[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 244 (Wednesday, December 20, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 65639]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-30820]



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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Army


Notice of Availability

AGENCY: Department of the Army, DOD.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: This announces the Notice of Availability of the Revised Draft 
Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) on the construction and operation 
of the proposed chemical agent demilitarization facility at the 
Umatilla Depot Activity, Oregon. The proposed facility will be used to 
demilitarize all stockpiled chemical agents and munitions currently 
stored at the Umatilla Depot Activity. The revised DEIS examines the 
potential impacts of on-site incineration, alternative sites within 
Umatilla Depot Activity and the ``no action'' alternative. The ``no 
action'' alternative is considered to be a deferral of demilitarization 
with continued storage of agents and munitions at the Umatilla Depot 
Activity.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In its Record of Decision (53 FR 5816, 
February 26, 1988) for the Final Programmatic Environmental Impact 
Statement on the Chemical Stockpile Disposal Program (CSDP), the 
Department of the Army selected on-site disposal by incineration at all 
eight chemical munition storage sites within the continental United 
States as the method by which it will destroy its lethal chemical 
stockpile. on February 6, 1989, the Department of the Army published a 
Notice of Intent (54 FR 5646) which announced that, pursuant to the 
National Environmental Policy Act and implementing regulations, it 
would prepare a draft site-specific EIS for the Umatilla chemical 
munitions disposal facility. The Department of the Army prepared a 
Draft EIS to assess the site-specific health and environmental impacts 
of on-site incineration of chemical agents and munitions stored at the 
Umatilla Depot Activity. A Notice of Availability was published on 
October 23, 1991 (56 FR 54841) which provided notice that the Draft EIS 
was available for public comment. In late 1991, preparation of draft 
and final EIS's was halted pending the outcome of a National Research 
Council (NRC) study of alternative technologies for the destruction of 
chemical agents and munitions and the Army's review of that study. The 
alternative technology studies by both the NRC and the Army have been 
completed and preparation of EIS's has been restarted. Comments from 
the initial DEIS were included in this revised draft document.
    Comments on this revised DEIS will be considered in the Final EIS 
and should be provided in writing by February 16, 1996, to the 
following address: Program Manager for Chemical Demilitarization, ATTN: 
SFAE-CD-ME, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland 21010-5401. Copies may be 
obtained by writing to the above address.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will 
also publish a Notice of Availability for the revised DEIS in the 
Federal Register.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Above address, or Ms. Suzanne Fournier 
at (410) 671-1093.
Raymond J. Fatz,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army, (Environment, Safety and 
Occupational Health), OASA (I, L&E).
[FR Doc. 95-30820 Filed 12-19-95; 8:45 am]
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