[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 133 (Thursday, July 12, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38068-38069]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 07-3386]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army


Notice of Availability of the Final Environmental Impact 
Statement (FEIS) for Base Realignment and Closure Actions at Aberdeen 
Proving Ground, MD

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 the 
FEIS that evaluates the potential environmental impacts associated with 
realignment actions directed by the Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) 
Commission at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland.

DATES: The waiting period on the FEIS will end 30 days after 
publication in the Federal Register.

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ADDRESSES: To obtain copies of the FEIS, contact Mr. Buddy Keesee at: 
Department of the Army, Directorate of Safety, Health, and Environment, 
ATTN: IMNE-APG-SHE-R, Building 5650, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 21005-
5001; e-mail [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Buddy Keesee at (410) 278-6755 
during normal business hours.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As mandated by the 2005 BRAC Commission's 
recommendations, the FEIS addresses alternatives that include 
renovation of existing facilities and construction of new facilities 
required to accommodate incoming military missions and a net gain of 
about 4,400 people at Aberdeen Proving Ground. Activities realigning to 
Aberdeen Proving Ground are administrative and research and development 
in nature. Direct, indirect, and cumulative impacts of the Proposed 
Action have been considered. The FEIS has determined that the Proposed 
Action will result in potentially significant impacts to transportation 
and socioeconomics. the FEIS addresses several suggested improvements 
developed to lessen the impacts of the Proposed Action. Depending on 
the final siting of some facilities, there is the potential for 
significant impacts to cultural resources due to adverse effects 
resulting from disturbance or destruction of certain sites and 
buildings during renovation and construction activities. Impacts to 
these cultural resources would be direct, long-term, and significant. 
No other significant beneficial or significant adverse impacts have 
been identified for land use, aesthetics and visual resources, air 
quality, noise, geology and soil, water resources, biological 
resources, utilities, or hazardous and toxic substances. The No Action 
alternative provides the baseline conditions for comparison to the 
Proposed Alternative.
    An electronic version of the FEIS is available for download on the 
U.S. Army BRAC Division Web site at: http://www.hqda.army.mil/acsim/brac/nepa_eis_docs.htm.
    A Record of Decision will be signed at the end of the 30-day 
waiting period.

    Dated: June 29, 2007.
Addison D. Davis, IV,
Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army (Environment, Safety and 
Occupational Health).
[FR Doc. 07-3386 Filed 7-11-07; 8:45 am]
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