[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 116 (Friday, June 14, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 30228]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-15094]



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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Army


Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact for 
the Realignment of Towed and Self-Propelled Combat Vehicle Mission From 
Letterkenny Army Depot, Pennsylvania; the Associated Combat Vehicle 
Material and Management Functions From the Defense Distribution Depot 
Letterkenny, Pennsylvania (DDLP); and the 142nd Explosive Ordnance 
Detachment From McClellan, Alabama to Anniston Army Depot (ANAD), 
Alabama

AGENCY: Department of the Army, DOD.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with Public Law 101-510 (as amended), the 
Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990, the Defense Base 
Closure and Realignment Commission recommended the realignment of the 
towed and self-propelled combat vehicle mission from Letterkenny Army 
Depot (LEAD), Pennsylvania, to Anniston Army Depot (ANAD), Alabama, and 
the combat vehicle material and management functions from the Defense 
Distribution Depot Letterkenny (DDLP) Pennsylvania, to Defense 
Distribution Depot Anniston, Alabama (DDAA). The Army also proposes to 
relocate the 142nd Explosive Ordnance Detachment (EOD) from Fort 
McClellan, Alabama, to ANAD, pursuant to another of the Commission's 
recommendations.
    The Environmental Assessment (EA) evaluates the environmental 
impacts associated with the transfer of 154 civilian positions from 
DDLP to DDAA and 17 military positions from Fort McClellan to ANAD. The 
reallocation of the combat vehicle mission to ANAD involves only the 
transfer of workload. No additional jobs will transfer because there 
are adequate personnel at ANAD available to perform the additional 
workload. It also involves the construction of a new transmission 
dynamometer facility, a new machining facility, a new operations 
facility for EOD personnel use, expansion of the recoil repair room, 
renovation of the recoil honing facility, and upgrade of the firing 
range. Three parcels of land totaling 137 acres within the Nichols 
Industrial Complex would be used for storage of combat vehicles before 
and after maintenance work.
    The EA, which is incorporated into the Finding of No Significant 
Impact, examines potential impacts of the proposed action and 
alternatives on 13 resource areas and areas of environmental concern: 
land use, air quality, noise, water resources, geology, infrastructure, 
training areas, hazardous and toxic materials, biological resources and 
ecosystems, cultural resources, the sociological environment, economic 
development, and quality of life.
    Based on the analysis found in the EA, which is hereby incorporated 
in this Finding of No Significant Impact, it has been determined that 
the implementation of these realignments at ANAD would have no 
significant or cumulatively significant impacts on the quality of the 
natural or human environment. Because no significant environmental 
impacts would result from implementation of the proposed action, an 
Environmental Impact Statement is not required and will not be 
prepared.

DATES: Inquiries will be accepted until July 1, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the Environmental Assessment and Finding of No 
Significant Impact can be obtained by contacting Dr. Neil Robison at 
the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District, ATTN: CESAM-PD-E, 
P.O. Box 2288, Mobile, Alabama 36628-0001 or by telephone at (334) 690-
3018.
Raymond J. Fatz,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army (Environmental, Safety 
and Occupational Health) OASA (IL&E).
[FR Doc. 96-15094 Filed 6-13-96; 8:45 am]
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