[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 156 (Tuesday, August 15, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 38674]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-17140]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Navy


Notice of Availability of Record of Decision for the Final 
Environmental Impact Statement for the Disposal and Reuse of Surplus 
Property at Naval Station Newport, Rhode Island

AGENCY: Department of the Navy, DoD.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of the Navy (Navy), after carefully 
weighing the environmental consequences of the proposed action, 
announces its decision to implement Alternative 1, the Navy's preferred 
alternative as described in the Final Environmental Impact Statement 
(EIS) for the Disposal and Reuse of Surplus Property at Naval Station 
(NAVSTA) Newport, Rhode Island. This decision will make 158 acres of 
former NAVSTA Newport property available to the local communities of 
Aquidneck Island for economic redevelopment.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Disposal and reuse under the chosen 
alternative is consistent with the Aquidneck Island Reuse Planning 
Authority's ``Redevelopment Plan for Surplus Properties at NAVSTA 
Newport'' (Redevelopment Plan) and Public Law 101-510, the Defense Base 
Closure and Realignment Act of 1990, as amended in 2005 (BRAC Law). The 
complete text of the Record of Decision (ROD) is available for public 
viewing on the project Web site at https://www.BRACPMO.Navy.mil along 
with the Final EIS and supporting documents. Single copies of the ROD 
will be made available upon request by contacting: Mr. Gregory Preston, 
BRAC Program Management Office East, 4911 South Broad Street, Building 
679, Philadelphia, PA 19112-1303, telephone 215-897-4900, facsimile 
215-897-4902, email [email protected].

    Dated: August 7, 2017.
A.M. Nichols,
Lieutenant Commander, Judge Advocate General's Corps, U.S. Navy, 
Federal Register Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 2017-17140 Filed 8-14-17; 8:45 am]
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