[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 172 (Friday, September 4, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47272-47273]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-23571]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Army
Notice of Availability for the Final Environmental Impact
Statement (FEIS) for the Disposal and Reuse of Fort McClellan, Alabama
AGENCY: Department of the Army, DoD.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act of
1969 (NEPA) and the President's Council on Environmental Quality, the
Army has prepared an FEIS for the Disposal and Reuse of Fort McClellan
(FMC), Alabama. The approved 1995 Base Closure and Realignment actions
required by the Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 (Pub. L. 101-
510), and subsequent actions in compliance with this law, mandated the
closure of FMC. It is Department of Defense (DOD) policy to dispose of
property no longer needed by DOD. Consequently, as a result of the
mandated closure of FMC, the Army is disposing of excess property at
FMC.
DATES: the review period for the FEIS will end 30 days after the
publication of the NOA in the Federal Register by the EPA.
ADDRESSES: Questions and/or written comments regarding the FEIS, or a
request for a copy of the document may be directed to Mr. Curtis
Flakes, Mobile District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (ATTN: CESAM-PD-
EC), P.O. Box 2288, Mobile, AL 36602-3630.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mr. Curtis Flakes at (334) 690-2693 or telefax at (334) 690-2727.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FEIS analyzes three disposal
alternatives: (1) the No Action Alternative, which entails maintaining
the property in caretaker status after closure: (2) the Encumbered
Disposal Alternative, which entails transferring the property to future
owners with Army-imposed limitations, or encumbrances, on the future
use of the property; (3) the Unencumbered Disposal Alternative, which
entails transferring the property to future owners with fewer or no
Army-imposed restrictions on the future use of the property. The
preferred action identified in this FEIS is Encumbered Disposal of
excess property at FMC. Based upon the analysis contained in the FEIS,
encumbrances and deed restrictions associated with the Army's disposal
actions for FMC will be mitigation measures.
Planning for the reuse of the property to be disposed of is a
secondary action resulting from closure. The local community has
established the Fort McClellan Development Commission (FMDC) to produce
a reuse development plan for the surplus property. The impacts of reuse
are evaluated in terms of land use intensities. This reuse analysis is
based upon implementing one of three reuse alternatives, all of which
are based upon the FMDC reuse plan. The Army has not selected one of
these three alternatives as the preferred action. Selection of the
preferred reuse plan is a decision that will be made by the FMDC.
Comments on the FEIS will be used in preparing the Record of
Decision for the Army action.
Copies of the FEIS have been forwarded to the USEPA, other Federal,
state and local agencies; public officials; and organizations and
individuals who previously provided substantive comments to the DEIS.
Copies of the FEIS and related support studies are available for review
at the following FMC libraries: Abrams Library (For McClellan
Community), Building 2102, Fort McClellan, Alabama 36205-5020; Fischer
Library, U.S. Army Chemical School, Fifth Avenue, Building 1081, Fort
McClellan, Alabama 36205; and the Military Police School Library, U.S.
Army Military Police School, Building 3181, Fort McClellan, Alabama
36205; as well as the following public and other libraries: Anniston-
Calhoun County Public Library, 108 East 10th Street, Anniston, Alabama
36202; Cole
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Library, Jacksonville State University, 700 Pelham Road, North,
Jacksonville, Alabama 36265; Jacksonville Public Library, 200 Pelham
Road, North, Jacksonville, Alabama 36205; Oxford Public Library, 213
Choccolocco Street, Oxford, Alabama 36203; and Mobile District, Army
Corps of Engineers, 109 Saint Joseph Street, Mobile, Alabama 36629.
Dated: August 27, 1998.
Raymond J. Fatz,
Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army (Environment, Safety and
Occupational Health), OASA (I, L&E).
[FR Doc. 98-23571 Filed 9-3-98; 8:45 am]
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