98-27787. Record of Decision (ROD) on the Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for the Disposal and Reuse of the Evans Subpost, Fort Monmouth, New Jersey

[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 200 (Friday, October 16, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55591-55592]
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[FR Doc No: 98-27787]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army


Record of Decision (ROD) on the Final Environmental Impact 
Statement (FEIS) for the Disposal and Reuse of the Evans Subpost, Fort 
Monmouth, New Jersey

AGENCY: Department of the Army, DoD.

ACTION: Record of Decision.

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SUMMARY: The Department of the Army is announcing the Record of 
Decision (ROD) on the Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for 
the disposal and reuse of the Evans Subpost, in accordance with the 
Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990, Pub. L. 101-510, as 
amended.

ADDRESSES: A copy of the ROD may be obtained by writing to Mrs. Shirley 
Vance, U.S. Army Materiel Command, ATTN: AMCSO, 5001 Eisenhower Avenue, 
Alexandria, VA 22333-0001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Ms. Shirley Vance, U.S. Army Materiel Command, at [phone].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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 and 
realigned. The Army is required to comply with the National 
Environmental Policy Act during the process of property disposal and 
must prepare appropriate analyses of the impacts of disposal and, 
indirectly, of reuse of the property on the environment. The ROD and 
the FEIS satisfy requirements of the law to examine the environmental 
impacts of disposal and reuse of the Evans Subpost, Ft. Monmouth.
    The Army has three alternatives to consider: encumbered disposal, 
unencumbered disposal, and no action (caretaker status). An encumbrance 
is any Army imposed or legal constraint on the future use or 
development of the property. Unencumbered disposal would involve 
transfer or conveyance of the property to be disposed of with fewer 
Army imposed restrictions on future use. The no action or caretaker 
status alternative would result in the Army retaining the property 
indefinitely.
    In the ROD, the Army concludes that the FEIS adequately addresses 
the

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impacts of property disposal and documents its decision to transfer the 
property with encumbrances. The ROD concludes that the 215-acre 
property will be conveyed subject to notices and restrictions 
(identified in the FEIS) relating to remediation and radiological 
decommissioning activities, natural resources, cultural resources, and 
the protection of human health and the environment. Additionally, 
mitigation measures for reuse activities are identified in the FEIS, 
which future owners may employ to avoid, reduce, or compensate for 
adverse impacts that might occur as a result of disposal.
    Copies of the Final EIS may be obtained by writing to Dr. Susan 
Rees, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District, ATTN: CESAM-PD-EC, 
109 St. Joseph Street, Mobile, Alabama 36628-0001, or by telephone at 
[phone] or telefax at [phone].

    Dated: October 9, 1998.
Richard E. Newsome,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army (Environment, Safety and 
Occupational Health) OASA (I,L&E).
[FR Doc. 98-27787 Filed 10-15-98; 8:45 am]
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