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stationing of approximately 1,000 

combat service support (CSS) Soldiers 

consisting of quartermaster, medical, 

transportation, headquarters or other 

CSS units to support combat operations, 

and the potential stationing of a 

medium Combat Aviation Brigade 

(CAB) consisting of approximately 2,800 

soldiers and 110 helicopters. 

DATES: The public comment period for 

the DEIS will end 45 days after 

publication of an NOA in the Federal 

Register by the Environmental 

Protection Agency. 

ADDRESSES: Questions or comments 

regarding the DEIS should be forwarded 

to: Department of the Army, Directorate 

of Public Works, Attention: IMWE– 

LEW–PWE (Mr. Paul T. Steucke, Jr.), 

Building 2012, Liggett Avenue, Box 

339500 MS 17, Fort Lewis, WA 98433– 

9500. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Bill Van Hoesen, Fort Lewis National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) 

Coordinator, at (253) 966–1780 during 

business hours (8 a.m. to 4 p.m. PDT, 

Monday through Friday). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Fort Lewis 

is an 86,176 acre major Army 

installation in western Washington 

(approximately 35 miles south of 

Seattle) and is one of 15 U.S. power 

projection platforms. The 327,231 acre 

YTC is a subinstallation of Fort Lewis 

located about 7 miles northeast of the 

City of Yakima in central Washington. 

Fort Lewis and YTC are important Army 

facilities for weapons qualification and 

field training. In addition to the units 

stationed there, Reserve and National 

Guard units, as well as units from allied 

nations, train at Fort Lewis and YTC. 

The DEIS evaluates the potential 

impacts of the site-specific actions for 

the alternatives to implement the 

Proposed Action. These actions include 

troop stationing, maneuver and live-fire 

training, and construction. The 

following alternatives are evaluated: 

(1) The No Action alternative assumes 

that the Army GTA decisions would not 

be implemented. It is not a viable 

alternative because the Army GTA 

decisions have already been made, and 

the decisions need to be implemented. 

Analysis of the No Action alternative 

serves as a baseline for comparison of 

the other alternatives. Under this 

alternative, planned construction that is 

not part of the GTA decisions includes 

troop barracks, recreational facilities, 

traffic flow improvements and other 

infrastructure upgrades at Fort Lewis. 

(2) The GTA alternative implements 

the Army GTA decisions affecting Fort 

Lewis and YTC. Maneuver and live-fire 

training of an additional 1,900 Soldiers 

will occur at Fort Lewis and YTC. This 

alternative also includes the training of 

three Stryker Brigade Combat Teams 

(SBCT5) present simultaneously at Fort 

Lewis and YTC. Planned new 

construction includes brigade barracks 

complexes, the upgrade of sub-standard 

SBCT facilities to meet Army standards, 

and additional firing ranges at Fort 

Lewis and YTC. 

(3) The CSS alternative represents the 

potential stationing at Fort Lewis of up 

to 1,000 CSS Soldiers in addition to 

Alternative 2. Maneuver and live-fire 

training of up to 2,900 new Soldiers 

would occur at Fort Lewis and YTC. 

Specific construction projects cannot be 

identified until the types and numbers 

of CSS units are known, but new 

construction would include barracks, 

motor pools, classrooms and 

administrative facilities. 

(4) The CAB alternative represents the 

potential stationing at Fort Lewis of a 

medium CAB in addition to Alternative 

3. Maneuver and live-fire training of up 

include the air and ground assets of the 

CAB. New construction facilities to 

support the CAB would be similar to 

those required for Alternative 3. 

Major impacts expected from 

implementing the Proposed Action 

include noise from the increased 

frequency of demolitions and live-fire 

training, which would extend further 

beyond the boundaries of Fort Lewis 

into the surrounding communities. 

Additional traffic volume from the 

potential stationing of the medium CAB 

would increase the delays and 

congestion at key intersections during 

peak traffic hours. Although the 

additional number of schoolchildren 

from each alternative would increase 

the number of schoolchildren in the 

local school systems, the potential CAB 

stationing would significantly impact 

the local school systems that support 

Fort Lewis. At YTC, increased use of 

training lands and firing ranges for 

maneuver and live-fire training would 

increase the risk of damage to wildlife 

and wildlife habitat. 

A copy of the DEIS may be accessed 

at the following Web site: http:// 

www.lewis.army.mil/publicworks/sites/ 

envir/EIA_2.htm. Comments from the 

public will be considered before any 

decision is made regarding 

implementation of the Proposed Action. 

