[Federal Register: March 8, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 46)]
[Notices]
[Page 10804]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
[DOCID:fr08mr02-159]
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Federal Law Enforcement Training Center
FLETC--Cheltenham, MD; Notice of Decision--Finding of No
Significant Impact
AGENCY: Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, Treasury.
ACTION: Notice of decision--finding of no significant impact.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the Federal Law Enforcement
Training Center (FLETC), pursuant to the National Environmental Policy
Act of 1969 (NEPA), the Council on Environmental Quality Regulations
for Implementing the National Environmental Policy Act (40 CFR parts
1500-1508), and Department of the Treasury Directive 75-02 (Department
of the Treasury Environmental Quality Program), has issued a Finding of
No Significant Impact (FONSI) related to the Environmental Assessment
(EA) for the renovation of the former Naval Communications Detachment
Cheltenham, MD to provide a law enforcement training and
requalification facility (FLETC--Cheltenham) for use by a wide variety
of federal, state, and local agencies located in the metropolitan
Washington, DC area. The proposed action includes demolition and
renovation of existing buildings for use as classrooms, simulators,
locker facilities, storage, etc., and construction of a free-standing,
completely enclosed, environmentally safe indoor firearms training
range and an outdoor vehicle training range. Vegetation manipulation
will occur for aesthetic purposes, wildlife habitat improvement,
wildfire hazard control, and insect/disease reduction.
The EA has been prepared in accordance with NEPA and Department of
the Treasury requirements, to determine whether or not significant
environmental impacts are anticipated from the Proposed Action and to
assess mitigation measures utilized to avoid potential adverse impacts.
No substantive comments have been received from the public, community
organizations, or agencies following the public comments period for the
EA that ended on January 16, 2002. Based on the analysis of the EA, the
Department of the Treasury has determined that the proposed development
of the FLETC--Cheltenham facility at Cheltenham, Maryland, utilizing
the Proposed Action, does not constitute a ``major federal action
significantly affecting the quality of the human environment'' when
considered individually or cumulatively in the context of the
referenced Act, including both direct and indirect impacts. The project
will not significantly impact soils, air quality, water resources,
vegetation, biological resources, noise, threatened or endangered
species or their critical habitat, transportation systems, or the
surrounding population. Therefore, a FONSI has been issued for this
project, and the preparation of an Environmental Impact Statement is
not required.
DATES: The FONSI was signed on March 1, 2002.
ADDRESSES: FLETC--Cheltenham, 9000 Commo Road, Cheltenham, MD 20623-
5000.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Susan Shaw, NEPA Coordinator/Project
Manager, FLETC, at (912) 261-4557. Ms. Shaw's e-mail address is
sshaw@fletc.treas.gov. Information is also available from Bob Smith,
Chief, Cheltenham Operations at (301) 868-5830. Mr. Smith's e-mail
address is rsmith@fletc.treas.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Federal Law Enforcement Training Center
has a mission of providing high quality, cost-effective training of
federal law enforcement personnel. Providing these requalification
services in the Washington, DC area will significantly reduce the need
for Washington, DC area law enforcement agencies to travel to the
FLETC--Glynco, GA facility, reducing associated costs and time demands.
The FLETC--Cheltenham facility is located approximately 15 miles
southeast of Washington, DC, in Prince George's County, MD. The
facility is situated east of Maryland Route 5 and west of Maryland
Route 301, approximately 3 miles south of Andrews Air Force Base.
Authority: The Council on Environmental Quality's National
Environmental Policy Act, 40 CFR parts 1500 et seq.
Dated: March 1, 2002.
Bruce Bowen,
Assistant Director, Office of Compliance, Federal Law Enforcement
Training Center.
[FR Doc. 02-5553 Filed 3-7-02; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4810-32-P