Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 191 / Tuesday, October 3, 2006 / Notices 58385 

Dated: September 27, 2006. 

Addison D. Davis, IV, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army 

(Environment, Safety and Occupational 

Health). 

[FR Doc. 06–8440 Filed 10–2–06; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Army 

Notice of Availability of a Draft 

Environmental Impact Statement 

(DESI) for Base Realignment and 

Closure (BRAC) Actions at Fort Sam 

Houston, TX 

AGENCY: Department of the Army, DoD. 

ACTION: Notice of Availability (NOA). 

SUMMARY: The Department of the Army 

announces the availability of a DEIS 

which evaluates the potential 

environmental impacts associated with 

realignment actions directed by the 

BRAC Commission and Army Modular 

Force (AMF) transformation activities at 

Fort Sam Houston (FSH), Texas and 

Camp Bullis, Texas. 

DATES: The public comment period for 

the DEIS will end 45 days after 

publication of this NOA in the Federal 

Register by the Environmental 

Protection Agency. 

ADDRESSES: Please send written 

comments on the DEIS to: Mr. Phil 

Reidinger, Fort Sam Houston, Public 

Affairs Office, Building 124, 1212 

Stanley Road, Fort Sam Houston, TX 

78234, or via e-mail at 

Phillip.Reidinger@

samhouston.army.mil. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Phil Reidinger at (210) 221–1151 during 

normal business hours Monday through 

Friday. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Proposed Action and subject of the DEIS 

covers the construction and renovation 

activities, and movement of personnel 

associated with the BRAC-directed 

realignment of FSH. The DEIS also 

covers those AMF transformation 

activities that would occur at FSH at the 

same time that the BRAC action is being 

implemented. 

To implement these actions, FSH 

would be receiving personnel, 

equipment, and missions from various 

realignment and closure actions within 

the DoD. The Army would provide the 

necessary facilities/buildings and 

infrastructure to support the changes in 

force structure. Permanent facilities 

would be constructed or renovated to 

house the 470th Military Intelligence 

(MI) Brigade (BDE) and various 

Headquarters (HQ) units of the new 

Army North (ARNORTH) and Sixth 

Army, which are currently located in a 

mix of temporary and existing facilities. 

These actions would impact several 

areas at the installation, as well as 

specific field training areas on Camp 

Bullis. The buildup of facilities and 

personnel would be concentrated in 

four mission-related subareas at FSH 

and the training area at Camp Bullis. 

Alternatives analyzed in the EIS 

include: (1) The Preferred Realignment 

Alternative and (2) a No Action 

Alternative. The Preferred Realignment 

Alternative includes construction, 

renovation, and operation of proposed 

facilities to accommodate incoming 

military missions at FSH as mandated 

by the 2005 BRAC recommendations 

and AMF actions. Minor alternative 

siting variations of proposed facilities 

were also evaluated. 

The DEIS analyses indicate that 

implementation of the preferred 

alternative would have no long-term, 

significant impacts on the 

environmental resources of FSH, Camp 

Bullis or their surrounding areas. 

Potential significant impacts to 

aesthetics and historic district 

viewscapes from implementation of the 

preferred alternative would be mitigated 

through strict adherence to procedures 

identified in the FSH Installation Design 

Guide, Landscape Design Guide, and 

Historic Properties Component of the 

Integrated Cultural Resources 

Management Plan. No long-term 

significant impacts to earth (geology, 

topography, caves, karst features or 

soils) or wetlands are expected at either 

installation. Minor land use impacts 

would be expected at FSH. Use of 

utilities and generation of hazardous 

and non-hazardous wastes would likely 

increase at both installations, but not in 

significant amounts. Cultural resources 

would be impacted with the removal or 

renovation of existing facilities on FSH, 

some of which are potentially eligible 

for registration as historic properties. 

Minor air, noise, and transportation 

impacts would also occur during shortterm construction activities under the 

preferred alternative at both 

installations and continue after final 

construction and occupancy. No 

significant impacts to biological 

resources (vegetation, wildlife and 

threatened and endangered species) are 

expected from the implementation of 

the preferred alternative. Alternative 

siting variations would result in impacts 

and benefits similar to those of the 

preferred alternative. The no action 

alternative provides the baseline 

conditions for comparison to the 

preferred alternative. 

The Army invites the general public, 

local governments, other Federal and 

state agencies to submit written 

comments or suggestions concerning the 

alternatives and analyses addressed in 

the DEIS. The public and government 

agencies are invited to participate in a 

public meeting where oral and written 

comments and suggestions will be 

received. The public meeting will be 

held on October 24, 2006 from 7 p.m. 

to 9 p.m. at St. Patrick’s Church, 1801 

IH–35 North, San Antonio, Texas. 

An electronic version of the DEIS can 

be viewed or downloaded from the 

following URL: http:// 

www.hqda.army.mil/acsim/brac/nepa_

eis_docs.htm. 

Dated: September 27, 2006. 

Addison D. Davis, IV, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army 

(Environment, Safety and Occupational 

Health). 

[FR Doc. 06–8441 Filed 10–2–06; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Navy 

Meeting of the Ocean Research and 

Resources Advisory Panel 

AGENCY: Department of the Navy, DoD. 

ACTION: Notice of open meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Ocean Research and 

Resources Advisory Panel will meet to 

discuss National Ocean Research 

Leadership Council and Interagency 

Committee on Ocean Science and 

Resource Management Integration 

activities. All sessions of the meeting 

will remain open to the public. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

Monday, October 30, 2006, from 8:30 

a.m. to 5:15 p.m. and Tuesday, October 

31, 2006, from 8:30 a.m. to 5:45 p.m. In 

order to maintain the meeting time 

schedule, members of the public will be 

limited in their time to speak to the 

Panel. Members of the public should 

submit their comments one week in 

advance of the meeting to the meeting 

point of contact. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Consortium for Oceanographic 

Research and Education, 1201 New 

York Ave, NW., Suite 420, Washington, 

DC 20005. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Melbourne G. Briscoe, Office of Naval 

Research, 875 North Randolph Street 

Suite 1425, Arlington, VA 22203–1995, 

telephone 703–696–4120. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

notice of open meeting is provided in 


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