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

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## Record

- **Collection:** Federal Register
- **Document type:** Notice
- **Published:** February 5, 1997
- **Citation:** 62 FR 5388

## Text

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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