[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 91 (Tuesday, May 12, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 26160]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-12560]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Army
Notice of Availability for the BRAC 95 Final Environmental
Assessment (EA) and Finding of No Significant Impact for the Disposal
and Reuse of the Ground-to-Air Transmission and Receiving/Surface-to-
Air Guidance and Equipment (GATR/SAGE) Control Site of the Charles E.
Kelly Support Facility, Oakdale, PA
AGENCY: Department of the Army, DoD.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act
(NEPA) of 1969 and the President's Council on Environmental Quality
(CEQ), the Army has prepared an environmental assessment for the
disposal and reuse of the GATR/SAGE control site of the Charles E.
Kelly Support Facility, Oakdale, Pennsylvania. In accordance with
Public Law 101-510 (as amended), the Defense Base Closure and
Realignment Act of 1990 (BRAC), the Defense Base Closure and
Realignment Commission recommended the disposal of two of the five
parcels which make up the Charles E. Kelly Support Facility, Oakdale,
Pennsylvania. As a result of this BRAC-mandated closure, the two
parcels selected by the Army for closure are the GATR/SAGE parcel
(covered by this EA) and the Irwin Annex parcel in Irwin, Pennsylvania.
Due to the distance between these parcels, it was determined that the
Irwin Annex parcel should be addressed by a separate EA now under
preparation.
The Final EA for the GATR/SAGE parcel evaluates the environmental
impacts of the disposal and subsequent reuse of the 6 acres.
Alternatives examined in the EA include encumbered disposal of the
property, unencumbered disposal of the property, and no action.
Encumbered disposal refers to transfer or conveyance of property having
restrictions on subsequent use as a result of any Army-imposed or legal
restraint. Under the no action alternative, the Army would not dispose
of property but would maintain it in caretaker status for an indefinite
period.
While disposal of the GATR/SAGE parcel is the Army's primary
action, the EA also analyzes the potential environmental effects of
reuse as a secondary action by means of evaluating intensity-based
reuse scenarios. The Army's preferred alternative for disposal of the
GATR/SAGE parcel is encumbered disposal, with encumbrances pertaining
to the possible presence of lead-based paint and asbestos-containing
material, and the requirement for a right of reentry for environmental
clean-up.
DATES: Written public comments must be submitted on or before June 11,
1998. The Army will not initiate the proposed action for 30 days
following completion of the EA and publication of this Notice of
Availability.
ADDRESSES: The Final EA is available for review at the Charles E. Kelly
Support Facility Oakdale, PA, and the Collier Township Local Reuse
Authority, Collier Township Municipal Building, 2418 Hilltop Road,
Presto, PA. A copy of the final EA may be obtained by writing to Dr.
Neil Robison, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District (ATTN:
CESAM-PD-EI), 109 St. Joseph Street, Mobile, Alabama 36602, or by
facsimile at (334) 690-2605. Written comments may be submitted to Dr.
Robison at the same address.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A Notice of Intent (NOI) declaring the
Army's intent to prepare an EA for the disposal and reuse of the GATR/
SAGE parcel was published in the Federal Register on September 22, 1995
(60 FR 49264).
Dated: May 6, 1998.
Raymond J. Fatz,
Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army (Environment, Safety and
Occupational Health) OASA (I, L&E).
[FR Doc. 98-12560 Filed 5-11-98; 8:45 am]
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