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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.

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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:
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• Monday, March 3, 1997, 2:00 PM &

7:00 PM at Community Roundhouse,

Rota.

• Tuesday, March 4, 1997, 2:00 PM &

7:00 PM at KBC Bldg., 2nd Floor,

Conference Room, Tinian.

• Wednesday, March 5, 1997, 2:00

PM & 7:00 PM at Garapan Central Park

Roundhouse, Saipan.

• Thursday, March 6, 1997, 2:00 PM

& 7:00 PM at 155 Hesler Street., Public

Hearing Room, Agana, Guam.

ADDRESSES: Request for single copies of

the DEIS and submittal of written

comments for inclusion into the official

record should be forwarded to Mr. Fred

Minato (Code 231FM), Pacific Division,

Naval Facilities Engineering Command,

Pearl Harbor, Hawaii 96860–7300.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.

Fred Minato (Code 231FM), by voice

telephone (808) 471–9338 or facsimile

transmission (808) 474–5909.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant

to Section 102(2)(c) of the National

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of

1969, as implemented by the Council on

Environmental Quality regulations (40

CFR Parts 1500–1508), the U.S. Pacific

Command has prepared and filed with

the U.S. Environmental Protection

Agency the above referenced DEIS.

Dated: February 5, 1997.

D. E. Koenig, Jr.,

LCDR, JAGC, USN, Federal Register Liaison

Officer.

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Notice of Public Meeting for Submarine

Solid Waste Management Related to

Compliance With the Special Area

Requirements of Regulations 5 of

Annex V to the MARPOL Convention

Pursuant to the National Defense

Authorization Act of 1994

SUMMARY: The Department of the Navy

is announcing the preparation of a plan

for the compliance of all submersibles

owned or operated by the Navy with the

requirements of Regulation 5 of Annex

V to the MARPOL Convention. The

National Defense Authorization Act for

Fiscal Year 1994 (DAA 94) directed the

Navy to allow the public to participate

in preparing the plan and to review and

comment on the plan before it is

submitted. In order to obtain and

consider public comments in the

development of the Navy’s plan for

compliance with the DAA 94

requirements, the Navy will host public

meeting.

DATES: The meeting will take place on

March 11, 1997, at 7:00 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in

the Crystal Gateway Marriott, 1700

Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington,

Virginia 22202.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

For further information on the public

meeting or to submit comments, contact

Mr. David Cartwright NAVSEA 92TE,

Assistant for Submarine Environmental

and Occupational Safety Affairs,

Department of the Navy, Naval Sea

Systems Command, 2531 Jefferson Davis

Highway, Arlington, VA 22242–5160

[(703) 602–8096 (Ext. 475)]. The meeting

will be conducted in English and will

include oral presentations and visual

displays. The meeting will be recorded

by a court recorder. Members of the

public who need additional assistance

to participate should contact Mr.

Cartwright as soon as possible to make

arrangements.

Written comments related to the

public meeting will be considered in the

Submarine addendum to the Report to

Congress if received by Mr. Cartwright

no later than March 25, 1997. Oral or

written comments will also be

considered if presented at the public

meeting to be held on March 11, 1997.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section

1003 of the National Defense

Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1994

Public Law 103–160, 107 Stat. 1745

(DAA–94), requires a Report to Congress

on a plan for compliance with special

area provisions of Regulation 5 of

Annex V to the Convention. The Navy

submitted a Report to Congress on U.S.

Navy Ship Solid Waste Management

Plan for MARPOL Annex V Special

Areas in November 1996. In preparation

for that Report to Congress, the Navy

solicited public comments beginning

with the meeting announcement in the

Federal Register of July 21, 1994 (59 FR

37223). In addition, the final

Environmental Impact Statement on

Disposal of U.S. Navy Shipboard Solid

Waste was released in August 1996.

The Report to Congress of November

1996 stated that the Navy was

evaluating several options for

submarines, and upon completion of the

efforts would determine the most

appropriate solid waste management

strategy. Thus, a Submarine Addendum

to the Report to Congress on U.S. Navy

Ship Solid Waste Management Plan for

MARPOL Annex V Special Areas is

being prepared to address the U.S. Navy

Submarine Solid Waste Management

Plan. Public comments directed

specifically toward the development of

a submarine solid waste management

plan are requested.

Submarines are designed to operate

undetected beneath the water surface for

extended periods. They have very

limited storage space and distinctive

requirements for weight, acoustical

control, and atmosphere criteria.

Historically, waste source reduction

efforts have been employed to minimize

the amount of plastic material and

cardboard brought on board. Most

plastic material, cardboard, and paper

that is used for wrapping and protecting

supplies is removed and retained at

dockside prior to loading supplies on a

submarine. Plastic disposable items are

being replaced with non-plastic items

where possible. Additional initiatives

being undertaken include the

investigation of reusable meat

containers, the review of procurement

databases to identify items for improved

packaging, development of a computer

program identifying alternatives to

aluminum and other metal cans, and the

development of guidelines for supply

personnel stressing pollution prevention

awareness.

The particular solid waste challenges

unique to submarines are being

addressed in three principal studies: (1)

The impact and fate and effect in the

marine environment of discharging

compacted, negatively buoyant nonplastic solid waste; (2) the impact on

submarine operations and crew quality

of life of storing solid waste on board;

and (3) the use of a pulper for pulping

paper and cardboard and a shredder for

shredding metal cans and glass.

In addition to the above studies, an

Environmental Assessment, pursuant to

the National Environmental Policy Act

and Executive Order 12114, is being

developed to assess the environmental

impacts of alternatives for the

management of solid wastes.

As indicated above, comments are

welcome at the public meeting and will

be considered in the preparation of a

draft Addendum Report if received not

later than March 25, 1997. The draft

Addendum Report, which will

document the Navy’s solid waste

management plan for submarines, will

be available for public comment in

about three months. The Navy plans to

finalize the Addendum Report and

submit it to Congress by September,

1997.

Dated: February 6, 1997.

D.E. Koenig,

LCDR, JAGC, USN, Federal Register Liaison

Officer.

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