[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 129 (Friday, July 6, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 36969]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 07-3266]


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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 Belvoir, 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 an 
FEIS which evaluates the potential environmental impacts associated 
with realignment actions directed by the BRAC Commission at Fort 
Belvoir, Virginia. The FEIS also updates the land use plan portion of 
the installation's Real Property Master Plan due to the substantial 
changes at the installation because of the proposed realignment.

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 contact the Fort Belvoir 
Directorate of Public Works, 9430 Jackson Loop, Suite 100, Fort 
Belvoir, Virginia 22060-5116; e-mail address: 
[email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Don Carr, Fort Belvoir Public 
Affairs Office, at (703) 805-2583 during normal business hours Monday 
through Friday.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The subject of the FEIS and the Proposed 
Action are the construction and renovation activities at the 
installation associated with the BRAC-directed realignment of Fort 
Belvoir.
    To implement the BRAC recommendations, Fort Belvoir 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 to accommodate personnel 
being realigned from the Washington Headquarters Services (WHS); 
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA); various Army entities 
moving from leased space in the National Capital Region (NCR); U.S. 
Army Medical Command (MEDCOM); Program Executive Office, Enterprise 
Information Systems (PEO EIS); and Missile Defense Agency Headquarters 
Command Center (MDA HQCC). Details of the BRAC Commission's 
recommendations can be found at http://www.brac.gov.
    Alternatives in the FEIS include four alternative land use plans 
that contain alternative means of accommodating the units, agencies and 
activities being realigned to Fort Belvoir. These alternatives include: 
(1) Town Center Alternative, (2) City Center Alternative, (3) Satellite 
Campuses Alternative and (4) Preferred Alternative. The Preferred 
Alternative contains various elements of the other land use 
alternatives and includes construction, renovation, and operation of 
proposed facilities to accommodate incoming military missions as 
mandated by the 2005 BRAC Commission's recommendations for Fort 
Belvoir. The No Action Alternative is also addressed in the FEIS.
    The FEIS analyses indicate that implementation of the preferred 
alternative will have short and long-term, significant adverse impacts 
on the transportation network at Fort Belvoir and its surrounding area, 
moderate to significant impacts on biological resources, and long-term 
minor adverse and beneficial impacts on socioeconomic resources. Minor 
short and long-term adverse impacts on all other resources at the 
installation would potentially occur from implementation of the 
preferred alternative. The no action alternative provides the baseline 
conditions for comparison to the preferred alternative.
    An electronic version of the FEIS can be viewed or downloaded from 
the following Web site: http://www.hqda.army.mil/acsim/brac/nepa_eis_docs.htm.

    Dated: June 29, 2007.
Addison D. Davis, IV,
Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army, (Environment, Safety and 
Occupational Health).
[FR Doc. 07-3266 Filed 7-5-07; 8:45 am]
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