[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 23 (Wednesday, February 4, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5788-5789]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-2685]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Army
Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact for
the Disposal and Reuse of the Manhattan Beach Stand Alone Housing
Complex, New York City, New York
AGENCY: Department of the Army, DoD.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act and
its implementing regulations promulgated by the President's Council on
Environmental Quality, the Army has prepared a Finding of No
Significant Impact (FNSI) pertaining to the Environmental Assessment
(EA) for disposal and reuse of the Manhattan Beach Stand Alone Housing
Complex, New York City, New York. In the FNSI, the Army states its
intention to dispose of excess property resulting from the closure of
the Manhattan Beach Stand Along Housing Complex.
In accordance with the Defense Authorization Amendments and Base
Closure and Realignment Act of October 1988, Pub. L. 100-526, as
amended, the Secretary of Defense's Commission on Base Realignment and
Closure required the closure of 53 stand alone family housing
installations, including the Manhattan Beach Stand Alone Housing
Complex.
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A 1990 EA identified, documented, and evaluated the environmental
and socioeconomic effects of closure of the 53 stand alone housing
installations.
This EA supplements the 1990 EA and analyzes the disposal and reuse
of the Manhattan Beach Housing Complex.
The EA examines potential impacts of the proposed action, the
disposal and reuse of the property, on 13 resource areas and areas of
environmental concern: land use, air quality, noise, water resources,
geology, infrastructure, hazardous and toxic materials, biological
resources and ecosystems, cultural resources, the socioeconomic
environment, environment justice, economic development, and quality of
life. Additionally, the EA analyzed the potential impacts of the no
action alternative--retaining the property in caretaker status.
Based on the analysis found in the EA it has been determined that
no significant or cumulatively significant impacts on the quality of
the natural or human environment are anticipated from the disposal of
the Manhattan Beach Stand Alone Housing Complex.
Consistent with the President's Five-Point Initiative to Revitalize
Base Closure Communities, which is intended to foster economic
development and job creation, the Army intents to transfer the excess
property to Kingsborough Community Collge via a public benefit
conveyance for use as an educational center.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before March 6, 1998.
ADDRESSES: Copies of the EA and FNSI can be obtained by contacting the
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District, ATTN: CESAM-PD-ED (Mr.
Doug Nester), P.O. Box 2288, Mobile, Alabama 36628-0001 or by telephone
at (334) 694-3854.
Dated: January 28, 1998.
Denzel L. Fisher,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army, (Environment, Safety and
Occupational Health), OASA(I,L&E).
[FR Doc. 98-2685 Filed 2-3-98; 8:45 am]
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