Availability for Draft Environmental Impact Statement, Family Housing Project, Fort McCoy, WI

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army

Availability for Draft Environmental Impact Statement, Family

Housing Project, Fort McCoy, WI

AGENCY: Department of the Army, DoD.

ACTION: Notice of Availability.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), the

Department of Army (DA) prepared a Draft Environmental Impact Statement

(DEIS) to evaluate alternatives for future family housing development

for Fort McCoy, Wisconsin. Approximately 16 units are proposed for

construction in fiscal year 1994. Additional units may be constructed

as required, with the total constructed over a 20-year period not to

exceed 374 units. The facilities are needed to replace existing

substandard family housing on-post and an inadequate supply of rental

units in the surrounding communities. The DEIS evaluates three

alternatives:

a. Plan for development of family housing on post on a 262-acre

site along State Highway 21 on the west side of the installation.

b. Develop off-post, rental units financed by a third party in

Sparta and Tomah. A maximum of 187 units would be developed in each

city over a 20-year period.

c. No action.

DATES: A 45-day public review period commences with publication of a

notice by the Environmental Protection Agency.

ADDRESSES: Written comments on the report may be submitted to Mr.

Robert Sholl at Burns & McDonnell Engineers, 4800 East 63rd Street,

Kansas City, MO 64130-4696.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Mr. Dennis Stone, Fort McCoy Environmental Management Division, at

(608) 388-2160.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Copies of the DEIS are available upon

written request from Burns & McDonnell at the address above. Copies of

the DEIS are also available for inspection at the following libraries:

Tomah Public Library, Tomah, WI

Sparta Free Library, Sparta, WI

Dated: March 25, 1994.

Lewis D. Walker,

Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army, (Environment, Safety and

Occupational Health) OASA (I,L&E).

[FR Doc. 94-8036 Filed 4-4-94; 8:45 am]

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