Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) on the Disposal & Reuse of the Savanna Army Depot Activity, Savanna, IL

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army

Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) on the Disposal &

Reuse of the Savanna Army Depot Activity, Savanna, IL

agency: Department of the Army, DoD.

action: Notice of availability.

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summary: The proposed action evaluated by this Draft Environmental

Impact Statement (DEIS) is the disposal of the Savanna Army Depot

Activity (SVAD), Savannah, Illinois, in accordance with the Defense

Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990, Public Law 101-510, as

amended. The DEIS addresses the environmental consequences of the

disposal and subsequent reuse of the Depot's 13,062 acres. Alternatives

examined in the DEIS include encumbered disposal of the property,

unencumbered disposal of the property, and no action. Encumbered

disposal refers to transfer or conveyance of property having

restrictions on subsequent use as a result of any army-imposed or legal

restraint. Under the no action alternative, the Army would not dispose

of property but would maintain it in caretaker status for an indefinite

period.

Disposal of the Depot property is the Army's primary action. Reuse

of the property is a secondary action that will be taken by others. The

EIS also analyzes the potential environmental effects of reuse by means

of evaluating intensity-based probable reuse scenarios. Appropriate to

the Depot are low, medium-low, and medium intensity reuse scenarios

reflecting the range of activities that could occur after disposal of

the property.

A scoping meeting was held at the SVAD on June 27, 1996. Public

notices requesting input and comments from the public were issued in

the regional area surrounding the SVAD.

dates: Written public comments and suggestions received on or before

March 24, 1997 will be addressed in the Final Environmental Impact

Statement.

addresses: A copy of the Draft EIS may be obtained by writing to Mr.

Glen Coffee at the Corps of Engineers, Mobile District (ATTN: CESAM-PD-

E), 109 St. Joseph St, Mobile, AL 36628-001, or by facsimile at (334)

690-2424.

Dated: January 30, 1997.

Raymond J. Fatz,

Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army (Environment, Safety and

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

[FR Doc. 97-2803 Filed 2-4-97; 8:45 am]

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