Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) on the Disposal and Reuse of the Stratford Army Engine Plant (SAEP), Stratford, CT

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army

Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) on the Disposal and

Reuse of the Stratford Army Engine Plant (SAEP), Stratford, CT

AGENCY: Department of the Army, DOD.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: The proposed action evaluated by the DEIS is the disposal of

the Stratford Army Engine Plant (SAEP), in accordance with the Defense

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

amended. The DEIS addresses the environmental impacts of the disposal

and subsequent reuse of SAEP land and facilities. 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 the property but

would maintain it in caretaker status for an indefinite period. The

Army's preferred alternative for disposal of the SAEP property is

encumbered disposal which involves conveying the property with

conditions imposed on asbestos-containing materials, easements,

groundwater use prohibition, historical resources, lead-based paint,

wetlands and remedial activities to protect human health regarding the

transfer of land and facilities.

The EIS also analyzes the potential environmental effects of reuse

by means of evaluating intensity-based probable reuse scenarios.

Appropriate to the SAEP are medium-low, low and medium intensity reuse

scenarios reflecting the range of activities that could occur after

disposal of the property.

DATES: Comments and suggestions received within the 45 days of the

publication of the Environmental Protection Agency's Notice of

Availability for this action will be addressed in the Final EIS.

SCOPING: The Army will hold a public meeting for this Draft EIS. The

location and date of the meeting, to be scheduled in May 1998, will be

announced in the local news media. Oral and written comments may be

presented at the public meeting.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the Draft EIS are available for review at the

Stratford Public Library, 2203 Main Street, Stratford, Connecticut

06497. Copies may be obtained by writing to Mr. Joe Hand, at the Corps

of Engineers, Mobile District, ATTN: TD-EC, 109 St Joseph Street,

Mobile, Alabama 36628-0001 or by telephone at (334) 694-3881 or

facsimile at (334) 690-2605.

Dated: April 27, 1998.

Raymond J. Fatz,

Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army, (Environment, Safety and

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

[FR Doc. 98-11614 Filed 4-30-98; 8:45 am]

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