[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 156 (Tuesday, August 15, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 38674]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-17140]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Navy
Notice of Availability of Record of Decision for the Final
Environmental Impact Statement for the Disposal and Reuse of Surplus
Property at Naval Station Newport, Rhode Island
AGENCY: Department of the Navy, DoD.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of the Navy (Navy), after carefully
weighing the environmental consequences of the proposed action,
announces its decision to implement Alternative 1, the Navy's preferred
alternative as described in the Final Environmental Impact Statement
(EIS) for the Disposal and Reuse of Surplus Property at Naval Station
(NAVSTA) Newport, Rhode Island. This decision will make 158 acres of
former NAVSTA Newport property available to the local communities of
Aquidneck Island for economic redevelopment.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Disposal and reuse under the chosen
alternative is consistent with the Aquidneck Island Reuse Planning
Authority's ``Redevelopment Plan for Surplus Properties at NAVSTA
Newport'' (Redevelopment Plan) and Public Law 101-510, the Defense Base
Closure and Realignment Act of 1990, as amended in 2005 (BRAC Law). The
complete text of the Record of Decision (ROD) is available for public
viewing on the project Web site at https://www.BRACPMO.Navy.mil along
with the Final EIS and supporting documents. Single copies of the ROD
will be made available upon request by contacting: Mr. Gregory Preston,
BRAC Program Management Office East, 4911 South Broad Street, Building
679, Philadelphia, PA 19112-1303, telephone 215-897-4900, facsimile
215-897-4902, email [email protected].
Dated: August 7, 2017.
A.M. Nichols,
Lieutenant Commander, Judge Advocate General's Corps, U.S. Navy,
Federal Register Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 2017-17140 Filed 8-14-17; 8:45 am]
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