[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 205 (Monday, October 25, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65463-65464]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-26923]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Army
Record of Decision (ROD) for the Implementation of the Base
Closure and Realignment (BRAC) 2005 Actions at Fort Monroe, VA
AGENCY: Department of the Army, DoD.
ACTION: Record of Decision.
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SUMMARY: The Department of the Army announces the availability of the
ROD, which summarizes the decision on how to implement property
disposal in accordance with the Defense Base Closure and Realignment
Act of 1990 (the Base Closure Act), Public Law 101-510, as amended,
following the closure of Fort Monroe, Virginia.
The Army has decided to implement its preferred alternative of
early transfer of surplus non-reverting federal property to other
entities for reuse. Pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act
of 1969 (NEPA) and its implementing regulations, the Army prepared a
Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) that includes the
evaluation of the environmental and socioeconomic impacts of disposing
of surplus Federal property that does not revert to the Commonwealth of
Virginia, and the implementation by others of reasonable, foreseeable
reuse alternatives for the entire property. Under the early transfer
alternative, the Army can transfer and dispose of non-reverting
property for redevelopment before environmental remedial actions have
been completed. This method of early disposal, allowable under Section
120(h)(3)(C) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation
and Liability Act (CERCLA), would defer the CERCLA covenant requirement
to complete all necessary environmental cleanup prior to the transfer
of the remediated property. In this way, parcels could become available
for redevelopment and reuse sooner under this disposal alternative than
under any other. The Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia must
concur with the deferral request for the non-reversionary property at
Fort Monroe.
ADDRESSES: To obtain a copy of the ROD, contact Mr. Robert Reali, Fort
Monroe BRAC Environmental Coordinator, Directorate of Public Works, 318
Cornog Lane, Fort Monroe, VA 23651-1110; via e-mail address at
[email protected]; or via Web site at http://www.hqda.army.mil/acsim/brac/nepa_eis_docs.htm.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Rob Reali at (757) 788-5363.
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Fort Monroe Authority's (FMA) Reuse Plan
provides the basis for the development of reasonable and foreseeable
reuse scenarios evaluated in the FEIS. The FMA is the implementation
authority for the redevelopment of Fort Monroe and will implement the
Reuse Plan. The range of reuse alternatives evaluated in the FEIS
encompasses reasonably foreseeable variations of the Reuse Plan and the
results of this analysis were used by the Army in its decision
regarding disposition of the property.
A Programmatic Agreement (PA) for the Closure and Disposal of Fort
Monroe has been legally executed by the signing of authorized
representatives of the Army, the Virginia State Historic Preservation
Officer, the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, the
Commonwealth of Virginia, the Fort Monroe Federal Area Development
Authority (now the FMA), and the National Park Service. Army
obligations fully described in the PA are considered mitigations
required under the National Historic Preservation Act. Specific
mitigation measures the Army commits to perform or has completed are
outlined in the ROD.
Dated: October 8, 2010.
Hershell E. Wolfe,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army (Environment, Safety and
Occupational Health).
[FR Doc. 2010-26923 Filed 10-22-10; 8:45 am]
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