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L. 103–421) was signed into law.

Section 2 of this statute gives the

redevelopment authority at base closure

sites the option of proceeding under

new procedures with regard to the

manner in which the redevelopment

plan for the base is formulated and how

requests are made for future use of the

property by homeless assistance

providers and non-federal public

agencies. On December 21, 1994, the

City of Staunton, VA, submitted a

timely request to proceed under the new

procedures. Accordingly, this notice of

information regarding the

redevelopment authority fulfills the

Federal Register publication

requirement of section 2(e)(3) of the

Base Closure Community

Redevelopment and Homeless

Assistance Act of 1994.

Also, pursuant to paragraph (7)(B) of

section 2905(b) of the Defense Base

Closure and Realignment Act of 1990, as

amended by the Base Closure

Community Redevelopment and

Homeless Assistance Act of 1994, the

following information regarding the

surplus property at the Naval Reserve

Center, Staunton, VA, is published in

the Federal Register.

Redevelopment Authority

The redevelopment authority for the

Naval Reserve Center, Staunton, VA, for

purposes of implementing the

provisions of the Defense Base Closure

and Realignment Act of 1990, as

amended, is the City of Staunton, VA.

Day-to-day operations of the City of

Staunton, VA redevelopment authority

are handled by a professional staff. For

further information contact Ms. Sharon

Angle, Director of Planning, Department

of Planning, City of Staunton, P.O. Box

58, Staunton, VA 24402, telephone (703)

332–3862 and facsimile (703) 332–3807.

Surplus Property Descriptions

The following is a listing of the land

and facilities at the Naval Reserve

Center, Staunton, VA, that were

declared surplus to the federal

government on September 1, 1994.

Land

Approximately 0.57 acres of improved

fee simple land on the corner of Liberty

Street and Nelson Street known as the

Naval Reserve Center Staunton, City of

Staunton, VA. One building and parking

for 39 vehicles are located on the land.

Building

The following details the facility

located on the above described land.

The facility operationally closed on June

30, 1994. The property number is

available on request.

—Administration/training building.

Comments: The building is a former

church which consists of a 9,306

square foot main building and 5,154

square foot attached addition for a

total size of 14,460 square feet. The

main building has two stories with a

basement and the addition is two

story.

Expressions of Interest

Pursuant to paragraph 7(C) of section

2905(b) 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, Staunton, shall submit

to the redevelopment authority (City of

Staunton) 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 paragraphs 7 (C)

and (D) of section 2905(b), 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 Staunton, VA, the date by

which expressions of interest must be

submitted. Under section 2(e)(6) of the

Base Closure Community

Redevelopment and Homeless

Assistance Act of 1994, the deadline for

submissions of expressions of interest

may not be less than one (1) month nor

more than six (6) months from the date

the City of Staunton Redevelopment

Authority elected to proceed under the

new statute, i.e., December 21, 1994.

Dated: March 28, 1995.

M.D. Schetzsle,

LT, JAGC, USNR, Alternate Federal Register

Liaison Officer.

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Record of Decision to Dispose Solid

Waste Generated at Marine Corps

Base, Camp Lejeune, NC

Pursuant to section 102(c) of the

National Environmental Policy Act

(NEPA) of 1969, and the Council of

Environmental Quality Regulations (40

CFR parts 1500–1508), the Department

of the Navy announces its decision to

dispose non-hazardous solid waste

generated at Marine Corps Base (MCB),

Camp Lejeune, North Carolina at an onbase facility that will comply with state

and Federal Resource Conservation

Recovery Act (RCRA) Subtitle D

regulations on solid waste disposal. The

new facility will be a multi-celled,

double lined landfill with leachate

collection. The location of the facility

will be a 170 acre site located at MCB

Camp Lejeune along the east side of

Piney Green Road. The paving of Piney

Green Road and the construction of an

entrance road, operations building with

scales, and waste transport truck steam

wash building will provide the

necessary support facilities for the

landfill. A Material Recovery Facility to

process and house recyclable solid

waste, a smaller separate landfill for

disposal of non-hazardous construction

and demolition debris, and a

composting facility for the processing of

yard waste will also be constructed and

operated as funding becomes available.

The landfill will be constructed and

operated one cell at a time in order to

minimize operational costs and

maximize the ability to adjust landfill

operations to changes in regulatory

requirements. The landfill site will

accommodate multiple cells based on

projected cell size and regulatory

requirements.

Alternatives evaluated during the

solid waste disposal study process

included no action; construction and

operation of an on-base incinerator,

construction and operation of an onbase energy plant; and hauling solid

waste off-base for disposal in municipal

or private facilities. Eleven on-base sites

were evaluated for the placement of the

on-base alternatives.

The no action alternative was rejected

early in the study process due to the

increased potential for adverse

environmental impacts from the

continued use of an unlined landfill and

the violation of state and Federal laws

associated with disposal of solid waste.

The on-base incinerator and waste to

energy plant had the highest capital

costs of the alternatives studied. Except

for air quality and ash disposal,

environmental impacts would be minor

for these alternatives. Both air quality

and ash disposal would increase

operating cost of these alternatives.

With the continuing efforts of MCB

Camp Lejeune to reduce and recycle its

waste stream, the cost per ton to operate

these plants would continue to increase.

The prospect of increasing annual

operating costs, reduced waste stream,

and the need for a hazardous waste

landfill for ash disposal significantly

reduced the viability of these

alternatives and weighed heavily in the

elimination of these alternatives from

further consideration.
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Off-base alternatives, such as private

waste disposal facilities and municipal

landfills, were rejected due to the long

hauling distances involved, or because

operators could not commit to accepting

MCB Camp Lejeune solid waste for a

sufficient period.

