Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 104 / Wednesday, May 31, 1995 / Notices 28393

Intent To Prepare a Draft

Environmental Impact Statement to

Evaluate a Permit Application for a

Confined Dredged Material Disposal

Facility in Newark Bay, New Jersey

AGENCY: U.S. Army Corps of

Engineers—New York District,

Department of the Army, Department of

Defense.

ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare a

draft environmental impact statement.

SUMMARY: The construction of a

Confined Dredged Material Disposal

Facility in navigable waters of the

United States requires a Department of

the Army Permit pursuant to Section 10

of the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899

(33 U.S.C. 403) and Section 404 of the

Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. 1344). The

EIS process will assist the U.S. Army

Corps of Engineers’ (USACE) in

determining whether to issue a permit

for the project under these authorities.

This action is taking place in

accordance with the USACE procedures

for implementing the National

Environmental Policy Act (33 CFR Part

325).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Mr. Joseph J. Seebode, Chief, Regulatory

Branch New York District Corps of

Engineers, 26 Federal Plaza, Room 1937,

New York, New York 10278–0090,

telephone (212) 264–3996.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

1. Projected Description

The proposed Newark Bay Confined

Disposal Facility (CDF) would provide

an alternate regional disposal site for

contaminated dredged material that is

unsuitable for ocean disposal, or that

requires special management

procedures at the federally designated

Mud Dump Site located six miles off the

coast of Sandy Hook, New Jersey. The

CDF would be constructed by

excavating two large subaqueous pits, to

a maximum depth of approximately 90

feet below the plane of Mean Low

Water, by clamshell bucket dredge. The

two pits would occupy a surface area of

approximately 160 acres and have a

total volume capacity of approximately

14 million cubic yards. The larger of the

two pits would measure approximately

100 acres in size and have a capacity of

approximately 9.3 million cubic yards,

while a second, smaller pit would have

a surface area of approximately 60 acres

and a capacity of 4.7 million cubic

yards.

2. Reasonable Alternatives

In addition to the no action

alternative, reasonable alternatives to be

considered include the following:

a. Alternative pit location

b. Alternative methods of filling pit(s):

(1) Fill completely

(2) Partially fill so that some

depression remains

(3) Capping alternative (sand vs. mud

vs. no cap)

c. Alternative methods of dredged

material disposal:

(1) Ocean disposal

(2) Containment islands and areas

(land extension)

(3) Upland disposal

(4) Sanitary landfill cover

(5) Wetlands Creation

3. EIS Scoping

As part of the EIS scoping process,

comments on the proposed scope of the

EIS will be accepted until 45 days after

the publication of this NOI in the

Federal Register; all comments should

be addressed to the contact person

indicated above. In addition to receiving

written comments, the USACE will

receive oral comments during a public

scoping meeting scheduled for the latter

part of the scoping period. Formal

notice of this meeting will be made

through mailings and/or legal notices in

local newspapers.

4. Public Participation in the EIS

Process

The EIS process will provide

opportunities for full participation by

interested federal, state, and local

agencies, as well as other interested

organizations and the general public.

These opportunities will include

periodic public meetings and agency

availability sessions. All interested

parties are encouraged to submit their

names and addresses to the contact

person indicated above for inclusion on

the distribution list for the draft and

final EIS and any related public notices.

5. Federal Agency Participation in the

EIS Process

Federal agencies with an interest in

this EIS effort are requested to

participate as cooperating agencies

pursuant to 40 CFR Part 1501.6. All

interested federal agencies are requested

to submit a letter of intent to Colonel

Thomas A. York, Corps of Engineers

District Engineer.

Gregory D. Showalter,

Army Federal Register Liaison Officer.

[FR Doc. 95–13198 Filed 5–30–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3710–06–M

Department of the Navy

Notice of Public Hearing for the Draft

Environmental Impact Statement for

the Disposal and Reuse of the Naval

Training Center (NTC), Orlando, FL

Pursuant to Council on

Environmental Quality Regulations (40

CFR parts 1500–1508) implementing

procedural provisions of the National

Environmental Policy Act, the

Department of the Navy has prepared

and filed with the U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency the Draft

Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS)

for the Proposed Disposal and Reuse of

the NTC Orlando, Florida.

In response to the recommendations

of the 1993 Department of Defense Base

Realignment and Closure Commission

(BRAC–93) and to legislative

requirements of the 1990 Base

Realignment and Closure Act (Public

Law 101–510), the Naval Training

Center (NTC), Orlando, Florida, is to be

closed and the property to be made

available for disposal and reuse. The

Navy has prepared a DEIS which

addresses the environmental impacts of

disposing NTC Orlando and of its

potential reuse. The purpose of the DEIS

is to assist the Secretary of the Navy in

making a decision concerning the

disposition of NTC property. It is the

Navy’s policy to adopt the community’s

redevelopment plan as its preferred

alternative. The preferred alternative

presented in the DEIS is the NTC Reuse

Plan approved by the City of Orlando.

The preferred alternative for the Main

Base is a combination of land uses,

featuring a Village Center, which would

provide pedestrian-oriented retail,

office, and residential uses. The Village

Center would be surrounded by offices,

a business park, education, recreation,

and open space. The primary use of

McCoy Annex would be warehouse/

distribution and residential. Open space

uses would include retention of the

nine-hole golf course and other nondeveloped areas. Area C would be used

for warehouse and industrial, and the

Herndon Annex would be developed as

a distribution facility associated with

the Orlando Executive Airport. The

preferred alternative would generate

more than 15,500 jobs at full buildout in

2015, and increase traffic in the area

substantially.

The DEIS has been distributed to

various federal, state, and local

agencies, elected officials, special

interest groups, and the media. A

limited number of single copies are

available at the address listed at the end

of this notice.