[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 116 (Friday, June 14, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 30228]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-15094]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Army
Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact for
the Realignment of Towed and Self-Propelled Combat Vehicle Mission From
Letterkenny Army Depot, Pennsylvania; the Associated Combat Vehicle
Material and Management Functions From the Defense Distribution Depot
Letterkenny, Pennsylvania (DDLP); and the 142nd Explosive Ordnance
Detachment From McClellan, Alabama to Anniston Army Depot (ANAD),
Alabama
AGENCY: Department of the Army, DOD.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with Public Law 101-510 (as amended), the
Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990, the Defense Base
Closure and Realignment Commission recommended the realignment of the
towed and self-propelled combat vehicle mission from Letterkenny Army
Depot (LEAD), Pennsylvania, to Anniston Army Depot (ANAD), Alabama, and
the combat vehicle material and management functions from the Defense
Distribution Depot Letterkenny (DDLP) Pennsylvania, to Defense
Distribution Depot Anniston, Alabama (DDAA). The Army also proposes to
relocate the 142nd Explosive Ordnance Detachment (EOD) from Fort
McClellan, Alabama, to ANAD, pursuant to another of the Commission's
recommendations.
The Environmental Assessment (EA) evaluates the environmental
impacts associated with the transfer of 154 civilian positions from
DDLP to DDAA and 17 military positions from Fort McClellan to ANAD. The
reallocation of the combat vehicle mission to ANAD involves only the
transfer of workload. No additional jobs will transfer because there
are adequate personnel at ANAD available to perform the additional
workload. It also involves the construction of a new transmission
dynamometer facility, a new machining facility, a new operations
facility for EOD personnel use, expansion of the recoil repair room,
renovation of the recoil honing facility, and upgrade of the firing
range. Three parcels of land totaling 137 acres within the Nichols
Industrial Complex would be used for storage of combat vehicles before
and after maintenance work.
The EA, which is incorporated into the Finding of No Significant
Impact, examines potential impacts of the proposed action and
alternatives on 13 resource areas and areas of environmental concern:
land use, air quality, noise, water resources, geology, infrastructure,
training areas, hazardous and toxic materials, biological resources and
ecosystems, cultural resources, the sociological environment, economic
development, and quality of life.
Based on the analysis found in the EA, which is hereby incorporated
in this Finding of No Significant Impact, it has been determined that
the implementation of these realignments at ANAD would have no
significant or cumulatively significant impacts on the quality of the
natural or human environment. Because no significant environmental
impacts would result from implementation of the proposed action, an
Environmental Impact Statement is not required and will not be
prepared.
DATES: Inquiries will be accepted until July 1, 1996.
ADDRESSES: Copies of the Environmental Assessment and Finding of No
Significant Impact can be obtained by contacting Dr. Neil Robison at
the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District, ATTN: CESAM-PD-E,
P.O. Box 2288, Mobile, Alabama 36628-0001 or by telephone at (334) 690-
3018.
Raymond J. Fatz,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army (Environmental, Safety
and Occupational Health) OASA (IL&E).
[FR Doc. 96-15094 Filed 6-13-96; 8:45 am]
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