[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 101 (Thursday, May 23, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25850-25851]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-12986]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE DEFENSE
Department of the Army
Record of Decision on the Final Environmental Impact Statement on
the Disposal and Reuse of the Tooele Army Depot Base Realignment and
Closure (BRAC) Parcel
AGENCY: Department of the Army, DOD.
ACTION: Notice of Availability.
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SUMMARY: The Department of the Army announced its Record of Decision
(ROD) on the Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for the
disposal and reuse of the 1,700-acre BRAC parcel at Tooele Army Depot,
Tooele, Utah. In accordance with the Defense Base Closure and
Realignment Act of 1990, Pub. L. 101-510, as amended.
Under the Act, the Secretary of the Army has been delegated the
authority to dispose of excess real property and facilities located at
a military installation being closed or realigned. The Army is required
to comply with the National Environmental Policy Act during the process
of property disposal and must prepare appropriate analyses of the
impacts of disposal and, indirectly, of the reuse of the property on
the environment. The ROD and the FEIS satisfy requirements of the law
to examine the environmental impacts of disposal and reuse of the
Tooele BRAC parcel.
Encumbered disposal involves the transfer of property to others
with use restrictions imposed by the Army. The ROD concludes that
surplus property will be conveyed, subject to restrictions identified
in the FEIS, that relate to the following: measures to protect ground
water quality, utilities interdependencies, and remedial activities.
The Army will impose reservations or deed restrictions, as necessary
and appropriate, to protect human health, the environment, and public
safety.
The Army has taken all practicable measures to avoid or minimize
environmental harm associated with its preferred alternative of
encumbered property disposal. The Army will continue to work with
individual future owners to avoid, reduce, or compensate for adverse
impacts that might occur as
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a result of disposal. Mitigation measures for reuse activities are
identified in the FEIS.
ADDRESSES: A copy of the ROD may be obtained by writing Mrs. Shirley
Barnett at the U.S. Army Materiel Command, ATTN: AMCSO, 5001 Eisenhower
Avenue, Alexandria, VA 22333-0001 or by calling (703) 617-8172.
Dated: May 16, 1996.
Raymond J. Fatz,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army, (Environmental, Safety
and Occupational Health) OASA (IL&E).
[FR Doc. 96-12986 Filed 5-22-96; 8:45 am]
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