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Notice of Record of Decision (ROD) on the Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) on the Disposal and Reuse of the Military Ocean Terminal, Bayonne, New Jersey

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 [Federal Register: December 5, 2000 (Volume 65, Number 234)]
[Notices]
[Page 75926-75927]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army


Notice of Record of Decision (ROD) on the Final Environmental
Impact Statement (FEIS) on the Disposal and Reuse of the Military Ocean
Terminal, Bayonne, New Jersey

AGENCY: Department of the Army, DoD.

ACTION: Record of Decision.

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SUMMARY: The Department of the Army announces its ROD on the FEIS for
the disposal and reuse of the Military Ocean Terminal, Bayonne (MOTBY).
The closure of MOTBY was mandated in accordance with the Defense Base
Closure and Realignment Act of 1990, Public Law 101-510, as amended.
    The ROD allows the Army to initiate action to dispose of the
excess/surplus property of MOTBY, in accordance with the Bayonne Local
Redevelopment Authority Amended Reuse Plan.

ADDRESSES: A copy of the ROD may be obtained by contacting Dr. Susan
Ivester Rees, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army Engineer
District, Mobile (CESAM-PD), 109 St. Joseph Street, Mobile, AL 36602.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Susan Ivester Rees at 334-694-4141
or by facsimile at 334-690-2727.

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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FEIS analyzed three disposal
alternatives with respect to the disposal and subsequent reuse of the
676-acre (440 land acres and 236 submerged land acres) comprising the
MOTBY: (1) the no action alternative, under which the property would be
maintained in a caretaker status after closure; (2) the unencumbered
alternative, under which the Army would transfer the property without
encumbrances, such as environmental restrictions and easements; and (3)
the encumbered disposal alternative, under which the Army would
transfer the property with various environmental restrictions and
easements, limiting the future use of the property.
    In the ROD, the Army concludes that the FEIS adequately addresses
the impacts of property disposal and documents its decision to transfer
the property as encumbered. Possible encumbrances include: Covenants
and restrictions pertaining to asbestos-containing material, lead-based
paint, floodplains, future remedial activities after transfer,
wetlands, easements and rights-of-way.

    Dated: November 29, 2000.
Raymond J. Fatz,
Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army, (Environment, Safety and
Occupational Health), OASA (I&E).
[FR Doc. 00-30952 Filed 12-4-00; 8:45 am]
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