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Environmental Protection Agency and

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 1995),

which presents testing and evaluation

guidance for proposed discharges of

dredged material into the waters of the

United States within the Great Lakes

Basin.

Specific upland disposal sites have

not yet been identified for material

placement but would include at least

one upland disposal site within close

vicinity to the channel, as well as

upland areas to be used for off loading

or dewatering facilities, for temporary

placement of material for re-use

scenarios.

Beneficial use applications to be

explored include, the reconstruction of

an eroded island in the Grand River, use

of the material for cover or as needed in

a landfill operation, use of material in

composting/soil mixing, for

construction fill, and other land

applications.

The final 20 year Dredged Material

Management Plan for removal of

dredged material from Grand Haven

Harbor will include the continued

practice of placement of material from

the outer harbor to nourish eroding

nearby beaches. The plan for 400,000

cubic yards of material to be removed

over 20 years from the inner harbor is

likely to include a combination of

dredged material disposal alternatives.

These disposal alternatives will be

dependent on a number of factors

including, the suitability of the material,

the re-use market, economics, and

overall environmental acceptability.

Significant issues to be analyzed in

the EIS include potential impacts on

wetlands, water quality, fish and

wildlife habitat, and cultural resources.

Social impacts, including impacts upon

recreation, aesthetics, and the local

economy, will also be considered.

The proposed dredged material

management plan alternatives will be

reviewed for compliance with the Fish

and Wildlife Act of 1956; the Fish and

Wildlife Coordination Act of 1958; the

National Historic Preservation Act of

1966; the National Environmental

Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969; the Clean

Air Act of 1970; the Coastal Zone

Management Act of 1972; the

Endangered Species Act of 1973; the

Water Resources Development Act of

1976; the Clean Water Act of 1977;

Executive Order 11593, Protection and

Enhancement of the Cultural

Environment, May 1971; Executive

Order 11988, Flood Plain Management,

May 1977; Executive Order 11990,

Wetland Protection, May 1977; and

Corps of Engineers, Dept. of the Army,

33 CFR Part 230, Environmental

Quality: Policy and Procedure for

Implementing NEPA.

The proposed dredged material

management plan will be coordinated

with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,

the U.S. Environmental Protection

Agency, the Michigan Department of

Environmental Quality, the Michigan

Department of Natural Resources,

Michigan State Historic Preservation

Office, local and regional Indian tribes,

as well as other interested individuals

and organizations.

All are invited to participate in the

proposed project scoping and review,

including Federal, State, and local

agencies, Indian tribes, organizations

and individuals. Questions, concerns,

and comments may be directed to the

address given above. It is anticipated

that the Draft Environmental Impact

Statement would be made available in

late 1998 for a 45-day public review

period. If necessary, a public meeting

would be held in the Grand Haven

Harbor vicinity following release of the

Draft EIS.

Dated: January 28, 1997.

W. Scott Parker,

Acting District Engineer.

[FR Doc. 97–3305 Filed 2–10–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3710–GA–M

Department of the Navy

Community Redevelopment Authority

and Available Surplus Buildings and

Land at Military Installations

Designated for Closure: Naval Reserve

Center, Perth Amboy, New Jersey

SUMMARY: This Notice provides

information regarding the

redevelopment authority that has been

established to plan the reuse of the

Naval Reserve Center, Perth Amboy,

New Jersey, the surplus property that is

located at that base closure site, and the

timely election by the redevelopment

authority to proceed under new

procedures set forth in the Base Closure

Community Redevelopment and

Homeless Assistance Act of 1994.

ADDRESSES: For further general

information, contact John J. Kane,

Deputy Division Director, Dept. of Navy,

Real Estate Operations, Naval Facilities

Engineering Command, 200 Stovall

Street, Alexandria, VA 22332–2300,

telephone (703) 325–0474, or Marian E.

