[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 31 (Friday, February 14, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6954-6955]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-3773]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Army


Supplemental Environmental Assessment and Finding of No 
Significant Impact for the Realignment of Depot Maintenance Workload 
(Except Bradley Fighting Vehicle Series and Multiple Launch Rocket 
Systems) From Red River Army Depot, Texarkana, Texas; the Associated 
Combat Vehicle Support Mission From Defense Distribution Depot Red 
River, Texarkana, TX; and the Relocation of the AGT 1500 Engine 
Recuperator Manufacturing Process From Stratford Army Engine Plant, 
Stratford, CT, to Anniston Army Depot, Anniston, AL

AGENCY: Department of the Army, DoD.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with Public Law 101-510 (as amended), the 
Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990, the Defense Base 
Closure and Realignment Commission recommended the realignment of Red 
River Army Depot (RRAD) and the closure of the Stratford Army Engine 
Plant (SAEP).
    The RRAD realignment recommendation included the movement of all 
maintenance missions, except for that related to the Bradley Fighting 
Vehicle Series (BFVS), to other depot maintenance activities, including 
the private sector. The Secretary of the Army made the decision that 
all maintenance missions, except BFVS and Multiple Launch Rocket 
Systems (MLRS), would be relocated to Anniston Army Depot (ANAD), 
Anniston, AL. The Army also proposed the relocation of the associated 
non-BFVS/MLRS maintenance mission support from Defense Distribution 
Depot Red River, Texas (DDRT), to Defense Distribution Depot Anniston, 
Alabama (DDAA).
    The relocation of the AGT 1500 engine recuperator manufacturing 
process from SAEP to ANAD was not directed by the Commission, but a 
decision by the Department of the Army to retain the capability to 
rebuild and repair tank engines to meet projected operation and 
mobilization requirements.
    This Environmental Assessment (EA) supplements one completed for 
Anniston in June 1996 pursuant to a Commission directed maintenance 
mission transfer from Letterkenny Army Depot, Letterkenny, Pennsylvania 
to ANAD. The three relocations addressed in this Supplemental EA 
resulted from discretionary decisions, based on Commission 
recommendations, made after the completion of the June 1996 EA.
    The relocations from RRAD and DDRT does not involve the transfer of 
any military or civilian personnel. The relocation of the AGT 1500 
engine recuperator manufacturing process from Stratford, CT, involves 
transfer of 7 civilian contractor jobs with an anticipated growth of 33 
more civilian contractor positions from the Anniston area. Adequate 
facilities and outdoor space for parking of combat vehicles exist at 
ANAD to accommodate the relocations from RRAD and DDRT. However, the 
AGT 1500 engine recuperator workload requires renovation of 30,000 
square feet of Building 134, an underutilized warehouse facility.
    Potential effects on the physical, natural, and cultural 
environment from the proposed relocations and renovation of Building 
134 would be temporary and not significant and would be mitigated 
through the use of best management practices.
    Based on the analysis of the environmental effects of the proposed 
relocations found in the EA, it has been determined that the 
implementation of these relocations to ANAD and DDAA would have no 
significant impacts on the quality of the natural or human environment. 
Because no significant environmental impacts would result from 
implementation of the proposed action, an Environmental Impact 
Statement is not required. Implementation of the proposed action will 
result in a Finding of No Significant Impact (FNSI).

DATES: Inquiries will be accepted on or before March 17, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the Supplemental EA and FNSI can be obtained by 
contacting Dr. Neil Robison at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile 
District, ATTN: CESAM-PD-E, P.O. Box

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2288, Mobile, Alabama 36628-0001 or by telephone at (334) 690-3018.

    Dated: February 11, 1997.
Raymond J. Fatz,
Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army (Environment, Safety and 
Occupational Health) OASA (I, L&E).
[FR Doc. 97-3773 Filed 2-13-97; 8:45 am]
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