Environmental Assessment (EA) on the Disposal and Reuse of the Defense Distribution Depot Ogden, UT (DDOU)

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army

Environmental Assessment (EA) on the Disposal and Reuse of the

Defense Distribution Depot Ogden, UT (DDOU)

AGENCY: Department of the Army, DoD.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: The proposed disposal action analyzed in the EA is for all

excess DDOU property, in accordance with the Defense Base Closure and

Realignment Act of 1990, Pub. L. 101-510, as amended. The Army will

retain two parcels of 31.1 and 12.4 acres for use as a reserve

component enclave. The remainder of the installation (approximately

1,075 acres) would be available for transfer or conveyance to the Ogden

Local Redevelopment Authority (OLRA). Three alternative methods of

disposal were analyzed: encumbered disposal, unencumbered disposal and

retention of the property in caretaker status (i.e., no action

alternative). The Army's preferred alternative for disposal of the DDOU

is encumbered disposal which involves conveying the property with

conditions imposed on historic resources, remedial activities, utility

easements, access easements, utility dependencies, and lead-based

paint.

The EA, which is incorporated into the Finding of No Significant

Impact (FNSI), examines potential effects of the proposed action and

alternatives on 15 resource areas and areas of environmental concern:

land use, climate, air quality, noise, geology, and water resources

infrastructure, hazardous and toxic substances, permits and regulatory

authorizations, biological resources and ecosystems, cultural

resources, economic development, socioeconomics and quality of life.

The EA concludes that the disposal and subsequent reuse of the

property will not have a significant impact on the human environment.

Issuance of a FNSI would be appropriate. An Environmental Impact

Statement is not required prior to implementation of the proposed

actions.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before May 6, 1998.

ADDRESSES: A copy of the EA or inquiries into the FNSI may be obtained

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by writing to Mr. Hugh McClellan at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,

Mobile District, P.O. Box 2288, Mobile, Alabama 36628-0001 or by

facsimile at (334) 690-2424.

Dated: March 30, 1998.

Raymond J. Fatz,

Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army (Environment, Safety and

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

[FR Doc. 98-8853 Filed 4-3-98; 8:45 am]

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