[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 198 (Tuesday, October 13, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Page 64616]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-22543]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS


Notice of Rescission of Record of Decision (ROD)

AGENCY: Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: VA is issuing this notice to advise the public that the 
January 3, 2017, ROD for the proposed Reconfiguration of VA Black Hills 
Health Care System (BHHCS) Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) and 
Integrated Section 106 Consultation is rescinded.

DATES: This rescission is effective October 13, 2020.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Teresa Forbes, Public Affairs 
Officer, VA Black Hills Heath Care System, 113 Comanche Road, Fort 
Meade, South Dakota 57741, (605) 720-7170 or by email 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: VA BHHCS provides health care to 
approximately 19,000 Veterans over 100,000 square miles in western 
South Dakota (SD), northeastern Nebraska (NE), northwestern Nebraska 
(NW) and eastern Wyoming (WY). VA BHHCS consists of two medical centers 
at Fort Meade and Hot Springs, SD and nine points of care as well as 
Compensated Work Therapy locations.
    The existing Hot Springs campus includes buildings constructed in 
1907 as part of the Battle Mountain branch of the National Home for 
Disabled Volunteer Soldiers. The Battle Mountain Sanitarium was 
recognized as a National Historic Landmark in 2011.
    The identified preferred Alternative, referred to as A-2 plus G in 
the Final EIS, is a hybrid of Alternatives A and C plus Supplemental 
Alternative G evaluated in the Draft EIS. It includes renovating 
Building 12 on the existing Hot Springs campus to operate as a 
Community Based Outpatient Clinic (CBOC), a new multi-specialty 
outpatient clinic (replacing the existing leased CBOC) and a 100-bed 
residential rehabilitation treatment program in Rapid City, SD.
    Any future Federal action within VA's BHHCS System must comply with 
environmental review requirements of the National Environmental Policy 
Act (NEPA) (42 U.S.C. 4321), VA NEPA regulations (38 CFR 26), the 
National Historic Preservation Act (54 U.S.C. 300101 et seq.) and 
related authorities, as appropriate.

Signing Authority

    The Secretary of Veterans Affairs, or designee, approved this 
document and authorized the undersigned to sign and submit the document 
to the Office of the Federal Register for publication electronically as 
an official document of the Department of Veterans Affairs. Brooks D. 
Tucker, Acting Chief of Staff, Department of Veterans Affairs, approved 
this document on October 7, 2020, for publication.

Jeffrey M. Martin,
Assistant Director, Office of Regulation Policy & Management, Office of 
the Secretary, Department of Veterans Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2020-22543 Filed 10-9-20; 8:45 am]
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