Dated: September 2, 2009. 

Addison D. Davis, IV, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army 

(Environment, Safety and Occupational 

Health). 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Army 

Draft Environmental Impact Statement 

(DEIS) for the Base Realignment and 

Closure (BRAC) 05 Actions at Fort 

Monroe, VA 

AGENCY: Department of the Army, DoD. 

ACTION: Notice of Availability (NOA). 

SUMMARY: The Department of the Army 

announces the availability of the DEIS, 

which evaluates the potential 

environmental and socioeconomic 

impacts of BRAC actions at Fort 

Monroe, Virginia. 

DATES: The public comment period for 

the DEIS will end 45 days after 

publication of an NOA in the Federal 

Register by the U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency. Public meeting date 

is: October 6, 2009, 7 p.m. to 9 p.m., 

Hampton Roads Convention Center, 

1610 Coliseum Drive, Hampton, VA. 

ADDRESSES: Please send written 

comments on the DEIS to: Ms. Robin 

Mills, Chief, Directorate of Public 

Works, 318 Cornog Lane, Fort Monroe, 

VA 23651. E-mail comments should be 

sent to 

monr.post.nepapublic@us.army.mil. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Robin Mills, Chief, Directorate of Public 

Works, 318 Cornog Lane, Fort Monroe, 

VA 23651. E-mail comments should be 

sent to 

monr.post.nepapublic@us.army.mil. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The DEIS 

covers activities associated with the 

BRAC actions at Fort Monroe, Virginia. 

The 2005 BRAC Commission 

recommended the closure of Fort 

Monroe and the relocation of the U.S. 

Army Training and Doctrine Command 

(TRADOC) Headquarters; the 

Installation Management Agency (IMA) 

Northeast Region Headquarters; the U.S. 

Army Network Enterprise Technology 

Command (NETCOM) Northeast Region 

Headquarters; and the Army Contracting 

Agency Northern Region Office to Fort 

Eustis, VA. The 2005 BRAC 

Commission also recommended the U.S. 

Army Accessions Command and U.S. 

Army Cadet Command relocate to Fort 

Knox, KY. Under BRAC, closure will be 

no later than September 15, 2011. 

Following closure, Fort Monroe will 

be surplus to Army needs and the Army 

will dispose of its real property 

interests. The Army has recognized the 

Fort Monroe Federal Area Development 

Authority (FMFADA) as the local reuse 

authority for reuse planning. The 

FMFADA Fort Monroe Reuse Plan was 

approved by the Governor in August 


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2008 and is available at: http:// 

www.fmfada.com/business/ 

reuse_planning/. 

Fort Monroe is a 570-acre U.S. Army 

Garrison located on Old Point Comfort 

at the southeastern tip of the Virginia 

Lower Peninsula between Hampton 

Roads and the Lower Chesapeake Bay. 

The Fort Monroe property is still almost 

completely surrounded by the waters of 

the lower Chesapeake Bay, the harbor of 

Hampton Roads, and Mill Creek. The 

installation’s northern extension ties 

into land in the city of Hampton and the 

community of Buckroe Beach. 

The primary Army action is to 

dispose of the surplus Federal property 

generated by the BRAC-mandated 

closure of Fort Monroe. Reuse of Federal 

property at Fort Monroe by others is a 

secondary action resulting from 

disposal. The Army identified two 

disposal alternatives (early transfer and 

traditional disposal), a caretaker status 

alternative and the no action alternative. 

The reuse scenarios encompass the 

FMFADA’s Reuse Plan and include 

higher and lower levels of development 

intensities. The Army expresses no 

preference with respect to reuse 

scenarios. The EIS analyzes each 

alternative’s impact upon the natural 

and cultural environments in the 

surrounding vicinity. 

Four alternatives are analyzed in the 

DEIS: (1) An early transfer alternative, 

under which transfer and reuse of the 

property would occur before 

environmental remedial action has been 

completed; (2) a traditional disposal 

alternative, under which transfer and 

reuse of the property would occur once 

environmental remediation is complete 

for individual parcels of the installation; 

(3) a caretaker status alternative, which 

would arise in the event that the Army 

is unable to dispose of all or portions of 

the property within the period of time 

defined for initial caretaking, after 

which time the maintenance of the 

property would be reduced to minimal 

activities necessary to ensure security, 

health, and safety, and to avoid physical 

deterioration of facilities; and (4) a no 

action alternative, under which the 

Army would continue operations at Fort 

Monroe at levels similar to those 

occurring prior to the BRAC 

Commission’s recommendation for 

closure. Three reuse scenarios (based on 

low, middle, and upper bracket 

intensity scenarios of reuse) are 

evaluated as secondary actions of 

disposal of Fort Monroe. These reuse 

scenarios bracket the intensity of reuse 

expected under the FMFADA’s reuse 

plan. 

