[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 31 (Friday, February 14, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6954-6955]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-3773]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Army
Supplemental Environmental Assessment and Finding of No
Significant Impact for the Realignment of Depot Maintenance Workload
(Except Bradley Fighting Vehicle Series and Multiple Launch Rocket
Systems) From Red River Army Depot, Texarkana, Texas; the Associated
Combat Vehicle Support Mission From Defense Distribution Depot Red
River, Texarkana, TX; and the Relocation of the AGT 1500 Engine
Recuperator Manufacturing Process From Stratford Army Engine Plant,
Stratford, CT, to Anniston Army Depot, Anniston, AL
AGENCY: Department of the Army, DoD.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with Public Law 101-510 (as amended), the
Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990, the Defense Base
Closure and Realignment Commission recommended the realignment of Red
River Army Depot (RRAD) and the closure of the Stratford Army Engine
Plant (SAEP).
The RRAD realignment recommendation included the movement of all
maintenance missions, except for that related to the Bradley Fighting
Vehicle Series (BFVS), to other depot maintenance activities, including
the private sector. The Secretary of the Army made the decision that
all maintenance missions, except BFVS and Multiple Launch Rocket
Systems (MLRS), would be relocated to Anniston Army Depot (ANAD),
Anniston, AL. The Army also proposed the relocation of the associated
non-BFVS/MLRS maintenance mission support from Defense Distribution
Depot Red River, Texas (DDRT), to Defense Distribution Depot Anniston,
Alabama (DDAA).
The relocation of the AGT 1500 engine recuperator manufacturing
process from SAEP to ANAD was not directed by the Commission, but a
decision by the Department of the Army to retain the capability to
rebuild and repair tank engines to meet projected operation and
mobilization requirements.
This Environmental Assessment (EA) supplements one completed for
Anniston in June 1996 pursuant to a Commission directed maintenance
mission transfer from Letterkenny Army Depot, Letterkenny, Pennsylvania
to ANAD. The three relocations addressed in this Supplemental EA
resulted from discretionary decisions, based on Commission
recommendations, made after the completion of the June 1996 EA.
The relocations from RRAD and DDRT does not involve the transfer of
any military or civilian personnel. The relocation of the AGT 1500
engine recuperator manufacturing process from Stratford, CT, involves
transfer of 7 civilian contractor jobs with an anticipated growth of 33
more civilian contractor positions from the Anniston area. Adequate
facilities and outdoor space for parking of combat vehicles exist at
ANAD to accommodate the relocations from RRAD and DDRT. However, the
AGT 1500 engine recuperator workload requires renovation of 30,000
square feet of Building 134, an underutilized warehouse facility.
Potential effects on the physical, natural, and cultural
environment from the proposed relocations and renovation of Building
134 would be temporary and not significant and would be mitigated
through the use of best management practices.
Based on the analysis of the environmental effects of the proposed
relocations found in the EA, it has been determined that the
implementation of these relocations to ANAD and DDAA would have no
significant impacts on the quality of the natural or human environment.
Because no significant environmental impacts would result from
implementation of the proposed action, an Environmental Impact
Statement is not required. Implementation of the proposed action will
result in a Finding of No Significant Impact (FNSI).
DATES: Inquiries will be accepted on or before March 17, 1997.
ADDRESSES: Copies of the Supplemental EA and FNSI can be obtained by
contacting Dr. Neil Robison at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile
District, ATTN: CESAM-PD-E, P.O. Box
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2288, Mobile, Alabama 36628-0001 or by telephone at (334) 690-3018.
Dated: February 11, 1997.
Raymond J. Fatz,
Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army (Environment, Safety and
Occupational Health) OASA (I, L&E).
[FR Doc. 97-3773 Filed 2-13-97; 8:45 am]
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