[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 207 (Tuesday, October 27, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 57282]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-28720]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Army
Notice of Availability of the Draft Legislative Environmental
Impact Statement for the McGregor Range Military Land Withdrawal
Renewal at Fort Bliss, Texas and New Mexico
AGENCY: Department of the Army, DoD.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
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SUMMARY: This announces the availability of the Draft Legislative
Environmental Impact Statement (DLEIS) which assesses the potential
environmental impact of the proposed renewal of the McGregor Range
military land withdrawal.
The alternatives considered in the DLEIS are (1) the current
boundaries of McGregor Range would remain the same; (2) the Tularosa
Basin and Otero Mesa portions of McGregor Range would be withdrawn for
continued military use; (3) the Tularosa Basin portion of McGregor
Range would be withdrawn for continued military use; (4) the Tularosa
Basin portion of McGregor Range south of New Mexico Highway 506 would
be withdrawn for continued military use; (5) the no-action alternative
was also considered in the DLEIS; (6) Congress could designate the
Otero Mesa and Sacramento Mountain foothills as a National Conservation
Area and Culp Canyon as a wilderness area on lands returned to the
public domain under Alternatives 3, 4, and 5.
DATES: Comments should be received no later than February 5, 1999, to
ensure due consideration.
ADDRESSES: To obtain copies of the DLEIS, contact Ms. Irene Reed,
Office of the Program Manager, McGregor Renewal, ATTN: ATZC-CSA, Fort
Bliss, TX 79916.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Dr. Andrew Vliet, Program Manager, ATTN: ATZC-CSA, Ft. Bliss, TX 79916.
Dr. Vliet may be contacted at (915) 568-6708 or toll-free at (888) 248-
8329. For copies of the DLEIS, contact Ms. Irene Reed at (915) 568-6708
or toll free at (888) 248-8329.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The analysis discusses potential impacts of
varying degree under each alternative in the areas of land use,
biological resources (including federally listed threatened and
endangered species), cultural resources, geology, and soils,
transportation, utilities, socioeconomics, hazardous materials and
items of special concern, and regional cumulative effects on water
resources. However, these impacts are not expected to differ
significantly from the current conditions for each of these resources
as they exist now.
Public meetings for the purpose of receiving comments on the DLEIS
will be held in Alamogordo and Las Cruces, New Mexico and in El Paso,
Texas. Additional details will follow in the media and through mailings
to persons and organization on the McGregor Range Land Withdrawal
Renewal mailing list. Public comments received on the DLEIS will be
considered and addressed in the Final LEIS and considered by the Army
in its recommendation to Congress.
Dated: October 20, 1998.
Raymond J. Fatz,
Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army (Environment, Safety and
Occupational Health), OASA (I, L&E).
[FR Doc. 98-28720 Filed 10-26-98; 8:45 am]
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