13482 Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 55 / Thursday, March 22, 2007 / Notices 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Army 

Notice of Availability of the Final 

Environmental Impact Statement 

(FEIS) for Base Closure and 

Realignment (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 an FEIS 

which evaluates the potential 

environmental impacts associated with 

realignment actions directed by the 

BRAC Commission at Fort Sam Houston 

and Camp Bullis, Texas. 

DATES: The waiting period for the FEIS 

will end 30 days after publication of an 

NOA in the Federal Register by the U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency. 

ADDRESSES: For more information or to 

obtain a copy of the FEIS, please 

contact: Mr. Phillip Reidinger, Public 

Affairs Office, Building 124, 1212 

Stanley Road, Fort Sam Houston, Texas 

78234; e-mail Phillip.

Reidinger@samhouston.army.mil. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Phillip Reidinger at (210) 221–1151. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

subject of the FEIS and the Proposed 

Action are the construction and 

renovation activities, and movement of 

personnel associated with the BRAC 

directed realignment of Fort Sam 

Houston. The FEIS also evaluates effects 

of Army Modular Force transformation 

activities that will occur at Fort Sam 

Houston at the same time that the BRAC 

actions are being implemented. 

To implement the applicable portions 

of the BRAC recommendations, Fort 

Sam Houston will be receiving 

personnel, equipment, and missions 

from various realignment and closure 

actions within the Department of 

Defense. Additionally, the Army had 

planned to conduct a series of nonBRAC transformations to position its 

forces strategically for the future. These 

transformations require consideration in 

conjunction with the BRAC initiatives at 

Fort Sam Houston. Additionally, 

permanent facilities will be constructed 

or renovated to house the 470th Military 

Intelligence Brigade and various 

Headquarters units of the new Army 

North and Sixth Army (U.S. Army 

South or USARSO), which are currently 

located in a mix of temporary and 

existing facilities. 

To enable implementation of the 

BRAC Commission recommendations 

and accommodation of the concurrent 

Army initiatives, the Army must 

provide the necessary facilities/ 

buildings and infrastructure to support 

the changes in force structure. 

Following a rigorous examination of 

all implementation alternatives, those 

alternatives found not to be viable were 

dropped from further analysis in the 

Fort Sam Houston FEIS. Alternatives 

carried forward include (1) The 

Preferred Alternative and (2) a No 

Action Alternative. The Preferred 

Alternative includes construction, 

renovation, and operation of proposed 

facilities to accommodate incoming 

military missions at Fort Sam Houston. 

Minor siting variations of proposed 

facilities were also evaluated. 

Planned undertakings within the 

National Historical Landmark (NHL) 

District, including the demolition of 

existing buildings and construction of 

new buildings, will be reviewed using 

the Installation Design Guide historic 

review requirements and the Standard 

Operating Procedures (SOPs) in the 

Historic Properties Component (HPC) of 

the Integrated Cultural Resources 

Management Plan. If demolition cannot 

be avoided, the determination of effects 

to cultural resources of the NHL District 

and required mitigation will be 

determined per the HPC SOPs. 

Implementation of the preferred 

alternative will have no long-term, 

significant impacts on other 

environmental resources of Fort Sam 

Houston or Camp Bullis or their 

surrounding areas. 

The FEIS analyses indicate that 

implementation of the preferred 

alternative would have no long-term, 

significant impacts on the other 

environmental resources of Fort Sam 

Houston or Camp Bullis or their 

surrounding areas. Potential minor 

impacts to visual resources from 

implementation of the preferred 

alternative would generally occur only 

within the physical boundaries of Fort 

Sam Houston and Camp Bullis. No longterm significant impacts to earth 

(geology, topography, caves, karst 

features or soils) or wetlands will occur 

at either installation. Potential land use 

impacts are expected at Fort Sam 

Houston. Use of utilities and generation 

of hazardous and non-hazardous wastes 

will likely increase at both installations, 

but not in significant amounts. 

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 similar 

impacts and benefits as compared to the 

preferred alternative. 

An electronic version of the FEIS can 

be viewed or downloaded from the 

following Web site: http://www.hqda.

army.mil/acsimweb/brac/ 

nepa_eis_docs.htm. 

Dated: March 15, 2007. 

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 

Notice of Availability of the Draft 

Environmental Impact Statement 

(DEIS) for Base Realignment and 

Closure (BRAC) and Enhanced Use 

Lease (EUL) Actions at Fort Meade, MD 

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 impacts associated with 

realignment actions directed by the Base 

Realignment and Closure (BRAC) 

Commission and Army Enhanced Use 

Lease (EUL) Actions at Fort Meade, 

Maryland. 

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: Please send written 

comments on the DEIS to: Ms. Melanie 

Moore at Fort Meade, Public Affairs 

Office, 4550 Pershing Hall, Room 102, 

Fort Meade, MD 20755 or via e-mail at 

melanie.moore@us.army.mil. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Melanie Moore at (301) 677–1301 

during normal business hours Monday 

through Friday. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Proposed Action and subject of the DEIS 

covers the construction activities, and 

movement of personnel associated with 

the BRAC realignment activities. The 

DEIS also covers the proposed Army 

EUL actions that will occur at Fort 

Meade at the same time that the BRAC 

action is being implemented. 

To implement the BRAC 

recommendations, Fort Meade will be 

receiving personnel, equipment, and 

missions from various realignment and 


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