[Federal Register: February 28, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 39)]
[Notices]
[Page 8974]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Army
Notice of Availability of a Draft Environmental Impact Statement
(DEIS) for Base Closure and Realignment (BRAC) Actions at Fort Belvoir,
VA
AGENCY: Department of the Army, DoD.
ACTION: Notice of Availability (NOA).
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SUMMARY: The Department of the Army announces the availability of a
DEIS which evaluates the potential environmental impacts associated
with realignment actions directed by the Base Closure and Realignment
(BRAC) Commission at Fort Belvoir, Virginia.
DATES: The public comment period for the DEIS will end 60 days after
publication of this NOA in the Federal Register by the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency.
ADDRESSES: Please send written comments on the DEIS to ATTN: EIS
Comments, Fort Belvoir Directorate of Public Works, 9430 Jackson Loop,
Suite 100, Fort Belvoir, Virginia, 22060-5116. E-mail comments may be
sent to environmental@belvoir.army.mil.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Don Carr, Fort Belvoir Public
Affairs Office, at (703) 805-2583, during normal business hours Monday
through Friday.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The subject of the DEIS and the Proposed
Action are the construction and renovation activities at Fort Belvoir
associated with the BRAC-directed realignment of Fort Belvoir. The DEIS
also updates the land use plan portion of the installation's Real
Property Master Plan due to the substantial changes at the installation
due to the proposed realignment.
To implement the BRAC recommendations, Fort Belvoir will be
receiving personnel, equipment, and missions from various closure and
realignment actions within the Department of Defense. To implement the
BRAC Commission recommendations, the Army will provide the necessary
facilities, buildings, and infrastructure to accommodate personnel
being realigned from the Washington Headquarters Services (WHS);
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA); various Army entities
moving from leased space in the National Capital Region (NCR); U.S.
Army Medical Command (MEDCOM); Program Executive Office, Enterprise
Information System (PEO EIS); and Missile Defense Agency Headquarters
Command Center (MDA HQCC). Details of the BRAC Commission's
recommendations can be found at http://www.brac.gov.
Alternatives in the DEIS include four alternative land use plans
that contain alternative means of accommodating the units, agencies and
activities being realigned to Fort Belvoir. These alternatives include:
(1) Town Center Alternative, (2) City Center Alternative, (3) Satellite
Campuses Alternative, and (4) Preferred Alternative. The Preferred
Alternative contains various elements of the other land use
alternatives, and includes construction, renovation, and operation of
proposed facilities to accommodate incoming military missions as
mandated by the 2005 BRAC Commission's recommendations for Fort
Belvoir. The No Action Alternative is also addressed in the DEIS.
The DEIS analyses indicate that implementation of the preferred
alternative will have short and long-term, significant adverse impacts
on the transportation network at Fort Belvoir and its surrounding area,
moderate to significant impacts on biological resources, and long-term
minor adverse and beneficial impacts on socioeconomic resources. Minor
short and long-term adverse impacts on all other resources at the
installation would potentially occur from implementation of the
preferred alternative. The no action alternative provides the baseline
conditions for comparison to the preferred alternative.
The Army invites the general public, local governments, other
Federal agencies, and state agencies to submit written comments or
suggestions concerning the alternatives and analyses addressed in the
DEIS. The public and government agencies are invited to participate in
a public meeting where oral and written comments and suggestions will
be received. The date, time, and place of the public meeting will be
announced through the local media.
An electronic version of the DEIS can be viewed or downloaded from
the following URL: http://www.hqda.army.mil/acsim/brac/nepa_eis_docs.htm
.
Dated: February 22, 2007.
Addison D. Davis, IV,
Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army (Environment, Safety and
Occupational Health).
[FR Doc. 07-904 Filed 2-27-07; 8:45 am]
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