[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 175 (Tuesday, September 10, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 55244]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-22000]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Navy
Notice of Availability of Record of Decision for Medical
Facilities Development and University Expansion at Naval Support
Activity Bethesda, Bethesda, MD
AGENCY: Department of the Navy, DoD.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The United States Department of the Navy (DoN), after
carefully weighing the environmental consequences of the proposed
actions, announces its decision to construct and operate the Medical
Facilities Development (MFD) at Naval Support Activity (NSA) Bethesda,
Bethesda, MD. DoN also announces its decision to construct and operate
the expansion of the Uniformed Services University of the Health
Sciences (USU or the University Expansion) at NSA Bethesda. The DoN has
decided to implement the preferred alternatives for the MFD and
University Expansion, as described in the MFD and University Expansion
Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) dated July 2013. The
preferred alternatives are also the Environmentally Preferable
Alternatives.
The preferred alternative for the MFD will fully meet the
Congressional mandate in the Fiscal Year 2010 National Defense
Authorization Act to achieve the new statutory world-class standards
for military medicine at the Walter Reed National Military Medical
Center (WRNMMC) by providing enduring medical facilities commensurate
in quality, capability and condition as those provided by the 2005 Base
Realignment and Closure investment. The preferred alternative for the
University Expansion will provide adequate education and research space
to meet Military Health System commitments to deliver training and
post-graduate level education to the military medical community and
enable USU to serve as the core academic health research center at
WRNMMC. The proposed actions will enhance and support but not add to
the missions of the installation, medical center, or the USU.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The complete text of the Record of Decision
(ROD) is available on the project Web site at http://www.wrnmmc.capmed.mil/PatientVisitors/SitePages/EIS.aspx, along with
the Final EIS and supporting documents. Single copies of the ROD are
available upon request by contacting: NSA Bethesda Public Affairs
Office, Attn: Joseph Macri, 8901 Wisconsin Avenue, Building 11, Room
216, Bethesda, MD 20889, Telephone: 301-295-1803, and Email:
[email protected].
Dated: September 3, 2013.
N.A. Hagerty-Ford,
Commander, Office of the Judge Advocate General, U.S. Navy, Federal
Register Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 2013-22000 Filed 9-9-13; 8:45 am]
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