Notice of Availability for the BRAC 95 Final Environmental Assessment (EA) and Finding of No Significant Impact for the Disposal and Reuse of the Ground-to-Air Transmission and Receiving/Surface-to- Air Guidance and Equipment (GATR/SAGE) Control Site of the Charles E. Kelly Support Facility, Oakdale, PA

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army

Notice of Availability for the BRAC 95 Final Environmental

Assessment (EA) and Finding of No Significant Impact for the Disposal

and Reuse of the Ground-to-Air Transmission and Receiving/Surface-to-

Air Guidance and Equipment (GATR/SAGE) Control Site of the Charles E.

Kelly Support Facility, Oakdale, PA

AGENCY: Department of the Army, DoD.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act

(NEPA) of 1969 and the President's Council on Environmental Quality

(CEQ), the Army has prepared an environmental assessment for the

disposal and reuse of the GATR/SAGE control site of the Charles E.

Kelly Support Facility, Oakdale, Pennsylvania. In accordance with

Public Law 101-510 (as amended), the Defense Base Closure and

Realignment Act of 1990 (BRAC), the Defense Base Closure and

Realignment Commission recommended the disposal of two of the five

parcels which make up the Charles E. Kelly Support Facility, Oakdale,

Pennsylvania. As a result of this BRAC-mandated closure, the two

parcels selected by the Army for closure are the GATR/SAGE parcel

(covered by this EA) and the Irwin Annex parcel in Irwin, Pennsylvania.

Due to the distance between these parcels, it was determined that the

Irwin Annex parcel should be addressed by a separate EA now under

preparation.

The Final EA for the GATR/SAGE parcel evaluates the environmental

impacts of the disposal and subsequent reuse of the 6 acres.

Alternatives examined in the EA 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.

While disposal of the GATR/SAGE parcel is the Army's primary

action, the EA also analyzes the potential environmental effects of

reuse as a secondary action by means of evaluating intensity-based

reuse scenarios. The Army's preferred alternative for disposal of the

GATR/SAGE parcel is encumbered disposal, with encumbrances pertaining

to the possible presence of lead-based paint and asbestos-containing

material, and the requirement for a right of reentry for environmental

clean-up.

DATES: Written public comments must be submitted on or before June 11,

1998. The Army will not initiate the proposed action for 30 days

following completion of the EA and publication of this Notice of

Availability.

ADDRESSES: The Final EA is available for review at the Charles E. Kelly

Support Facility Oakdale, PA, and the Collier Township Local Reuse

Authority, Collier Township Municipal Building, 2418 Hilltop Road,

Presto, PA. A copy of the final EA may be obtained by writing to Dr.

Neil Robison, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District (ATTN:

CESAM-PD-EI), 109 St. Joseph Street, Mobile, Alabama 36602, or by

facsimile at (334) 690-2605. Written comments may be submitted to Dr.

Robison at the same address.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A Notice of Intent (NOI) declaring the

Army's intent to prepare an EA for the disposal and reuse of the GATR/

SAGE parcel was published in the Federal Register on September 22, 1995

(60 FR 49264).

Dated: May 6, 1998.

Raymond J. Fatz,

Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army (Environment, Safety and

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

[FR Doc. 98-12560 Filed 5-11-98; 8:45 am]

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