[Federal Register: June 26, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 123)]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Army
Record of Decision (ROD) for the Final Programmatic Environmental
Impact Statement (PEIS) on Transportable Treatment Systems for Non-
Stockpile Chemical Warfare Materiel
AGENCY: Department of the Army, Department of Defense.
ACTION: Notice of Availability.
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SUMMARY: This ROD has been prepared by the Department of the Army in
compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969,
President's Council on Environmental Quality regulation (40 CFR 1500-
1508), and Army Regulation 200-2. This decision is based on the
analyses contained in the February 2001 Final PEIS on Transportable
Treatment Systems for Non-Stockpile Chemical Warfare Materiel, the
associated public and other input received in response to coordination
of this document, and other considerations. The primary decisions
reached in the ROD on transportable treatment systems are to: (1)
Proceed with development and testing of the Rapid Response System and
the Explosive Destruction System and make these systems available for
deployment and (2) suspend further development and testing of the
Munitions Management Device Versions One and Two (based on current
program needs),; however, the Munitions Management Device technologies
were determined to be environmentally safe and subsystems could be used
in the future.
ADDRESSES: Questions on the ROD or requests for copies of the document
should be directed to: Program Manager for Chemical Demilitarization,
ATTN: SFAE-CD-NP (Mr. John Gieseking/Programmatic Environmental Impact
Statement), Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland 21010-4005 or via e-mail
at john.gieseking@pmcd.apgea.army.mil.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. John Gieseking at (410) 436-3768
or by fax at (410) 436-8737.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The PEIS was used to help the Army make this
program-level decision with input from the public. The Army's Product
Manager for Non-Stockpile Chemical Materiel has analyzed the potential
environmental and socioeconomic consequences of two alternative courses
of action in the Final PEIS with Respect to the Army's chemical
demilitarization responsibilities. These alternatives are: (1)
Completing development and testing of the transportable chemical
treatment systems and making them available to be used where needed and
appropriate to process non-stockpile chemical warfare materiel and (2)
the no-action alternative, under which the Army would discontinue the
development of the transportable treatment systems and continue to
store non-stockpile chemical warfare materiel until other suitable
technologies are developed.
Copies of the ROD can also be obtained by calling Ms. Louise Dyson,
Public outreach and Information Office, Office of the Program Manager
for Chemical Demilitarization, at 1-800-488-0648 or (410) 436-3445; fax
(410) 436-8737; or e-mail at louise.dyson@pmcd.apgea.army.mil. The ROD,
as well as the Final PEIS, may be accessed at the following web site:
http://www-pmcd.apgea.army.mil.
Dated: June 18, 2002.
Raymond J. Fatz,
Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army (Environment, Safety and
Occupational Health), OASA(I&E).
[FR Doc. 02-16092 Filed 6-25-02; 8:45 am]
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