[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 205 (Monday, October 25, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65463-65464]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-26923]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army


Record of Decision (ROD) for the Implementation of the Base 
Closure and Realignment (BRAC) 2005 Actions at Fort Monroe, VA

AGENCY: Department of the Army, DoD.

ACTION: Record of Decision.

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SUMMARY: The Department of the Army announces the availability of the 
ROD, which summarizes the decision on how to implement property 
disposal in accordance with the Defense Base Closure and Realignment 
Act of 1990 (the Base Closure Act), Public Law 101-510, as amended, 
following the closure of Fort Monroe, Virginia.
    The Army has decided to implement its preferred alternative of 
early transfer of surplus non-reverting federal property to other 
entities for reuse. Pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act 
of 1969 (NEPA) and its implementing regulations, the Army prepared a 
Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) that includes the 
evaluation of the environmental and socioeconomic impacts of disposing 
of surplus Federal property that does not revert to the Commonwealth of 
Virginia, and the implementation by others of reasonable, foreseeable 
reuse alternatives for the entire property. Under the early transfer 
alternative, the Army can transfer and dispose of non-reverting 
property for redevelopment before environmental remedial actions have 
been completed. This method of early disposal, allowable under Section 
120(h)(3)(C) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation 
and Liability Act (CERCLA), would defer the CERCLA covenant requirement 
to complete all necessary environmental cleanup prior to the transfer 
of the remediated property. In this way, parcels could become available 
for redevelopment and reuse sooner under this disposal alternative than 
under any other. The Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia must 
concur with the deferral request for the non-reversionary property at 
Fort Monroe.

ADDRESSES: To obtain a copy of the ROD, contact Mr. Robert Reali, Fort 
Monroe BRAC Environmental Coordinator, Directorate of Public Works, 318 
Cornog Lane, Fort Monroe, VA 23651-1110; via e-mail address at 
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#83eeecedf1adf3ecf0f7adede6f3e2f3f6e1efeae0c3f6f0ade2f1eefaadeeeaef"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="44292b2a366a342b37306a2a213425343126282d270431376a2536293d6a292d28">[email protected]</span></a>; or via Web site at http://www.hqda.army.mil/acsim/brac/nepa_eis_docs.htm.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Rob Reali at (757) 788-5363.

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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Fort Monroe Authority's (FMA) Reuse Plan 
provides the basis for the development of reasonable and foreseeable 
reuse scenarios evaluated in the FEIS. The FMA is the implementation 
authority for the redevelopment of Fort Monroe and will implement the 
Reuse Plan. The range of reuse alternatives evaluated in the FEIS 
encompasses reasonably foreseeable variations of the Reuse Plan and the 
results of this analysis were used by the Army in its decision 
regarding disposition of the property.
    A Programmatic Agreement (PA) for the Closure and Disposal of Fort 
Monroe has been legally executed by the signing of authorized 
representatives of the Army, the Virginia State Historic Preservation 
Officer, the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, the 
Commonwealth of Virginia, the Fort Monroe Federal Area Development 
Authority (now the FMA), and the National Park Service. Army 
obligations fully described in the PA are considered mitigations 
required under the National Historic Preservation Act. Specific 
mitigation measures the Army commits to perform or has completed are 
outlined in the ROD.

    Dated: October 8, 2010.
Hershell E. Wolfe,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army (Environment, Safety and 
Occupational Health).
[FR Doc. 2010-26923 Filed 10-22-10; 8:45 am]
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