Notice of Public Hearing And Extension Of Public Comment Period For The Draft Environmental Impact Statement For Disposal And Reuse Of The Naval Air Warfare Center, Aircraft Division, Warminster, Pennsylvania

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Navy

Notice of Public Hearing And Extension Of Public Comment Period

For The Draft Environmental Impact Statement For Disposal And Reuse Of

The Naval Air Warfare Center, Aircraft Division, Warminster,

Pennsylvania

SUMMARY: Pursuant to Council on Environmental Quality regulations (40

CFR Parts 1500-1508), implementing procedural provisions of the

National Environmental Policy Act, the Department of the Navy has

prepared and filed on December 20, 1996 with the U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for

the disposal and subsequent reuse of the Naval Air Warfare Center,

Aircraft Division (NAWCAD), Warminster, Pennsylvania. The DEIS

addresses the environmental consequences of the proposed Community

Reuse Plan for the NAWCAD as prepared by the Bucks County Economic

Adjustment Committee and Base Reuse Subcommittee (now known as the

Federal Lands Reuse Authority of Bucks County) in March of 1995.

ADDRESSES: The Department of the Navy will hold a public hearing to

inform the public of the DEIS findings and to solicit comments. The

hearing will be held on Tuesday, January 28, 1997, beginning at 7:30

p.m., at the Warminster Township Building, Henry and Gibson Avenues,

Warminster, Pennsylvania. Please call the point of contact below or the

Township Building in the case of inclement weather.

Federal, state and local agencies and interested parties are

invited and urged to attend or be represented at the hearing. Oral

statements will be heard and transcribed by a stenographer; however, to

assure the accuracy of the record, all statements should be submitted

in writing. All statements, both oral and written, will become part of

the public record on this action and will be given equal consideration.

Additional copies of the DEIS have been placed in the Warminster

Library, 1076 Emma Lane, Warminster, Pennsylvania and the Bucks County

Library, 150 South Pine Street, Doylestown, Pennsylvania.

The previously published comment period has been extended to close

on February 24, 1997. Written comments on the DEIS should be mailed to

the address noted below and must be postmarked not later than February

24, 1997 to be part of the official record. This public hearing and

comment period shall also serve as an opportunity for members of the

public to express their views on the effect of the proposed Reuse Plan

on the property.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Additional information concerning this

notice may be obtained by contacting Mr. Kurt Frederick (Code 202)

Northern Division, Naval Facilities Engineering Command, 10 Industrial

Highway, MSC 82, Lester PA 19113, telephone (610) 595-0728, facsimile

(610) 595-0778.

Dated: January 9, 1997.

D.E. Koenig,

LCDR, JAGC, USN, Federal Register Liaison Officer.

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