Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 176 / Monday, September 14, 2009 / Notices 46987 

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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