[Federal Register: July 6, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 129)]
[Notices]
[Page 36969]
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 the Final Environmental Impact
Statement (FEIS) 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 an
FEIS which evaluates the potential environmental impacts associated
with realignment actions directed by the BRAC Commission at Fort
Belvoir, Virginia. The FEIS also updates the land use plan portion of
the installation's Real Property Master Plan due to the substantial
changes at the installation because of the proposed realignment.
DATES: The waiting period for the FEIS will end 30 days after
publication of an NOA in the Federal Register by the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency.
ADDRESSES: To obtain a copy of the FEIS contact the Fort Belvoir
Directorate of Public Works, 9430 Jackson Loop, Suite 100, Fort
Belvoir, Virginia 22060-5116; e-mail address:
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 FEIS and the Proposed
Action are the construction and renovation activities at the
installation associated with the BRAC-directed realignment of Fort
Belvoir.
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 Systems (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 FEIS 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 FEIS.
The FEIS 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.
An electronic version of the FEIS can be viewed or downloaded from
the following Web site: http://www.hqda.army.mil/acsim/brac/nepa_eis_docs.htm
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Dated: June 29, 2007.
Addison D. Davis, IV,
Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army, (Environment, Safety and
Occupational Health).
[FR Doc. 07-3266 Filed 7-5-07; 8:45 am]
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