[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 84 (Tuesday, April 30, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19053-19054]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-10609]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Defense Logistics Agency
Finding of No Significant Impact for the Defense Logistics Agency
Early Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) Action
AGENCY: Defense Logistics Agency (DLA), Department of Defense.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) prepared a programmatic
environmental assessment pursuant to the Council on Environmental
Quality Regulations (40 CFR Parts 1500-1508) for implementing the
procedural provisions of the National Environmental Policy Act (42
U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) which evaluated the potential environmental and
socioeconomic effects associated with realigning designated missions
and personnel to enduring DLA activities pursuant to recommendations by
the BRAC Commission and related discretionary action plans. The
environmental assessment resulted in a finding of no significant
environmental or socioeconomic impact.
EFFECTIVE: April 30, 1996.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Captain F.G. Leeder, USN, Staff Director, Public Affairs, Defense
Logistics Agency, 8725 John J. Kingman Road, Suite 2533, Attn: CAAV,
Ft. Belvoir, VA 22060-6220, (703) 767-6200.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In summary, the DLA proposed action,
identified as the preferred alternative, is to:
Disestablish the Defense Contract Management District
(DCMD) South located in Marietta, GA, and redistribute its mission
workload to the two enduring DCMDs, DCMD East in Boston, MA, and DCMD
West in El Segundo, CA.
Relocate the Defense Contract Management Command
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from Gentile Air Force Base, Dayton, OH, to the DLA complex at Fort
Belvoir, VA.
Relocate the Defense Distribution Depot missions that
remain after the disestablishment of the depots at Charleston, SC;
Oakland, CA; Pensacola, FL; and Tooele, UT, to the following receiving
Defense Distribution Depots: Jacksonville, FL; San Joaquin, CA; San
Diego, CA; Red River, TX; Norfolk, VA; Sesquehanna, PA; Barstow, CA;
Puget Sound, WA; Cherry Point, NC, and Military services depot/supply
activities at the Navy Trident Refit Facility, Kings Bay, GA; Naval
Aviation Depot, North Island, San Diego, CA; and Sierra Army Depot,
Herlong, CA, using existing facilities and materiel storage and
procession capacity.
Close the Defense Clothing Factory, Philadelphia, PA, and
reassign the flag manufacturing mission, consisting of 21 personnel, to
the Defense Personnel Support Center, already located on the same site.
Disestablish the Defense Fuel Support Point, Escanaba, MI,
and return the facility to the U.S. Air Force for disposal.
Close 13 Defense Reutilization and Marketing Offices
(DRMOs) located on closing military installations and relocate residual
missions to the enduring DRMOs. Dispose of surplus and hazardous
property by reutilization, transfer, donation, sale, or ultimate
disposal (disposal service contract) prior to the DRMO relocation or
disestablishment.
The only alternatives considered were the proposed action, which
was the preferred alternative, and the no action alternative. No other
alternatives were considered reasonable because of their inability to
satisfy BRAC Commission directives or DLA mission requirements. Any
other alternative would entail extensive renovation of existing
facilities, leasing of off-base facilities, and/or construction of new
facilities. Additionally, customer support would be diminished and
costs to conduct business would be substantially increased.
The environmental assessment showed that implementing the proposed
action would result in only minimal or no environmental or
socioeconomic impact. A small but positive would be realized through a
net reduction in DLA's consumption of natural resources, thereby
lessening negative environmental effects associated with routine
support of Armed Forces activities. Analysis of the consequences of the
proposed action at the program level does not indicate the need for
mitigation measures. Accordingly, an Environmental Impact Statement
will not be prepared.
A public comment period regarding the environmental assessment will
begin at the time of publication of this notice and will conclude 30
days following. Copies of the environmental assessment are available
for inspection at the address listed above. Interested parties may
contact the DLA Public Affairs Office at (703) 767-6200.
Dated: April 24, 1996.
Jan B. Reitman,
Staff Director (Environmental and Safety Policy).
[FR Doc. 96-10609 Filed 4-29-96; 8:45 am]
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