Notice of Intent to Prepare a Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for Disposal of Pease Air Force Base, NH

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Air Force

Notice of Intent to Prepare a Supplemental Environmental Impact

Statement for Disposal of Pease Air Force Base, NH

Lead Agency: Department of the Air Force.

Cooperating Agency: Department of Transportation, Federal Aviation

Administration.

The Department of the Air Force will prepare a Supplemental

Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) for disposal of Pease Air Force

Base (AFB), New Hampshire, in accordance with the National

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and decisions rendered on August 29,

1994 in the US District Court of New Hampshire (Conservation Law

Foundation, Inc and Town of Newington v. Department of the Air Force,

et al).

Pease AFB was closed under the provisions of the Base Closure and

Realignment Act of 1988 (Public Law 100-526). Previous environmental

documentation included the Final Environmental Impact Statement for the

Closure of Pease AFB, New Hampshire (May, 1990) and subsequent Record

of Decision (ROD) (July, 1990); and the Final Environmental Impact

Statement for Disposal and Reuse of Pease AFB, New Hampshire (July,

1991), with subsequent RODs issued in August, 1991 and April, 1992.

On March 26, 1992, the Conservation Law Foundation filed a

citizen's suit against the US EPA and the Air Force alleging violations

of NEPA and the Clean Air Act (CAA) in the preparation of the July,

1991 Disposal and Reuse EIS. The US District Court found the Air Force

had not complied with NEPA and ordered preparation of a Supplemental

EIS. As ordered by the Court, the Air Force is preparing an SEIS to

provide additional information regarding the following:

a. Compliance of the Pease redevelopment with the 1990 CAA

Amendments, specifically the manner in which the project will comply

with the interim emission reduction requirements for ozone precursors.

b. A discussion of 1991 carbon monoxide air quality modeling

results for selected traffic intersections around the base.

c. The air quality impact on the State of Maine.

d. Alternative mitigation measures.

e. The impact of proposed redevelopment on surrounding wetlands.

f. A summary of the current status of the Installation Restoration

Program, specifically the Remedial Designs and Remedial Actions in

place to clean up hazardous waste sites.

The scoping process is not required in the preparation of an SEIS,

however the Air Force will accept inputs from federal, state, or local

agencies, or any other interested parties, concerning potential

environmental issues. To ensure that the Air Force will have sufficient

time to consider public inputs, comments should be forwarded to the

address provided below by December 20, 1994. Input and further

inquiries regarding the SEIS activities should be directed to: Jonathan

D. Farthing, Chief, Environmental Analysis Division, HQ AFCEE/ECA, 8106

Chennault Road, Brooks AFB, TX 78235-5318, Telephone: (210) 536-3802.

List of Subjects

Environmental Protection, Environmental Impact Statement, US Air

Force, Pease AFB, Defense Base Closure and Realignment.

Patsy J. Conner,

Air Force Federal Register Liaison Officer.

[FR Doc. 94-28696 Filed 11-17-94; 8:45 am]

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