[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 6 (Friday, January 9, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 1446]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-083]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Army
Notice of Availability for the Environmental Impact Statement
(EIS) on the Disposal and Reuse of the Former Fitzsimons Army Medical
Center, Now U.S. Army Garrison-Fitzsimons (USAG-F), Aurora, Colorado
AGENCY: Department of the Army, DoD.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
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SUMMARY: The proposed action evaluated by this EIS is the disposal of
USAG-F, Aurora, Colorado, in accordance with the Defense Base Closure
and Realignment Act of 1990, Pub. L. 101-510. The EIS addresses the
environmental consequences of the disposal and subsequent reuse of the
577-acre installation except for a 21.8 acre enclave for the McWhethy
Army Reserve Center.
The EIS analyzes three disposal alternatives: (1) the no action
alternative, which entails maintaining the property in caretaker status
after closure; (2) the encumbered disposal alternative, which entails
transferring the property to future owners with Army-imposed
limitations, or encumbrances, on the future use of the property; and
(3) the unencumbered disposal alternative, which entails transferring
the property to future owners with few or no Army-imposed limitations,
or encumbrances, on the future use of the property. The impacts of
reuse are evaluated in terms of land use intensities. The Fitzsimons
Redevelopment Authority developed the reuse alternatives based on their
Reuse Plan. The resource areas evaluated for potential impacts by the
proposed action (disposal) and the secondary action (reuse) include:
land use; climate; air quality; noise; geology, soils, and topography;
water resources; infrastructure; regulated substances; biological
resources and ecosystems; cultural resources; sociological environment;
quality of life; installation agreements, and permits and regulatory
authorizations.
COPIES: Copies of the EIS will be available for review at the Aurora
Central Public Library, Aurora, CO and USAG-F, Aurora, CO.
DATES: A final decision on the FEIS will be made after a 30-day waiting
period, which commences with the publication of the Environmental
Protection Agency's NOA in the Federal Register. The action will be
documented with a Record of Decision.
ADDRESSES: Copies of the EIS can be obtained by writing to the U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District Office, ATTN: Mr. Gene Sturm,
215 North 17th Street, Omaha, NE 68102-4978, or by facsimile at (402)
221-4886. Written comments and suggestions should also be sent to this
address.
Dated: December 19, 1997.
Raymond J. Fatz,
Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army, Environment, Safety and
Occupational Health) OASA (I,L&E).
[FR Doc. 98-083 Filed 1-8-98; 8:45 am]
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