMARY: The Department of the Army announces the availability of a 
DEIS which evaluates the potential environmental impacts associated 
with realignment actions directed by the Base Closure and Realignment 
(BRAC) Commission at Fort Lee, Virginia.

DATES: The public comment period for the DEIS will end 45 days after 
publication of this NOA in the Federal Register by the U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency.

ADDRESSES: Please send written comments on the DEIS to the following: 
Fort Lee (proponent): Ms. Carol Anderson, Attention: IMNE-LEE-PWE, 1816 
Shop Rd., Fort Lee, Virginia 23801-1604, or via e-mail at 
[email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Carol Anderson at (804) 734-5071 
(Fort Lee), or Ms. Terry Banks at (804) 633-8223 (Fort A.P. Hill) 
during normal business hours Monday through Friday.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The subject of the DEIS and the Proposed 
Action are the construction and renovation activities at both 
installations, movement of personnel to Fort Lee, and related field 
training activities at Fort A.P. Hill associated with the BRAC-directed 
realignment of Fort Lee.
    To implement the BRAC recommendations, Fort Lee will be receiving 
personnel, equipment, and missions from various closure and realignment 
actions within DoD. To implement the BRAC Commission recommendations, 
the Army will provide the necessary facilities, buildings, and 
infrastructure to support the establishment of a Sustainment Center of 
Excellence, a Joint Center for Consolidated Transportation Management 
Training, and a Joint Center of Excellence for Culinary Training at 
Fort Lee; locate various offices of the Defense Contract Management 
Agency (DCMA) Headquarters at Fort Lee; and receive all components of 
the Defense Commissary Agency (DeCA) at Fort Lee. Additionally, 
facilities will be installed or constructed at Fort A.P. Hill to 
accommodate field training exercises and leadership skills training for 
Student Soldiers at Fort Lee. These actions will impact several areas 
at the installations.
    Following rigorous examination of all implementation alternatives, 
those alternatives found not to be viable were dropped from further 
analysis in the Fort Lee and Fort A.P. Hill DEIS. Alternatives carried 
forward include (1) the Preferred Alternative and (2) a No Action 
Alternative. The Preferred Alternative includes construction, 
renovation, and operation of proposed facilities to accommodate 
incoming military missions at Fort Lee.
    The DEIS analyses indicate that implementation of the preferred 
alternative will have long-term, significant adverse impacts on 
biological resources, cultural resources, socioeconomic resources 
(local school districts and community services), and the transportation 
network at Fort Lee and its surrounding area, and no long-term 
significant adverse impacts on any resources at Fort A.P. Hill or its 
surrounding area. Minor adverse impacts on all other resources at both 
installations would potentially occur from implementation of the 
preferred alternative.
    The Army invites the general public, local governments, other 
Federal agencies, and state agencies to submit written comments or 
suggestions concerning the alternatives and analyses addressed in the 
DEIS. The public and government agencies are invited to participate in 
public meetings where oral and written comments and suggestions will be 
received. The public meetings will be held on October 25, 2006, from 7 
p.m. to 9:30 p.m. at Union Station, 103 River Street, Petersburg, 
Virginia; and on October 26, 2006 from 7 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. at the Port 
Royal Town Hall, 419 King Street, Port Royal, Virginia.
    An electronic version of the DEIS can be viewed or downloaded from 
the following URL: http://www.hqda.army.mil/acsim/brac/nepa_eis_docs.htm.


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    Dated: September 27, 2006.
Addison D. Davis, IV,
Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army (Environment, Safety and 
Occupational Health).
[FR Doc. 06-8440 Filed 10-2-06; 8:45 am]
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