[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 16 (Monday, January 26, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 3723]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-1726]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Army
Records of Decision on the Final Environmental Impact Statement
(FEIS) on the Disposal and Reuse of the Savanna Army Depot Activity,
Savanna, Illinois
AGENCY: Department of the Army, DOD.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
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SUMMARY: The Department of the Army announced its Record of Decision
(ROD) on the FEIS for the disposal and reuse of the 13,062 acres
comprising the Savanna Army Depot Activity, Savanna, Illinois, in
accordance with the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990,
Public Law 101-510, as amended.
Under the Act, the Secretary of the Army has been delegated the
authority to dispose of excess real property and facilities located at
a military installation being closed or realigned. The National
Environmental Policy Act requires the Army to prepare its analysis of
the environmental impacts of disposal. The EIS also analyzes the
secondary environmental impacts of disposal--the reuse of the property.
The ROD and the FEIS satisfy the requirements of NEPA.
The Army has selected the encumbered disposal alternative.
Encumbered disposal requires the transfer of the property to others
with use restrictions imposed by the Army. The ROD concludes that
surplus property will be conveyed subject to restrictions, identified
in the FEIS, that pertain to the following: unexploded ordnance,
wetlands, historical resources, threatened and endangered species,
utilities easements, easements and rights-of-way, access easements,
reversionary interests, overflow easements, remedial activities, and
lead-based paint. The Army will impose deed restrictions or other
requirements to ensure safety and protection of human health and the
environment.
The Army has taken all practicable measures to avoid or minimize
adverse environmental impacts associated with its preferred alternative
of encumbered property disposal. The Army will continue to work with
individual future owners to avoid, reduce, or compensate for adverse
impacts that might occur as a result of disposal. Mitigation measures
for reuse activities are identified in the FEIS.
ADDRESSES: A copy of the ROD may be obtained by writing to Ms. Shirley
Barnett, at the U.S. Army Materiel Command, ATTN: AMCSO, 5001
Eisenhower Avenue, Alexandria, VA 22333-0001 or by calling (703) 617-
8172. Copies of the Final EIS may be obtained by writing to Mr. Glen
Coffee at the Corps of Engineers, Mobile District, ATTN: CESAM-PD-E,
109 St. Joseph Street, Mobile, AL 36628-0001, or by facsimile at (334)
690-2721.
Dated: January 20, 1998.
Raymond J. Fatz,
Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army (Environment, Safety and
Occupational Health), OASA, (I,L&E).
[FR Doc. 98-1726 Filed 1-23-98; 8:45 am]
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