[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 45 (Thursday, March 8, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 10502]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 07-1072]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army


Notice of Availability of the Final Environmental Impact 
Statement (FEIS) for Base Closure and Realignment (BRAC) Actions at 
Fort Lee, Virginia, and Fort A.P. Hill, Virginia

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 an 
FEIS 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 waiting period for the FEIS will end 30 days after 
publication of an NOA in the Federal Register by the U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency.

ADDRESSES: To obtain a copy of the FEIS, please contact: Ms. Carol 
Anderson (Fort Lee), IMNE-EE-PWE, 1816 Shop Rd., Fort Lee, Virginia 
23801-1604, e-mail address: [email protected].

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The subject of the FEIS and the Proposed 
Action is 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 the Department of Defense. To implement the BRAC 
Commission recommendations, the Army will provide the necessary 
facilities, buildings, and infrastructure at Fort Lee 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; locate various offices of the Defense 
Contract Management Agency (DCMA) Headquarters; and receive all 
components of the Defense Commissary Agency (DeCA). 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 a rigorous examination of all implementation alternative, 
those alternatives found not to be viable were dropped from further 
analysis in the Fort Lee and Fort A.P. Hill FEIS. Alternatives carried 
forward include the Preferred Alternative and a No Action Alternative. 
The Preferred Alternative includes construction, renovation, and 
operation of proposed facilities to accommodate incoming military 
missions at Fort Lee.
    The FEIS analyses indicate that implementation of the preferred 
alternative would have long-term, significant adverse impacts on 
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. Construction of 
new facilities in the cantonment area would have a long-term minor 
adverse impact on the historic setting of the Petersburg National 
Battlefield.
    An electronic version of the FEIS can be viewed or downloaded from 
the following URL: http://www.hqda.army.mil/acsim/brac/nepa_eis_docs.htm.

    Dated: March 1, 2007
Addison D. Davis, IV,
Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army, (Environment, Safety and 
Occupational Health).
[FR Doc. 07-1072 Filed 3-7-07; 8:45 am]
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