[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 228 (Wednesday, November 26, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 63133]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-31080]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army


Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) on the Disposal and 
Reuse of the Seneca Army Depot Activity, New York

AGENCY: Department of the Army, DoD.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: The proposed action evaluated by this DEIS is the disposal of 
the Seneca Army Depot Activity (SEDA), New York, in accordance with the 
Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990, Public Law 101-510, 
as amended.
    The DEIS addresses the environmental impacts of the disposal and 
subsequent reuse of the entire installation except for the property 
required to create and maintain an enclave for storage of hazardous 
materials and ores as directed by the BRAC Commission. Alternatives 
examined in the DEIS include encumbered disposal of the property, 
unencumbered disposal of the property and retention of the property in 
a caretaker status (i.e., the no action alternative). The Army's 
preferred alternative for disposal of SEDA property is encumbered 
disposal, with encumbrances pertaining to historical resources, 
remedial activities, easements, wetlands, groundwater use, and 
unexploded ordnance.
    Disposal of the Depot property is the Army's primary action. Reuse 
of the property is a secondary action that will be taken by others. The 
DEIS also analyzes the potential environmental effects of reuse by 
means of evaluating intensity-based probable reuse scenarios. 
Appropriate to the Depot are low, medium-low, and medium intensity 
reuse scenarios reflecting the range of activities that could occur 
after disposal of the property.
    The Army proposes to transfer the majority of the 10,594 acres to 
the Seneca County Industrial Development Agency (IDA). The U.S. Coast 
Guard would obtain 290 acres for continued use of a LORAN-C antenna 
station. The establishment of an enclave as directed by the BRAC 
Commission would require the Army's retention of 30 acres to be used 
for storage of hazardous materials and ores. This would leave 
approximately 10,274 acres available for transfer or conveyance to the 
IDA.
    The Army will hold a public review meeting for this DEIS in January 
1998. The location and date of the meeting will be announced in the 
local news media.

DATES: Written public comments received within the 45 days of the date 
of publication of the Environmental Protection Agency's Notice of 
Availability in the Federal Register will be addressed in the 
preparation of the Final EIS.

ADDRESSES: The DEIS is available for review at three libraries: the 
Waterloo Library and Historical Society, Attn: Ms. Mary Zingerella, 31 
East Williams Street, Waterloo, NY 13165; Edith B. Ford Memorial 
Library, Attn: Mr. & Mrs. Henry Morris, 7169 North Main Street, Ovid, 
NY 14521; and the Geneva Free Library, Attn: Ms. Kim Iraci, 244 Main 
Street, Geneva, NY 14456. Comments can be addressed to and copies may 
be obtained by writing to Mr. Hugh McClellan, Corps of Engineers, 
Mobile District, Attn: SAMPD, P.O. Box 2288, Mobile, Alabama 36628-0001 
or by facsimile at (334) 690-2605.

    Dated: November 20, 1997.
Raymond J. Fatz,
Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army, (Environment, Safety and 
Occupational Health), OASA (I,L&E).
[FR Doc. 97-31080 Filed 11-25-97; 8:45 am]
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