[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 158 (Wednesday, August 17, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-20125]
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[Federal Register: August 17, 1994]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Army
Finding of No Significant Impact (FNSI) and Environmental
Assessment (EA) for Realignment of Fort Monmouth, NJ
AGENCY: Department of the Army, DoD.
ACTION: Finding of No Significant Impact.
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SUMMARY: The proposed action implements the July 1993 Defense Base
Closure and Realignment Commission's (BRAC 93) decision to realign all
Department of Army personnel and missions out of the leased U.S. Army
Communications-Electronics Command (CECOM) Office Building (Tinton
Falls, New Jersey) and the Evans subpost (which is closing) onto the
main post or Charles Wood subpost of Fort Monmouth. Personnel and
missions from Vint Hill Farms Station (VHFS) in Warrenton, Virginia,
will also be moved onto the main post or Charles Wood subpost as part
of this action.
Since not all personnel can be accommodated in existing buildings,
new facilities will be constructed. Actions to implement this
realignment include the construction of up to 7 new buildings,
demolition of 5 buildings, and renovation of 15 buildings.
Alternatives considered in the EA included:
Alternative 1: Consists of the following projects:
--Construction of a 16,000-square foot Intelligence and Electronic
Warfare Directorate (IEWD) complex at main post.
--Construction of a 3,250-square foot calibration range laboratory at
the Charles Wood subpost.
--Construction of a 2,600-square foot high bay facility at the Charles
Wood subpost.
--Renovation of 14 main post buildings.
--Renovation of portions of the Myer Center (Building 2700) at the
Charles Wood subpost.
Alternative 2: Alternative construction sites were identified on
the Charles Wood subpost for the IEWD complex, the calibration range
laboratory, and the high bay facility. No reasonable alternative to the
building renovations at main post and the Charles Wood subpost of Fort
Monmouth were identified.
Alternative 3: The No-Action Alternative. This alternative is the
continuation of existing conditions without the implementation of, or
in absence of, the proposed actions. The proposed actions are required
by BRAC law and must be implemented. Therefore, the No-Action
Alternative is being evaluated to provide a baseline for the other
alternatives.
Alternative 2 was not selected for implementation based on the
potential for significant environmental, biological and cultural
resources impacts.
Implementation of the preferred alternative (Alternative 1) will
not substantially alter baseline environmental conditions. Biological,
physical, and cultural resources will not be impacted by the preferred
alternative because construction sites for new buildings are located in
previously disturbed areas. The increase in the workforce at Fort
Monmouth will be largely off-set by the workforce decreases that will
result from scheduled non-BRAC realignments and Department of Defense
downsizing. This workforce decrease offsets potential impacts on
infrastructure such as water, wastewater, solid waste and energy.
The proposed realignment is expected to have an insignificant
impact on the socioeconomic environment, including total sales,
employment, population and income.
Based on the EA, which is incorporated into the FNSI, it has been
determined that implementation of the proposed action would have no
significant individual or cumulative impacts on the quality of the
natural or human environment. Because there will be no significant
environmental impacts resulting from implementation of the proposed
action, an Environmental Impact Statement is not required.
DATES: The Army plans to initiate the proposed action on or before
September 16, 1994.
ADDRESSES: Copies of this EA may be obtained by writing to the U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District, ATTN: CESAM-PD-E (Dr. Neil
Robinson), P.O. Box 2288, Mobile, Alabama 36628-0001 or by calling
(205) 441-5103 within 30 days of the date of publication of this
notice.
Dated: August 9, 1994.
Raymond J. Fatz,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army (Environment, Safety &
Occupational Health) OASA (IL&E).
[FR Doc. 94-20125 Filed 8-16-94; 8:45 am]
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