The evaluated resource areas include 

land use, aesthetics and visual 

resources, air quality, noise, geology and 

soils, water resources, biological 

resources, cultural resources, 

socioeconomics, transportation, 

utilities, and hazardous and toxic 

substances. Direct and indirect impacts 

of each disposal alternative on the 

resource areas include a variety of shortand long-term impacts, both adverse 

and beneficial. Under the early transfer 

and traditional disposal alternatives, 

minor to significant adverse effects 

would be expected in the areas of noise 

and transportation. For the caretaker 

status alternative, minor adverse effects 

would be expected to occur for all 

resources areas with the exception of 

minor beneficial effects estimated for air 

quality and noise. The no action 

alternative would result in no new 

adverse direct, indirect, or cumulative 

impacts. The three reuse scenarios 

evaluated have the potential for a 

variety of adverse and beneficial shortand long-term effects. 

The Army invites the public, local 

governments, and state and Federal 

agencies to submit written comments or 

suggestions concerning the alternatives 

and analyses addressed in the DEIS. The 

public and government agencies also are 

invited to participate in a public 

meeting where oral and written 

comments and suggestions will be 

received. Copies of the DEIS will be 

available for review at Hampton, VA, 

libraries prior to the public meeting. 

The DEIS may also be viewed online at: 

http://www.hqda.army.mil/acsimweb/ 

brac/nepa_eis_docs.htm. 

Dated: September 2, 2009. 

Addison D. Davis, IV, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army 

(Environment, Safety, and Occupational 

Health). 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Navy 

Notice of Availability of GovernmentOwned Inventions; Available for 

Licensing 

AGENCY: Department of the Navy, DOD. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The invention listed below is 

assigned to the United States 

Government as represented by the 

Secretary of the Navy and is available 

for licensing by the Department of the 

Navy. U.S. Patent Application Number 

12/460,172 filed on July 9, 2009, Navy 

Case Number PAX 30 entitled ‘‘Human 

Behavioral Simulator for Cognitive 

Decision-Making.’’ 

ADDRESSES: Requests for data and 

inventor interviews should be directed 

to Mrs. Asuncion L. Simmonds, Naval 

Air Warfare Center Training Systems 

Division, Code 4.6T, 12350 Research 

Parkway, Orlando, FL 32826–3275 or email asuncion.simmonds@navy.mil. 

DATES: Request for data, samples, and 

inventor interviews should be made 

prior to October 24, 2009. 

FOR FUTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mrs. 

Asuncion L. Simmonds, Naval Air 

Warfare Center Training Systems 

Division, Code 4.6T, 12350 Research 

Parkway, Orlando, FL. 32826–3275, 

407–380–4699 or e-mail 

asuncion.simmonds@navy.mil. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The U.S. 

Navy intends to move expeditiously to 

license these inventions. All licensing 

application packages and 

commercialization plans must be 

returned to Commanding Officer, Naval 

Air Warfare Center Training Systems 

Division, Attn: Asuncion Simmonds, 

Code 4.6T, 12350 Research Parkway, 

Orlando, FL 32826–3275, or e-mail 

asuncion.simmonds@navy.mil. 

The Navy, in its decisions concerning 

the granting of licenses, will give special 

consideration to existing licensees, 

small business firms, and consortia 

involving small business firms. The 

Navy intends to ensure that its licensed 

inventions are broadly commercialized 

throughout the United States. 

PCT application may be filed for the 

patent as noted above. The Navy intends 

that licensees interested in a license in 

territories outside of the United States 

will assume foreign prosecution and pay 

the cost of such prosecution. 

Authority: 35 U.S.C. 207, 37 CFR Part 404. 

Dated: September 4, 2009. 

T.M. Cruz, 

Lieutenant Commander, Judge Advocate 

General’s Corps, U.S. Navy, Alternate Federal 

Register Liaison Officer. 

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