[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 70 (Tuesday, April 12, 1994)]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Navy
Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for
Disposal and Reuse of the Naval Base Charleston, SC
Pursuant to section 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental Policy
Act of 1969, as implemented by the Council on Environmental Quality
Regulations (40 CFR parts 1500-1508), the Department of the Navy
announces its intent to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)
to evaluate the environmental effects of disposal and reuse of the
Naval Base Charleston, South Carolina. This action is being conducted
in accordance with the Defense Base Realignment and Closure Act of 1990
(Pub. L. 101-510).
Closure of Naval Base Charleston was recommended by the 1993
Defense Base Realignment and Closure Commission to eliminate excess
naval base berthing capacity while maintaining the overall military
value of the remaining bases. The proposed action to be evaluated in
the EIS involves the disposal of land, buildings, and infrastructure of
Naval Base Charleston for subsequent reuse.
The Navy intends to analyze the environmental effects of the
disposal of Naval Base Charleston based on the reasonably foreseeable
reuse of the property, taking into account uses to be identified by the
reuse committee--Building Economic Solutions Together (BEST). In
coordination with the BEST Committee's reuse plan, other federal
agencies may offer uses for the property. The EIS will evaluate
alternative reuse concepts of the property, including the ``no action''
alternative, which would be retention of the property by the Navy in
caretaker status. However, due to provisions found in the Base
Realignment and Closure Act, selection of the ``no action'' alternative
would be considered impractical for the Navy to implement.
The EIS will evaluate the impacts of reuse of Naval Base Charleston
on the natural environment such as wetlands and wildlife habitat and on
the socioeconomic environment which includes potential impacts to the
regional economy, housing market, public schools, and tax base. The
Navy will conduct a cultural resource survey to determine whether any
sensitive archaeological resources exist within the property.
Additionally, the Navy is conducting an Environmental Baseline Survey
to determine if any areas of environmental contamination exist.
The Navy will initiate a scoping process for the purpose of
determining the scope of issues to be addressed and for identifying the
significant issues related to this action. The Navy will hold public
scoping meetings at four different locations as follows: Wednesday,
April 27, 1994, beginning at 7 p.m. at the Chicora Neighborhood Center
at 2012 Success Street, North Charleston, South Carolina; Wednesday,
April 27, 1994, beginning at 7 p.m. at the North Charleston City Hall,
4900 LaCross Road, North Charleston, South Carolina; Thursday, April
28, 1994, beginning at 7 p.m. at the Berkeley County Office Building,
223 North Live Oak Drive, Moncks Corner, South Carolina; and Thursday,
April 28, 1994, beginning at 7 p.m. at the District 2 Administrative
Office Building at 102 Greenwave Boulevard, Summerville, South
Carolina. These meetings will also be advertised in local and regional
newspapers.
A brief presentation will precede requests for public comment and
identification of additional scoping items. Navy representatives will
be available at this meeting to receive comments from the public
regarding issues of concern. It is important that federal, state, and
local agencies and interested persons take this opportunity to identify
environmental concerns that should be addressed during preparation of
the EIS. In the interest of maximizing the use of available time, each
speaker will be asked to limit his/her oral comments to five minutes.
Agencies and the public are also invited and encouraged to provide
written comments in addition to, or in lieu of, oral comments at the
meeting. To be most helpful, scoping comments should clearly describe
specific issues or topics which the commentor believes the EIS should
address. Written statements and/or questions regarding the scoping
process should be mailed no later than May 27, 1994, to: Commander,
Southern Division, Naval Facilities Engineering Command, 2155 Eagle
Drive, North Charleston, SC 29419-9010, Attn: William Sloger, (803)
743-0797.
Dated: April 7, 1994.
Michael P. Rummel,
LCDR, JAGC, USN, Federal Register Liaison Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Naval Research Advisory Committee; Open Meeting
Pursuant to the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5
U.S.C. App. 2), notice is hereby given that the Naval Research Advisory
Committee Panel on Naval Research and Development will meet on April
18, 19, and 20, 1994. The meeting will be held at the Office of Naval
Research, 800 North Quincy Street, Ballston Center Tower One, room 915,
Arlington, Virginia. The first session will commence at 8:30 a.m. and
terminate at 5 p.m. on April 18; the second session will commence at
8:30 a.m. and terminate at 5 p.m. on April 19; and the third session
will commence at 8 a.m. and terminate at 5 p.m. on April 20, 1994. All
sessions of the meeting will be open to the public.
The purpose of the meeting is to provide the Department of the Navy
with an assessment of the missions, functions, processes, and core
competencies of the Naval Research and Development (R&D)
infrastructure, applying the following criteria: relevance to the Naval
customer; criticality to the Department of the Navy (critical
technology interests); integration of R&D; interaction with industry/
academia; in-house cost and efficiency vs. out-of-house; and ability to
meet Naval needs of the twenty-first century.
The meeting will include briefings and discussions relating to
historical perspectives on R&D, laboratory consolidation, Naval science
and technology, and R&D perspectives from the Department of Defense,
U.S. Marine Corps, R&D from a medical perspective, and R&D for command,
control and communications.
This Notice is being published late because of administrative
delays which constitute an exceptional circumstance, not allowing
Notice to be published in the Federal Register at least 15 days before
the date of the meeting.
For further information concerning this meeting contact: Commander
R. C. Lewis, USN, Office of Naval Research, Ballston Center Tower One,
800 North Quincy Street, Arlington, VA 22217-5660, Telephone Number:
(703) 696-4870.
Dated: April 6, 1994
Michael P. Rummel
LCDR, JAGC, USN, Federal Register Liaison Officer.
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