98-3104. Redesignation From Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) to Environmental Assessment (EA) for Disposal and Reuse of Naval Air Warfare Center, Aircraft Division, Trenton, Ewing Township, New Jersey

[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 26 (Monday, February 9, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 6544]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-3104]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Navy


Redesignation From Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) to 
Environmental Assessment (EA) for Disposal and Reuse of Naval Air 
Warfare Center, Aircraft Division, Trenton, Ewing Township, New Jersey

AGENCY: Department of the Navy, DoD.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Department of the Navy gives notice that an Environmental 
Assessment (EA) has been prepared, and an Environmental Impact 
Statement (EIS) is not required, for the disposal and reuse of Naval 
Air Warfare Center, Aircraft Division (NAWCAD), Trenton, Ewing 
Township, New Jersey.

ADDRESSES: Requests for copies of the Review EA are to be directed to 
Mr. Bob Ostermueller (Code 202), Northern Division, Naval Facilities 
Engineering Command, 10 Industrial Highway, MSC 82, Lester, PA 19113, 
FAX [phone].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Bob Ostermueller, [phone].

SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION: Pursuant to the Council on Environmental 
Quality regulations (40 CFR parts 1500-1508) implementing the 
procedural provisions of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), 
the Department of the Navy gives notice that an EA has been prepared 
for the disposal of NAWCAD Trenton and the subsequent reuse of the 
property.
    A Notice of Intent (NOI) to prepare an EIS was published in Federal 
Register on March 17, 1997 (62 FR 12622). A public scoping meeting for 
the proposed project was held on April 2, 1997, at the Ewing Township 
Municipal Building, 2 Municipal Drive, Ewing Township, New Jersey.
    In 1993, the Congressional Committee on Base Realignment and 
Closure (BRAC) recommended the closure of NAWCAD Trenton and the 
subsequent relocation of functions, personnel, equipment, and support 
to the Arnold Engineering Center, Tullahoma, Tennessee and the Naval 
Air Warfare Center Patuxent River, Maryland. This recommendation was 
approved by President Clinton and accepted by the One Hundred Third 
Congress in 1993. The BRAC legislation also identified the requirements 
for compliance with NEPA stating that the provisions of NEPA shall 
apply during the process of property disposal. The EA will evaluate 
environmental impacts of alternative reuse concepts of the property 
under current or other zoning classifications, including a ``no 
action'' alternative, which would be retention of the property by the 
Navy in caretaker status.
    Major environmental issues that will be addressed in the EA 
include, but are not limited to, air quality, water quality, wetlands, 
endangered species, cultural and historical resources, and 
socioeconomic impacts of the reasonably foreseeable reuse of the 
property.
    Federal, state and local agencies, and individuals interested in 
obtaining a copy of the Review EA should contact Mr. Bob Ostermueller 
(Code 202), Northern Division, Naval Facilities Engineering Command, 10 
Industrial Highway, MSC 82, Lester, PA 19113, FAX [phone].

    Dated: February 3, 1998.
Michael I. Quinn,
Commander, Judge Advocate General's Corps, U.S. Navy, Federal Register 
Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 98-3104 Filed 2-6-98; 8:45 am]
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