95-23606. Intent To Prepare Environmental Impact Analyses for Defense Base Realignment and Disposal Actions Resulting from the 1995 Commission's Recommendations

[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 184 (Friday, September 22, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49263-49264]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-23606]



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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army


Intent To Prepare Environmental Impact Analyses for Defense Base 
Realignment and Disposal Actions Resulting from the 1995 Commission's 
Recommendations

AGENCY: United States Army, Department of Defense.

ACTION: Notice of intent.

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SUMMARY: The Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commissions were 
established by Public Law 101-510, the Defense Base Closure and 
Realignment Act of 1990, to recommend military installations for 
realignment and closure. The 1995 Commission's recommendations were 
included in a report which was presented to the President on July 1, 
1995. The President approved and forwarded this report to Congress on 
July 13, 1995. A joint resolution to disapprove these recommendations 
did not pass in Congress on September 8, 1995. Thus, if no further 
action is undertaken to disapprove such recommendations within the 
statutorily provided time period, then these recommendations will 
become law and must be implemented consistent with the requirements of 
the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990, Public Law 101-
510.
    Public Law 101-510 exempts the decision-making processes of the 
Commission from the provisions of the National Environmental Policy Act 
of 1969 (NEPA). The law also relieves the Department of Defense from 
the NEPA requirement to consider the need for closing, realigning, or 
transferring functions and from looking at alternative installations to 
close or realign. Nonetheless, the Department of the Army must still 
prepare environmental impact analyses during the process of property 
disposal and during the process of relocating functions from a military 
installation being closed or realigned to another military installation 
after the receiving installation has been selected but before the 
functions are relocated. These analyses will include consideration of 
the direct and indirect environmental and socioeconomic effects of 
these actions and the cumulative impacts of other reasonably 
foreseeable actions affecting the installation during the same time.
    The Army intends to prepare environmental impact analysis to assess 
the environmental effects of the actions listed below. Opportunities 
for public participation will be announced in the local newspaper. 
Comments from the public will be considered before any action is taken 
to implement these actions.
    a. Environmental Assessments are planned for the following 
realignment actions:
    (1) Anniston Army Depot, Alabama, receiving: towed and self-
propelled combat vehicle mission from Letterkenny Army Depot, 
Pennsylvania; and material remaining at Defense Distribution Depot 
Letterkenny (DDLP) at the time of disestablishment from DDLP, 
Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, to be combined at the Defense Distribution 
Depot Anniston, Alabama (DDAA).
    (2) Detroit Arsenal, Michigan, receiving: automotive materiel 
management functions from Aviation-Troop Command, St. Louis, Missouri, 
to align with Tank-Automotive and Armaments Command.
    (3) Fort Belvoir, Virginia, receiving: Concepts Analysis Agency 
from leased facilities in Bethesda, Maryland.
    (4) Fort Bliss, Texas, receiving: U.S. Army Test and 
Experimentation Center missions and functions from Fort Hunter Liggett, 
California.
    (5) Fort Detrick, Maryland, receiving: 1111th Signal Battalion and 
1108th Signal Brigade from Fort Ritchie, Maryland.
    (6) Fort Huachuca, Arizona, receiving: Information Systems 
Engineering Command elements from Fort Ritchie, Maryland.
    (7) Fort Jackson, South Carolina, receiving: Defense Polygraph 
Institute from Fort McClellan, Alabama.
    (8) Fort Meade, Maryland, receiving: Defense Investigative Service, 
Investigations Control and Automation Directorate from Fort Holabird, 
Maryland; and Information Systems Software Center from leased 
facilities in Fairfax, Virginia.
    (9) Fort Monmouth, New Jersey, receiving: functions related to 
materiel management of communications-electronics from Aviation-Troop 
Command, St. Louis, Missouri, to align with Communications-Electronics 
Command.
    (10) Fort Wainwright, Alaska, receiving: Cold Regions Test Activity 
and Northern Warfare Training Center from Fort Greely, Alaska.
    (11) McAlester Army Ammunition Plant, Oklahoma, receiving: U.S. 
Army Defense Ammunition Center and School from Savanna Army Depot 
Activity, Illinois.
    (12) Redstone Arsenal, Huntsville, Alabama, receiving: Aviation 
Research, Development & Engineering Center; Aviation Management; and 
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Program Executive Offices from Aviation-Troop Command, St. Louis, 
Missouri, to form the Aviation & Missile Command.
    (13) Tobyhanna Army Depot, Pennsylvania, receiving: core missile 
guidance system workload from Letterkenny Army Depot, Pennsylvania; and 
Common-Use Ground-Communication Electronics from McClellan Air Force 
Base, California.
    b. An Environmental Impact Statement is planned for Fort Leonard 
Wood, Missouri, receiving: U.S. Army Military Police School and U.S. 
Army Chemical School from Fort McClellan, Alabama.
    c. Environmental Assessments are planned for property disposal 
actions at the following closure locations:
    (1) Bellmore Logistics Activity, New York;
    (2) Big Coppett Key, Florida;
    (3) Camp Bonneville, Washington;
    (4) Camp Kilmer, New Jersey;
    (5) Camp Pedericktown, New Jersey;
    (6) Defense Distribution Depot, Ogden, Utah;
    (7) Detroit Army Tank Plan, Michigan;
    (8) East Fort Baker, California;
    (9) Fort Buchanan, Puerto Rico;
    (10) Fort Dix, New Jersey;
    (11) Fort Greely, Alaska;
    (12) Fort Holabird, Maryland;
    (13) Fort Missoula, Montana;
    (14) Fort Pickett, Virginia;
    (15) Fort Totten, New York;
    (16) Hingham Cohassett, Massachusetts;
    (17) Kelly Support Center, Pennsylvania;
    (18) Letterkenny Army Depot, Pennsylvania;
    (19) Recreation Center #2, North Carolina;
    (20) Red River Army Depot, Texas;
    (21) Rio Vista Army Reserve Center, California;
    (22) Seneca Army Depot, New York;
    (23) Sierra Army Depot, California; and
    (24) Sudbury Training Annex, Massachusetts.
    d. Environmental Impact Statements are planned for property 
disposal actions at the following closure locations:
    (1) Bayonne Military Ocean Terminal, New Jersey;
    (2) Defense Distribution Depot, Memphis, Tennessee;
    (3) Fitzsimons Army Medical Center, Colorado;
    (4) Fort Chaffee, Arkansas;
    (5) Fort McClellan, Alabama;
    (6) Fort Ritchie, Maryland;
    (7) Oakland Army Base, California;
    (8) Savanna Army Depot Activity, Illinois; and
    (9) Stratford Army Engine Plant, Connecticut.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information regarding 
these environmental impact analyses, please contact the Public Affairs 
Office of the affected installations or the appropriate higher 
headquarters as indicated below:

