95-20667. Record of Decision on the Final Environmental Impact Statement, Fort Devens, Massachusetts

[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 161 (Monday, August 21, 1995)]
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[FR Doc No: 95-20667]



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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Record of Decision on the Final Environmental Impact Statement, 
Fort Devens, Massachusetts

agency: Department of the Army, DoD.

action: Notice of availability.

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summary: In compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act and 
its implementing regulations promulgated by the President's Council on 
Environmental Quality, the Army has prepared a Record of Decision (ROD) 
pertaining to the Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for 
disposal and reuse of property at Fort Devens, Massachusetts. In the 
ROD the Army states its intention to retain a Reserve Enclave on the 
Main and South Posts of Fort Devens, and to dispose of the remaining 
excess property. Consistent with the President's Five-Point Initiative 
to Revitalize Base Closure Communities, which is intended to foster 
economic development and job creation, the Army will dispose of the 
property consistent with the requests received through the federal 
screening process; and transfer all remaining property to the Local 
Redevelopment Authority, the Massachusetts Government Land Bank, for 
use in conformance with the Reuse Plan and Bylaws approved by the 
Communities of Ayer, Harvard and Shirley.
    Based on the ROD, the Army will initiate the property disposal 
process at Fort Devens consistent with the methodology described in the 
Environmental Impact Statement.

for further information contact: Ms. Susan E. Brown, New England 
Division, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 424 Trapelo Road, Waltham, MA 
02254-9149 or call [phone].

    Dated: August 15, 1995.
Raymond J. Fatz,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army (Environment, Safety and 
Occupational Health), OASA (IL&E).
[FR Doc. 95-20667 Filed 8-18-95; 8:45 am]
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