28374 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 99 / Friday, May 22, 1998 / Notices

Barbara A. Carmichael,

Alternate Air Force Federal Register Liaison

Officer.

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Air Force

The Community College of the Air

Force (CCAF) Board of Visitors

Meeting

The Community College of the Air

Force (CCAF) Board of Visitors will

hold a meeting on June 4, 1998 at 8:00

a.m. on the First Floor Conference

Room, 363 Training Squadron, Bldg.

1025, Missile Road, Sheppard Air Force

Base, Texas. The meeting will be open

to the public.

The purpose of the meeting is to

review and discuss academic policies

and issues relative to the operation of

the CCAF. Agenda items include a

review of the operations of the CCAF

and an update on the activities of the

CCAF Policy Council.

Members of the public who wish to

make oral or written statements at the

meeting should contact 1st Lt Cornel

Taite, Designated Federal Officer for the

Board, at the address below no later

than 4:00 p.m. on May 25,1998. Please

mail or electronically mail all requests.

Telephone requests will not be honored.

The request should identify the name of

the individual who will make the

presentation and an outline of the issues

to be addressed. At least 35 copies of the

presentation materials must be given to

1st Lt Cornel Taite no later than three

days prior to the time of the board

meeting for distribution. Visual aids

must be submitted to 1st Lt Cornel Taite

on a 3 1⁄2’’ computer disc in Microsoft

PowerPoint format no later than 4:00

p.m. on May 25, 1998 to allow sufficient

time for virus scanning and formatting

of the slides.

For further information, contact

Lieutenant Cornel Taite, (334) 953–

7322, Community College of the Air

Force, 130 West Maxwell Boulevard,

Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama,

36112–6613, or through electronic mail

at cotaite@max1.au.af.mil.

Barbara A. Carmichael,

Alternate Air Force Federal Register Liaison

Officer.

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army

Environmental Assessment and

Finding of no Significant Impact for the

Realignment of Missions and

Personnel at Fort Meade, Maryland

AGENCY: Department of the Army, DoD.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

SUMMARY: In accordance with Public

Law 101–510, the Defense Base Closure

and Realignment Act of 1990, the

Defense Base Closure and Realignment

Commission recommended relocating

the Defense Investigative Service (DIS)

from Fort Holabird, Maryland, to a new

facility to be built on Fort Meade,

Maryland, and closing the leased space

at Crown Ridge in Fairfax County,

Virginia, and relocating the Information

Systems Software Center (ISSC) to Fort

Meade. ISSC has two component

elements, the Software Development

Center-Washington (SDC–W) and the

Executive Software Systems Directorate

(ESSD). The Commission also

recommended realigning Fort Meade by

eliminating inpatient services at

Kimbrough Army Community Hospital

(KACH) and reducing the facility to a

clinic and outpatient surgical center.

An Environmental Assessment (EA)

examined the proposed transfer of

personnel and missions to 445 civilian

and 67 military positions and Form 71

civilian and 57 military positions at Fort

Meade, Maryland. Plans for relocation

include construction of a new facility

for the DIS in the Central

Administrative Area and renovation of a

portion of Pershing Hall to house the

ISSC elements of SDC–W and ESSD.

This allows for construction of DIS in a

developed area and collocates the two

ISSC functions in the same building,

enhancing mission effectiveness.

No significant adverse impacts are

anticipated from any of the alternatives

analyzed in the EA. All of the

alternatives, including the Army’s

preferred alternative, could result in

some minor adverse impacts that can be

avoided or minimized. Minor adverse

impacts may occur in the areas of noise,

stormwater, soil, traffic and

transportation, and asbestos and leadbased paint management. Noise will be

minimized by limiting construction

hours. Stormwater and soil erosion

control plans will minimize impacts to

water resources. Asbestos and leadbased paint, if encountered during

renovation, will be removed,

encapsulated, or disposed of in

accordance with all applicable laws.

Additionally, the Fort Meade

Transportation Master Plan will reduce

impacts on traffic. Unsuitable soil,

wetlands and cultural resources are

present only on the DIS Alternative B

site and would be avoided if that site

were selected. Section 106 consultation

with the Maryland State Historic

Preservation Office has been completed

for the preferred alternative sites.

Therefore, based on the analysis

found in EA, which was incorporated

into the Finding of No Significant

Impact (FNSI), it has been determined

that implementation of the proposed

action will not have significant

individual or cumulative impacts on the

quality of the natural or the human

environment. Because no significant

environmental impacts will result from

implementation of the proposed action,

an Environmental Impact Statement is

not required and will not be prepared.

DATES: Public comments must be

submitted on or before June 22, 1998.

The Army will not initiate the proposed

action for 30 days following completion

of the EA and publication of this Notice

of Availability.

ADDRESSES: Individuals wishing to

review the EA may obtain a copy and

may provide comments during this 30-

day period by writing to the U.S. Army

Corps of Engineers, ATTN: Ms. Maria de

la Torre (CENAB–PL–E), P.O. Box 1715,

Baltimore, Maryland 21203–1715 or by

sending a telefax to (410) 962–4698.

Individuals wishing to review the EA

may examine a copy at the following

locations: Fort George G. Meade Library,

Building 4418, Fort Meade, Maryland;

and the Provinces Library, 2624

Annapolis Road, Severn, Maryland.

Dated: May 14, 1998.

Raymond J. Fatz,

Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army,

(Environment, Safety and Occupational

Health) OASA (I,L&E).

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army

Release of the Notice of Availability on

the Final Environmental Impact

Statement (Final EIS) on the Disposal

and Reuse of Fort Ritchie, Maryland

AGENCY: Department of the Army, DoD.

ACTION: Notice of Availability.

SUMMARY: The proposed action

evaluated by this Final EIS is the

disposal of Fort Ritchie, Maryland, in

accordance with the Defense Base

Closure and Realignment Act of 1990,

Public Law 101–510.