Finding of No Significant Impact for the Defense Logistics Agency Early Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) Action

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Defense Logistics Agency

Finding of No Significant Impact for the Defense Logistics Agency

Early Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) Action

AGENCY: Defense Logistics Agency (DLA), Department of Defense.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) prepared a programmatic

environmental assessment pursuant to the Council on Environmental

Quality Regulations (40 CFR Parts 1500-1508) for implementing the

procedural provisions of the National Environmental Policy Act (42

U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) which evaluated the potential environmental and

socioeconomic effects associated with realigning designated missions

and personnel to enduring DLA activities pursuant to recommendations by

the BRAC Commission and related discretionary action plans. The

environmental assessment resulted in a finding of no significant

environmental or socioeconomic impact.

EFFECTIVE: April 30, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Captain F.G. Leeder, USN, Staff Director, Public Affairs, Defense

Logistics Agency, 8725 John J. Kingman Road, Suite 2533, Attn: CAAV,

Ft. Belvoir, VA 22060-6220, (703) 767-6200.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In summary, the DLA proposed action,

identified as the preferred alternative, is to:

Disestablish the Defense Contract Management District

(DCMD) South located in Marietta, GA, and redistribute its mission

workload to the two enduring DCMDs, DCMD East in Boston, MA, and DCMD

West in El Segundo, CA.

Relocate the Defense Contract Management Command

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from Gentile Air Force Base, Dayton, OH, to the DLA complex at Fort

Belvoir, VA.

Relocate the Defense Distribution Depot missions that

remain after the disestablishment of the depots at Charleston, SC;

Oakland, CA; Pensacola, FL; and Tooele, UT, to the following receiving

Defense Distribution Depots: Jacksonville, FL; San Joaquin, CA; San

Diego, CA; Red River, TX; Norfolk, VA; Sesquehanna, PA; Barstow, CA;

Puget Sound, WA; Cherry Point, NC, and Military services depot/supply

activities at the Navy Trident Refit Facility, Kings Bay, GA; Naval

Aviation Depot, North Island, San Diego, CA; and Sierra Army Depot,

Herlong, CA, using existing facilities and materiel storage and

procession capacity.

Close the Defense Clothing Factory, Philadelphia, PA, and

reassign the flag manufacturing mission, consisting of 21 personnel, to

the Defense Personnel Support Center, already located on the same site.

Disestablish the Defense Fuel Support Point, Escanaba, MI,

and return the facility to the U.S. Air Force for disposal.

Close 13 Defense Reutilization and Marketing Offices

(DRMOs) located on closing military installations and relocate residual

missions to the enduring DRMOs. Dispose of surplus and hazardous

property by reutilization, transfer, donation, sale, or ultimate

disposal (disposal service contract) prior to the DRMO relocation or

disestablishment.

The only alternatives considered were the proposed action, which

was the preferred alternative, and the no action alternative. No other

alternatives were considered reasonable because of their inability to

satisfy BRAC Commission directives or DLA mission requirements. Any

other alternative would entail extensive renovation of existing

facilities, leasing of off-base facilities, and/or construction of new

facilities. Additionally, customer support would be diminished and

costs to conduct business would be substantially increased.

The environmental assessment showed that implementing the proposed

action would result in only minimal or no environmental or

socioeconomic impact. A small but positive would be realized through a

net reduction in DLA's consumption of natural resources, thereby

lessening negative environmental effects associated with routine

support of Armed Forces activities. Analysis of the consequences of the

proposed action at the program level does not indicate the need for

mitigation measures. Accordingly, an Environmental Impact Statement

will not be prepared.

A public comment period regarding the environmental assessment will

begin at the time of publication of this notice and will conclude 30

days following. Copies of the environmental assessment are available

for inspection at the address listed above. Interested parties may

contact the DLA Public Affairs Office at (703) 767-6200.

Dated: April 24, 1996.

Jan B. Reitman,

Staff Director (Environmental and Safety Policy).

[FR Doc. 96-10609 Filed 4-29-96; 8:45 am]

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