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

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

Aviation

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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.......................... (205) 235-6281

Bayonne Military Ocean Terminal, NJ.............. (201) 823-6351

Bellmore Logistics Activity, NY.................. (404) 669-5607/5686

Big Coppett Key, FL.............................. (404) 669-5607/5686

Camp Bonneville, WA.............................. (404) 669-5607/5686

Camp Kilmer, NJ.................................. (404) 669-5607/5686

Camp Pedrick-town, NJ............................ (404) 669-5607/5686

Defense Distribution Ctr, Memphis, TN............ (901) 775-6753

Defense Distribution Ctr, Odgen, UT.............. (801) 399-7828

Detroit Army Tank Plant, MI...................... (810) 574-6584

Detroit Arsenal, MI.............................. (810) 574-6584

East Fort Baker, CA.............................. (404) 669/5607/5686

Fitzsimons Army Medical Center, CO............... (303) 361-3192/3952

Fort Belvoir, VA................................. (703) 805-5001

Fort Bliss, TX................................... (915) 568-4505

Fort Buchanan, PR................................ (404) 669-5607/5686

Fort Chaffee, AR................................. (501) 484-2905

Fort Detrick, MD................................. (301) 619-2018

Fort Dix, NJ..................................... (404) 669-5607/5686

Fort Greely, AK.................................. (907) 873-4661

Fort Holabird, MD................................ (301) 677-1361

Fort Huachuca, AZ................................ (602) 533-2752

Fort Jackson, SC................................. (803) 751-7650

Fort Leonard Wood, MO............................ (314) 563-4013

Fort McClellan, AL............................... (205) 848-3643/6716

Fort Meade, MD................................... (301) 677-1361

Fort Missoula, MT................................ (404) 669-5607/5686

Fort Monmouth, NJ................................ (908) 532-6031

Fort Pickett, VA................................. (404) 669-5607/5686

Fort Ritchie, MD................................. (301) 878-5729

Foprt Totten, NY................................. (404) 669-5607/5686

Fort Wainwright, AK.............................. (907) 353-6706

Hingham Cohassett, MA............................ (404) 669-5607/5686

Kelly Support Center, PA......................... (404) 669-5607/5686

Letterkenny Army Depot, PA....................... (717) 267-5102

McAlester Army Ammo Plant, OK.................... (816) 421-2191

Oakland Army Base, CA............................ (510) 466-3021

Recreation Center #2, NC......................... (404) 669-5607/5686

Red River Army Depot, TX......................... (903) 334-3143

Redstone Arsenal, Huntsville, AL................. (205) 876-4161

Rio Vista Army Reserve Center, CA................ (404) 669-5607/5686

Savanna Army Depot Activity, IL.................. (815) 273-8701

Seneca Army Depot, NY............................ (607) 869-1235

Sierra Army Depot, CA............................ (916) 827-4343

Stratford Army Engine Plant, CT.................. (810) 574-6584

Sudbury Training Annex, MA....................... (404) 669-5607/5686

Tobyhanna Army Depot, PA......................... (717) 894-7308

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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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