Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for Proposed Disposal And Reuse of Naval Air Station Glenview, Glenview, IL

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for Proposed

Disposal And Reuse of Naval Air Station Glenview, Glenview, IL

Pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act as implemented by

the Council on Environmental Quality regulations (40 CFR parts 1500-

1508), the Department of the Navy announces its intent to prepare an

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) to evaluate the environmental

effects of the disposal and reuse of Naval Air Station (NAS) Glenview,

Glenview, Illinois.

In accordance with recommendations of the 1993 Base Closure and

Realignment Commission, the Navy plans to close NAS Glenview in 1995.

Operations conducted at NAS Glenview will be disestablished or

relocated to other Department of Defense locations. The proposed action

involves the disposal of land, buildings, and infrastructure of NAS

Glenview for subsequent reuse.

The Navy intends to analyze the environmental effects of the

disposal of NAS Glenview based on the reasonably foreseeable reuse of

the property, taking into account uses to be identified by the Glenview

Naval Air Station Community Reuse Planning Group. It is anticipated

that reuse alternatives for NAS Glenview may include, but not be

limited to: Aviation, housing, education or institutional, light

industry, office space, wildlife preserve, recreational, or a

combination of those uses. The ``no action'' alternative of Navy

retention of NAS Glenview land, buildings, and infrastructure in

caretaker status will also be addressed in the EIS. However, because of

the process mandated by the Base Closure and Realignment Act, selection

of the ``no action'' alternative would be considered impracticable for

the Navy to implement.

Major environmental issues that will be addressed in the EIS

include, but are not limited to: Air quality, water quality, wetlands,

endangered species, cultural resources, and socioeconomic impacts.

The Navy will initiate a scoping process for the purpose of

determining the scope of issues to be addressed and for identifying the

significant issues related to the proposed reuse alternatives. The Navy

will hold a public scoping meeting on Thursday, February 17, 1994,

beginning at 7 p.m., at the Lyceum Conference Room, Glenbrook South

High School Auditorium, 4000 West Lake Avenue, Glenview, Illinois. This

meeting will be advertised in area newspapers.

A brief presentation will precede request for public comment.

Navy representatives will be available at this meeting to receive

comments from the public regarding issues of concern to the public. It

is important that federal, state, and local agencies and interested

individuals take this opportunity to identify environmental concerns

that should be addressed during the preparation of the EIS. In the

interest of available time, each speaker will be asked to limit oral

comments to five minutes.

Agencies and the public are also invited and encouraged to provide

written comment in addition to, or in lieu of, oral comments at the

public meeting. To be most helpful, scoping comments should clearly

describe specific issues or topics which the commenter believes the EIS

should address. Written statements and/or questions regarding the

scoping process should be mailed no later than 3 March 1994 to:

Commanding Officer, Southern Division, Naval Facilities Engineering

Command, P.O. Box 190010, Charleston, SC 29419-9010 (Attn: Mr. Thomas

Burst, Code 203), telephone (803) 743-0590.

Dated: January 28, 1994.

Michael P. Rummel,

LCDR, JAGC, USN, Federal Register Liaison Officer.

[FR Doc. 94-2349 Filed 2-1-94; 8:45 am]

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