[Federal Register: May 26, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 100)]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army

 
Record of Decision on the Final Environmental Impact Statement 
(FEIS) on the Disposal and Reuse of the Seneca Army Depot Activity, New 
York

AGENCY: Department of the Army, DoD.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: The Department of the Army announces its Record of Decision 
(ROD) on the Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for the 
disposal and reuse of the 10,594 acres comprising the Seneca Army Depot 
Activity (SEDA), in accordance with the Defense Base Closure and 
Realignment Act of 1990, Public Law 101-510, as amended. The 
establishment of an enclave as directed by the BRAC Commission would 
require the Army's retention of 30 acres to be used for storage of 
hazardous materials and ores.
    In the ROD, the Army concludes that the FEIS adequately addresses 
the impacts of property disposal and documents its decision to transfer 
the property as encumbered. The ROD concludes that the surplus property 
will be conveyed subject to restrictions, identified in the FEIS, that 
relate to the following: historical resources, remedial activities, 
access easement, wetlands, groundwater use, lead-based paint, asbestos-
containing material, easements and rights-of-way, and unexploded 
ordnance. The Army will impose deed restrictions or other requirements 
to ensure safety and protection of human health and the environment. 
The Army has taken all practicable measures to avoid or minimize 
environmental harm associated with its preferred alternative of 
encumbered property disposal. The Army will continue to work with 
individual future owners to avoid, reduce, or compensate for adverse 
impacts that might occur as a result of disposal. Mitigation measures 
for reuse activities are identified in the FEIS.

ADDRESSES: A copy of the ROD may be obtained by writing to Ms. Shirley 
Barnett, U.S. Army Materiel Command, ATTN: AMCSO, 5001 Eisenhower 
Avenue, Alexandria, VA 22333-0001 or by calling (703) 617-8172. Copies 
of the Final EIS may be obtained by writing to Mr. Hugh McClellan, 
Corps of Engineers, Mobile District, ATTN: SAMPD, PO Box 2288, Mobile, 
Alabama 36628-0001 or by facsimile at (334) 690-2605.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the Act, the Secretary of the Army has 
been delegated the authority to dispose of excess real property and 
facilities located at a military installation being closed or 
realigned. The Army is required to comply with the National 
Environmental Policy Act during the process of property disposal and 
must prepare appropriate analyses of the impacts of disposal and, 
indirectly, of reuse of the property on the environment. The ROD and 
the FEIS satisfy requirements of the law to examine the environmental 
impacts of disposal and reuse of the Seneca Army Depot Activity.

    Dated: May 19, 1998.
Richard E. Newsome,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army (Environment, Safety and 
Occupational Health) OASA (I, L&E).
[FR Doc. 98-13903 Filed 5-22-98; 8:45 am]
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