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                                                        (Area code)     
                   Installation                        commercial No.   
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Anniston Army Depot, AL..........................         [phone]
Bayonne Military Ocean Terminal, NJ..............         [phone]
Bellmore Logistics Activity, NY..................    [phone]/5686
Big Coppett Key, FL..............................    [phone]/5686
Camp Bonneville, WA..............................    [phone]/5686
Camp Kilmer, NJ..................................    [phone]/5686
Camp Pedrick-town, NJ............................    [phone]/5686
Defense Distribution Ctr, Memphis, TN............         [phone]
Defense Distribution Ctr, Odgen, UT..............         [phone]
Detroit Army Tank Plant, MI......................         [phone]
Detroit Arsenal, MI..............................         [phone]
East Fort Baker, CA..............................    (404) 669/5607/5686
Fitzsimons Army Medical Center, CO...............    [phone]/3952
Fort Belvoir, VA.................................         [phone]
Fort Bliss, TX...................................         [phone]
Fort Buchanan, PR................................    [phone]/5686
Fort Chaffee, AR.................................         [phone]
Fort Detrick, MD.................................         [phone]
Fort Dix, NJ.....................................    [phone]/5686
Fort Greely, AK..................................         [phone]
Fort Holabird, MD................................         [phone]
Fort Huachuca, AZ................................         [phone]
Fort Jackson, SC.................................         [phone]
Fort Leonard Wood, MO............................         [phone]
Fort McClellan, AL...............................    [phone]/6716
Fort Meade, MD...................................         [phone]
Fort Missoula, MT................................    [phone]/5686
Fort Monmouth, NJ................................         [phone]
Fort Pickett, VA.................................    [phone]/5686
Fort Ritchie, MD.................................         [phone]
Foprt Totten, NY.................................    [phone]/5686
Fort Wainwright, AK..............................         [phone]
Hingham Cohassett, MA............................    [phone]/5686
Kelly Support Center, PA.........................    [phone]/5686
Letterkenny Army Depot, PA.......................         [phone]
McAlester Army Ammo Plant, OK....................         [phone]
Oakland Army Base, CA............................         [phone]
Recreation Center #2, NC.........................    [phone]/5686
Red River Army Depot, TX.........................         [phone]
Redstone Arsenal, Huntsville, AL.................         [phone]
Rio Vista Army Reserve Center, CA................    [phone]/5686
Savanna Army Depot Activity, IL..................         [phone]
Seneca Army Depot, NY............................         [phone]
Sierra Army Depot, CA............................         [phone]
Stratford Army Engine Plant, CT..................         [phone]
Sudbury Training Annex, MA.......................    [phone]/5686
Tobyhanna Army Depot, PA.........................         [phone]
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    Dated: September 19, 1995.
Raymond J. Fatz,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army, (Environment, Safety and 
Occupational Health) OASA (IL&E).
[FR Doc. 95-23606 Filed 9-21-95; 8:45 am]
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