Digiamarino, Special Assistant for Real

Estate, Base Closure Team, Northern

Division, Naval Facilities Engineering

Command, Lester, PA 19113–2090,

telephone (610) 595–0762. For more

detailed information regarding

particular properties identified in this

Notice (i.e. acreage, floorplan, sanitary

facilities, exact street address, etc.),

contact Ron Kohri, Activity Manager,

Base Closure Team, Northern Division,

Naval Facilities Engineering Command,

Lester, PA 19113–2090, telephone (610)

595–0519.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 1993,

the Naval Reserve Center, Perth Amboy,

New Jersey, was designated for closure

pursuant to the Defense Base Closure

and Realignment Act of 1990, Public

Law 101–510, as amended. Pursuant to

this designation, the land and facilities

at this installation are declared surplus

to the federal government and available

for use by (a) non-Federal public

agencies pursuant to various statutes

which authorize conveyance of property

for public projects, and (b) homeless

provider groups.

Election to Proceed Under New

Statutory Procedures

Subsequently, the Base Closure

Community Redevelopment and

Homeless Assistance Act of 1994 (Pub.

L. 103–421) was signed into law.

Section 2 of this statute gives the

redevelopment authority at base closure

sites the option of proceeding under

new procedures with regard to the

manner in which the redevelopment

plan for the base is formulated and how

requests are made for future use of the

property by homeless assistance

providers. On December 23, 1994, the

Governor of New Jersey submitted a

timely request to proceed under the new

procedures. Accordingly, this notice

fulfills the Federal Register publication

requirement of Section 2(e)(3) of the

Base Closure Community

Redevelopment and Homeless

Assistance Act of 1994.

Also, pursuant to Section

2905(b)(7)(B) of the Defense Base

Closure and Realignment Act of 1990, as

amended by the Base Closure

Community Redevelopment and

Homeless Assistance Act of 1994, the

following information regarding the

redevelopment authority for and surplus

property at the Naval Reserve Center,

Perth Amboy, NJ is published in the

Federal Register.

Redevelopment Authority

The redevelopment authority for the

Naval Reserve Center, Perth Amboy,

New Jersey, for purposes of

implementing the provisions of the

Defense Base Closure and Realignment

Act of 1990, as amended, is the City of

Perth Amboy, acting by and through its

Mayor, Joseph Vas. For further

information contact the Office of the

Mayor, City of Perth Amboy, City Hall,

Perth Amboy, New Jersey 08861,

telephone number is (908) 826–0290.
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Surplus Property Descriptions

The following is a listing of the land

and facilities at the Naval Reserve

Center, Perth Amboy that are surplus to

the federal government.

Land

Approximately 2.43 acres of improved

and unimproved fee simple land and

approximately 0.05 acre in easements at

the U.S. Naval Reserve Center, in the

City of Perth Amboy, Middlesex County,

New Jersey. In general, all areas are

presently available. The station closed

on July 1, 1994.

Buildings

The following is a summary of the

facilities located on the above described

land which are presently available.

Property numbers are available on

request.

—Administrative/training facilities; (1

structure); Comments: Approx. 29,400

square feet.

—Garage facilities (1 structure);

Comments: Approx. 667 square feet.

—Paved areas; Comments: Approx.

3,060 square yards. Parking area,

roads and sidewalks.

—General purpose/berthing wharf (1

structure); Comments: Approx. 3,582

square feet.

—Utility facilities; Comments:

Measuring systems vary. Sanitary

sewer, water distribution line,

(potable), electrical distribution line

and storm sewer

Expressions of Interest

Pursuant to Section 2905(b)(7)(C) of

the Defense Base Closure and

Realignment Act of 1990, as amended

by the Base Closure Community

Redevelopment and Homeless

Assistance Act of 1994, State and local

governments, representatives of the

homeless, and other interested parties

located in the vicinity of the Naval

Reserve Center, Perth Amboy, shall

submit to said redevelopment authority

(City of Perth Amboy) a notice of

interest, of such governments,

representatives and parties in the above

described surplus property, or any

portion thereof. A notice of interest

shall describe the need of the

government, representative, or party

concerned for the desired surplus

property. Pursuant to Section 2905(b)(7)

(C) and (D), the redevelopment authority

shall assist interested parties in

evaluating the surplus property for the

intended use and publish in a

newspaper of general circulation in

Perth Amboy, New Jersey the date by

which expressions of interest must be

submitted.

Dated: February 5, 1997.

