Notice of Availability of the Final Environmental Impact

[asagady@sojourn.com]

>[Federal Register: October 15, 1996 (Volume 61, Number 200)]
>[Notices]               
>[Page 53725]
>>From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
>
>
>[[Page 53725]]
>
>-----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
>Department of the Army
>
> 
>Notice of Availability of the Final Environmental Impact 
>Statement for the Disposal of Chemical Agents and Munitions Stored at 
>Pine Bluff Arsenal, Arkansas
>
>AGENCY: Department of the Army, DoD.
>
>ACTION: Notice of availability.
>
>-----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>SUMMARY: This announces the availability of the Final Environmental 
>Impact Statement (FEIS) on the construction and operation of the 
>proposed chemical agent demilitarization facility at Pine Bluff 
>Arsenal, Arkansas. The proposed facility will be used to demilitarize 
>all stockpile chemical agents and munitions currently stored at Pine 
>Bluff Arsenal. The FEIS examines the potential impacts of on-site 
>incineration, alternative sites within the Pine Bluff Arsenal, and the 
>``no action'' alternative. The ``no action'' alternative is considered 
>to be a deferral of the demilitarization with continued storage of 
>agents and munitions at Pine Bluff Arsenal.
>
>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 March 29, 1989 (54 FR 12944-45), the Department of the 
>Army published a Notice of Intent in the Federal Register which 
>provided notice that, pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act 
>and implementing regulations, it would prepare a draft site-specific 
>EIS for the Pine Bluff Arsenal. In 1995, 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 Pine Bluff Arsenal. A Notice of Availability 
>was published on June 9, 1995 (60 FR 30537), which provided notice that 
>the Draft EIS was available for comment. Comments from the DEIS have 
>been considered and responses are included in this Final EIS. After a 
>30-day waiting period the Army will publish a Record of Decision. 
>Copies of the Final EIS may be obtained by writing to the following 
>address: Program Manager for Chemical Demilitarization, ATTN: SFAE-CD-
>ME, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland 21010-5401.
>
>ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will 
>also publish a Notice of Availability for the Final EIS in the Federal 
>Register.
>
>FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Above address, or Ms. Cathy Stalcup at 
>(410) 671-3629/2583.
>Richard E. Newsome,
>Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army (Environment, Safety and 
>Occupational Health) OASA (I, L&E).
>[FR Doc. 96-26342 Filed 10-11-96; 8:45 a.m.]
>BILLING CODE 3710-08-M
>
>

----------------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------
Alex J. Sagady & Associates    		Email:  asagady@sojourn.com
Environmental Consulting and Database Systems
PO Box 39
East Lansing, MI  48826-0039  
(517) 332-6971 (voice); (517) 332-8987 (fax)