[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 200 (Friday, October 16, 1998)] [Notices] [Pages 55591-55592] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 98-27787] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE Department of the Army Record of Decision (ROD) on the Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for the Disposal and Reuse of the Evans Subpost, Fort Monmouth, New Jersey AGENCY: Department of the Army, DoD. ACTION: Record of Decision. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The Department of the Army is announcing the Record of Decision (ROD) on the Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for the disposal and reuse of the Evans Subpost, in accordance with the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990, Pub. L. 101-510, as amended. ADDRESSES: A copy of the ROD may be obtained by writing to Mrs. Shirley Vance, U.S. Army Materiel Command, ATTN: AMCSO, 5001 Eisenhower Avenue, Alexandria, VA 22333-0001. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Shirley Vance, U.S. Army Materiel Command, at (703) 617-8172. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the Act, the Secretary of the Army has been delegated the authority to dispose of excess real property and facilities located at a military installation being closed and realigned. The Army is required to comply with the National Environmental Policy Act during the process of property disposal and must prepare appropriate analyses of the impacts of disposal and, indirectly, of reuse of the property on the environment. The ROD and the FEIS satisfy requirements of the law to examine the environmental impacts of disposal and reuse of the Evans Subpost, Ft. Monmouth. The Army has three alternatives to consider: encumbered disposal, unencumbered disposal, and no action (caretaker status). An encumbrance is any Army imposed or legal constraint on the future use or development of the property. Unencumbered disposal would involve transfer or conveyance of the property to be disposed of with fewer Army imposed restrictions on future use. The no action or caretaker status alternative would result in the Army retaining the property indefinitely. In the ROD, the Army concludes that the FEIS adequately addresses the [[Page 55592]] impacts of property disposal and documents its decision to transfer the property with encumbrances. The ROD concludes that the 215-acre property will be conveyed subject to notices and restrictions (identified in the FEIS) relating to remediation and radiological decommissioning activities, natural resources, cultural resources, and the protection of human health and the environment. Additionally, mitigation measures for reuse activities are identified in the FEIS, which future owners may employ to avoid, reduce, or compensate for adverse impacts that might occur as a result of disposal. Copies of the Final EIS may be obtained by writing to Dr. Susan Rees, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District, ATTN: CESAM-PD-EC, 109 St. Joseph Street, Mobile, Alabama 36628-0001, or by telephone at (334) 694-4141 or telefax at (334) 690-2721. Dated: October 9, 1998. Richard E. Newsome, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army (Environment, Safety and Occupational Health) OASA (I,L&E). [FR Doc. 98-27787 Filed 10-15-98; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3710-08-M