[Federal Register: August 10, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 153)]
[Notices]
[Page 48462]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Air Force
Proposed Collection; Common Request
AGENCY: Department of the Air Force and Department of the Navy.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This serves as a request for public comment, pursuant to 36
CFR 800.14(e). The Department of the Air Force and the Department of
the Navy (Navy and Marine Corps) are working to improve the quality of
the housing for their Service Members. In compliance with the National
Historic Preservation Act's (NHPA) Section 106 regulations, the Air
Force and the Navy are consulting with the Advisory Council on Historic
Preservation (Council), the National Conference of State Historic
Preservation Officers (NCSHPO) and the National Trust for Historic
Preservation (National Trust) to efficiently and programmatically meet
their federal historic preservation responsibilities regarding Capehart
and Wherry era housing as required under the NHPA rather than consult
on individual undertakings, installation by installation.
DATES: Consideration will be given to all comments received by October
12, 2004.
ADDRESSES: Address comments to: HQ AF/ILE, Environmental Programs,
ATTN: Lt. Col. Alan Holck, 1260 Air Force Pentagon, Washington, DC,
20030-1260 (AIR FORCE) Commander, Naval Facilities Engineering Command
(BDD), ATTN: Dr. Jay Thomas, 1322 Patterson Ave SE., Ste 1000,
Washington, Navy Yard DC 20374-5065.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lt. Col. Alan Holck at (703) 604-0632
or Dr. Jay Thomas at (202) 685-9196.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Air Force and the Navy's (including the
Marine Corps) Capehart and Wherry era housing may be eligible for
listing to the National Register of Historic Places Under National
Register Criteria A (associated with events that have made a
significant contribution to the broad patterns of our history) and C
(embodying distinctive characteristics of a type, period, or method of
construction and representing a significant and distinguishable entity
whose components may lack individual distinction). Section 106 of the
National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) requires federal agencies to
consider the effects of their actions on historic properties and
provide the Council a reasonable opportunity to comment. The Section
106 process seeks to accommodate historic preservation concerns with
the needs of the federal agencies through consultation among the agency
officials and other parties with an interest in the effects of the
undertaking on historic properties. The Air Force and the Navy will
request Program Comments from the Council pursuant to 36 CFR Sec.
800.14e as an alternative way to comply with their historic
preservation responsibilities for Capehart and Wherry era family
housing (1949-1962). Capehart and Wherry housing is located at 46 Air
Force, 41 Navy, and 13 Marine Corps installations throughout the United
States. The Air Force and the Navy will request public comment on the
proposed programmatic approach to comply with Section 106 of the NHPA.
Potential mitigation includes augmenting and adopting research
completed by the Department of the Army, pursuant to the Program
Comment the Council issued on 7 June 02. Specific mitigation measures
under consideration include oral histories, supplemental historic
context information, adoption of the Army's design guidelines and tax
credit information.
Types of management and treatment that may be made to Capehart and
Wherry era housing by the Air Force and the Navy include: maintenance
and repair, rehabilitation, layaway and mothballing, demolition and
replacement, transfer, sale or lease out of federal control, and
substantial alteration through renovation, and may include any
associated structures and landscape features that may be contributing
elements to Capehart and Wherry are housing's eligibility for listing
to the National Register of Historic Places. Implementation of all or
some of these actions may constitute an adverse effect to historic
properties. Evaluation of the environmental impacts resulting from
implementation of the Air Force and the Navy's housing program will be
addressed separately at each installation per the National
Environmental Policy Act.
The Air Force and the Navy will consult with the Council, the
NCSHPO and the National Trust to identify appropriate treatment
measures for its Capehart and Wherry era properties. Recommendations
agreed to as a result of consultation will be published in the Federal
Register by the Council. Agreement to and implementation of these
recommendations will demonstrate the Air Force and the Navy have taken
into account the effect of the undertaking on historic properties.
Pamela Fitzgerald,
Air Force Federal Register Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 04-18214 Filed 8-9-04; 8:45 am]
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