Sites for on-base landfill and

associated construction were evaluated

against engineering and environmental

criteria for suitability. The Piney Green

Road site was chosen as the preferred

site due to ease of construction,

isolation from population centers, and

minimization of adverse environmental

impacts.

The operation of the landfill and

construction and demolition debris

waste landfill at the Piney Green Road

site will provide MCB Camp Lejeune

with a system for non-hazardous solid

waste disposal. As regulatory

requirements demand more reduction

and recycling of solid waste products,

the life of this site will increase because

less material will be placed in the

landfill. The extension of the life of the

landfill cannot be calculated at this time

since changes in laws and regulations

regarding solid waste are not known at

this time. MCB Camp Lejeune currently

has a program in place for source

reduction of waste and recycling of

waste materials. The recycling of waste

materials could include the composting

of wastewater sludge along with yard

waste, wood waste, and other solid

waste materials.

This action will have no impact on

ambient air quality or noise levels. No

cultural resources listed, or determined

eligible for listing, on the National

Register of Historic Places will be

impacted by any facility constructed for

this project. No impacts to state or

Federally listed endangered or

threatened plant or animal species are

expected from construction and

operation of the landfill.

Specific measures will be used to

control soil movement from

construction and operation activities.

These measures will include fabric silt

fencing, pervious barriers in drainage

ways to reduce runoff velocities and

retain sediments on site, and the

seeding of open areas when

construction activities have ceased at

that location.

The terrestrial habitat displaced by

these facilities is currently used in part

for training. No significant adverse

effects to environmentally important

habitats will occur. These effects have

been minimized by the siting decision

made during site evaluation and various

studies.

About two acres of wetlands are

located on the 170 acre site, any impact

to these wetlands will not occur until

the need arises to open future cells of

the landfill. Proper permits will be

obtained and mitigation, as required,

will be performed prior to disturbing

these wetlands.

The proposed action has been

evaluated with the respect to

environmental and social impacts, as

well as access to public information and

an opportunity for public participation

in the NEPA process as required by

Executive Order 12989, ‘‘Federal

Actions to Address Environmental

Justice in Minority Populations and

Low-Income Populations.’’ The landfill

is consistent with the goals and

provisions of the Executive Order.

A Coastal Consistency Determination

was prepared for this action and

concluded that the action is being

conducted in a manner consistent with

the enforceable policies of the North

Carolina Coastal Zone Management

Plan. The North Carolina Division of

Coastal Management concurs with this

determination.

Preparation of the Environmental

Impact Statement began with a public

scoping process to identify issues that

should be addressed in the document.

Involvement was offered through a

public announcement of the Notice of

Intent to Prepare an Environmental

Impact Statement. This Notice was

published in the Federal Register on

April 29, 1992. Scoping letters were sent

to 70 addresses. The Notice was also

published in the Jacksonville Daily

News and the Wilmington Star News on

October 11–12, 1992.

The Notice of Availability of the Draft

Environmental Impact Statement was

published in the Federal Register on

October 15, 1993. This document was

distributed to officials of Federal, state,

and local government agencies, citizen

groups and associations, public

libraries, and other interested parties.

The public review period on the Draft

Environmental Impact Statement was

from October 15, 1993 through

November 29, 1993. A public hearing

was held at the Jacksonville Senior High

School, Jacksonville, North Carolina, on

November 16, 1993. A small number of

comments were received during the

comment period. The comments

centered on the alternative analysis,

wetland impacts, and landfill design.

These comments were addressed in the

Final Environmental Impact Statement.

The Notice of Availability of the Final

Environmental Impact Statement was

published in the Federal Register on

December 16, 1994. This document was

also distributed to officials of Federal,

state, and local government agencies,

citizen groups and associations, public

libraries, and other interested parties.

The Department of the Navy believes

there are no outstanding issues to be

resolved with respect to this project.

Questions regarding the Environmental

Impact Statement prepared for this

action may be directed to Mr. Robert

Warren, Environmental Management

Department, MCB Camp Lejeune, NC

28542, telephone (910) 451–5003.

March 27, 1995.

Elsie L. Munsell,

Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy

(Environmental and Safety).

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CNO Executive Panel; Closed Meeting

Pursuant to the provisions of the

Federal Advisory Committee Act (5

U.S.C. App. 2), notice is hereby given

that the Chief of Naval Operations

(CNO) Executive Panel will meet April

27-28, 1995, from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.,

on each day at 4401 Ford Avenue,

Alexandria, Virginia. These sessions

will be closed to the public.

The purpose of this meeting is to

conduct policy discussions to prepare a

final briefing on naval warfare

innovations in the areas of joint

operations, information warfare, naval

doctrine, and research and

development. These matters constitute

classified information that is

specifically authorized by Executive

order to be kept secret in the interest of

national defense and are, in fact,

properly classified pursuant to such

Executive order. Accordingly, the

Secretary of the Navy has determined in

writing that the public interest requires

that all sessions of the meeting be closed

to the public because they will be

concerned with matters listed in section

552b(c)(1) of title 5, United States Code.

For further information concerning

this meeting, contact: Timothy J. Galpin,

Assistant for CNO Executive Panel

Management, 4401 Ford Avenue, Suite

601, Alexandria, VA 22302-0268,

Phone: (703) 756-1205.

Dated: March 28, 1995

L.R. McNees,

LCDR, JAGC, USN, Federal Register Liaison

Officer.

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