D.E. Koenig, Jr.,

LCDR, JAGC, USNR, Federal Register Liaison

Officer.

[FR Doc. 97–3344 Filed 2–10–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3810–FF–P

Notice of Announcement of Public

Hearing and Notice of Availability of

the Draft Environmental Impact

Statement (DEIS) for Military Training

in the Marianas, Territory of Guam and

Commonwealth of the Northern

Mariana Islands

SUMMARY: The U.S. Pacific Command

(USCINCPAC) is announcing the public

hearing and availability of the above

referenced DEIS. The DEIS has been

distributed to various federal, territorial,

and commonwealth agencies, elected

officials, individuals and organizations

in the community, public libraries, and

the media. A limited number of single

copies is available at the address listed

at the end of this notice.

The DEIS evaluates alternatives for

training by Navy, Army, Air Force,

Marine Corps, National Guard, and

Army Reserve forces on Guam, Rota,

Tinian, and Farallon de Medinilla. The

DEIS describes a large number of

training activities already occurring on

these islands and a small number of

newly proposed activities or newly

proposed locations for training. The

three alternatives are: (1) No Action,

consisting of all ongoing training

activities and all locations in which

such training have occurred; (2)

Augmented Set of Training Activities,

consisting of all requested new training

activities and locations, in addition to

ongoing activities; and (3) Mitigated Set

of Training Activities (the preferred

alternative), which consists of ongoing

and new training activities modified to

avoid significant impacts on the

environment. Therefore, no significant

impacts are expected to result from the

preferred alternative.

Introduction of forces existing and

proposed training include: aircraft

landing at airfields, paradrops of

personnel and cargo, helicopter

insertion/extraction, and amphibious

assaults. Combat training include: Field

maneuvers (tactical operations,

command post exercises, road and

cross-country movement, seizing an

airfield, military working dogs), aviation

support to ground troops (close air

support, field carrier landing practice,

confined area landings, cargo delivery,

heliborne water buckets for fire-fighting,

medical evacuations, search and rescue,

night vision goggle training, and various

types of parachute operation), and

ordnance training at specific locations

(air-to-surface gunnery, naval gunnery,

live fire at firing ranges and shooting

houses, demolition training at

established demolition pits and

underwater, and pyrotechnics used

during field maneuvers). Combat service

support training includes: bivouacs and

associated support functions,

construction battalion exercises, and

logistics support (shipping, staging,

inspecting, and maintaining equipment

and cargo), forward area refueling).

The proposed action includes:

Construction of several facilities (a

sniper range and breaching house in the

NAVACTS Ordnance Annex; extension

of an existing firing range at NAVACTS

Waterfront Annex; a small base support

camp, firing range, mortar range, and

breaching house on Tinian; and

installation of various targets on FDM).

The training areas on Guam are

military sites (Andersen Air Force Base,

NAVACTS Guam Waterfront Annex and

Ordnance Annex, Naval Computer and

Telecommunications Area Master

Station Finegayan and Barrigada), the

Ylig and Talofofo Rivers, and a nonmilitary paradrop zone in Dandan.

Training areas on Rota consist of the

airport, a small area within West

Harbor, and a land area at the high

school. Training on Tinian occurs

within the Military Lease Area, with

limited activities in San Jose Harbor.

The entire island of Farallon de

Medinilla is used as a live fire range.

The public hearings will be

conducted by the Navy on behalf of the

U.S. Pacific Command. Government

agencies and interested parties are

invited and urged to be present or

represented at the hearings. Oral

statements will be heard and transcribed

by a stenographer. To assure accuracy of

the record, statements may also be

submitted in writing. Both oral and

written statements will become part of

the public record on this study, with

equal weight given to each.

In the interest of available time,

speakers will be asked to limit their

comments to five minutes. If longer

statements are to be presented, they

should be summarized at the public

hearing and submitted in writing either

at the hearing or mailed to the address

listed at the end of this announcement.

All written statements must be

postmarked by April 1, 1997 to be

incorporated in the official record.

DATES: Public hearings to inform the

public of the DEIS findings and to

solicit comments will be held at the

following times and locations in the

northern Mariana islands and Guam: