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facilities. These new facilities will be
located adjacent to the existing
USAMRIID facilities within the National
Interagency Biodefense Campus on Area
A of Fort Detrick and near the
biomedical research facilities of mission
partners, including the Agricultural
Research Service Foreign Disease-Weed
Research Unit, Department of
Agriculture; the National Institute of
Allergy and Infectious Diseases’
Integrated Research Facility,
Department of Health and Human
Services; and the National Biodefense
Analysis and Countermeasures Center,
Department of Homeland Security. The
USAMRIID facilities on Area A will be
decommissioned and either demolished
and/or re-used following occupancy of
the new USAMRIID facilities.
The construction will occur in two
stages. Stage 1 will provide
approximately 700,000 gross square feet
(gsf) of new building space for the
replacement of outdated and
compressed existing facilities in order to
sustain the current mission and to
expand medical test and evaluation
(T&E) capacity in support of immediate
Department of Defense (DoD) and
national demand. Stage 2 will
encompass approximately 400,000 gsf of
new building space for the balance of
USAMRIID’s expanded mission and for
additional capacity to meet intensified
national requirements for medical T&E
in support of biodefense research as
well as to accommodate increased
collaborative efforts among USAMRIID’s
mission partners. In addition,
approximately 200,000 gsf of the
existing USAMRIID facilities may be
renovated and re-used for laboratory or
non-laboratory use, to be determined by
evolving biodefense requirements.
The significant issues analyzed in the
DEIS included safety of laboratory
operations and demolition of the
existing biocontainment laboratories;
public health and safety; handling,
collection, treatment, and disposal of
research wastes; analysis of other risks;
and pollution prevention.
Three alternatives were considered:
Construction and Operation of New
USAMRIID Facilities and
Decommissioning and Demolition of the
Existing USAMRIID Facilities on Area A
of Fort Detrick, Maryland (Alternative I),
Construction and Operation of New
USAMRIID Facilities and
Decommissioning and Partial
Demolition of the Existing USAMRIID
Facilities and Re-Use of the Remaining
Facilities on Area A of Fort Detrick,
Maryland (Alternative II), and the No
Action Alternative, under which the
proposed new USAMRIID facilities
would not be built and operated and the
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existing USAMRIID facilities would not
be decommissioned and demolished
and/or re-used.
The U.S. Army Medical Research and
Materiel Command and the U.S. Army
Garrison of Fort Detrick will hold a
public hearing to receive comments on
the DEIS on Wednesday, August 30,
2006 from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the
Governor Thomas Johnson High School,
1501 N. Market St., Frederick, MD
21701.
Dated: August 3, 2006.
Addison D. Davis, IV,
Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army,
(Environment, Safety and Occupational
Health), OASA(I&E).
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Army
Availability of the Draft Environmental
Assessment for an Airspace Proposal
in the Savannah, GA, Hunter Army
Airfield Area
Department of the Army. DoD.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
AGENCY:
This announces the
availability of the Draft Environmental
Assessment (EA) for an airspace
proposal in the Savannah, GA, Hunter
Army Airfield area. The airspace
proposal is required for the
establishment of Helicopter Aerial
Refueling routes utilizing United States
Army helicopters and United States Air
Force and/or Marine Corp. airplanes to
conduct air-to air refueling training. In
order to use these routes on a recurring
basis they are required to be published
in the Department of Defense
publication system therefore requiring
an environmental study. The EA
assesses the potential environmental
impacts of all areas that underlie the
flight routes. There are four routes in the
proposal which will be utilized by an
U.S. Army tenant unit of Hunter Army
Airfield, GA.
DATES: The draft EA will be available for
public review from August 9, 2006
through September 8, 2006. Written
comments must be received by
September 8, 2006.
ADDRESSES: Written comments are to be
provided to Mr. Troy Wagner at United
States Army Special Operations
Command, Aviation Standardization
Officer, ATTN: AOAO–STD, Bldg. E–
2929, Desert Storm Drive, Ft. Bragg, NC
28310 or at
dennis.troy.wagner@us.army.mil.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Chief Warrant Officer Four Troy
Wagner, at (910) 432–7706.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
1. The Federal Aviation
Administration is serving as a
cooperating agency on the preparation
of the EA.
2. The EA is available for review at
the following location:
Dial-Cordy and Associates, Inc.
Environmental Consultants Web site at:
https://www.dialcordy.com.
Use the following steps to access the
Ft. Campbell EA:
(1) Log onto the Dial Cordy Web site
at Dialcordy.com;
(2) Click on ‘‘Library’’;
(3) Click on ‘‘FTP Site’’;
(4) Enter user name: dialcord_hunter;
(5) Enter password: 040784.
3. Public coordination and
communications with the State
Historical Preservation Offices from the
states of Georgia, Florida, South
Carolina and Alabama has been
accomplished. Each of the states listed
have reviewed the proposal and have
returned correspondence stating that
there will be no impacts to any
historical sites during the conduct of the
proposed training.
Brenda S. Bowen,
Army Federal Register Liaison Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Army; Corps of
Engineers
Intent To Prepare a Draft
Environmental Impact Statement for
Mississippi Coastal Improvements
Program, Hancock, Harrison, and
Jackson Counties, MS
Department of the Army, U.S.
Corps of Engineers, DOD.
ACTION: Notice of intent.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The Mobile District, U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers (Corps),
intends to prepare a Draft
Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS)
to address the potential impacts
associated with actions to
comprehensively address hurricane and
storm damage reduction, prevention of
saltwater intrusion, preservation of fish
and wildlife, prevention of erosion, and
other related water resource purposes in
coastal Mississippi. These actions are
related to the consequences of
hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico in
2005. The Corps will forward
recommendations to Congress
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Army
Availability of the Draft Environmental Assessment for an
Airspace Proposal in the Savannah, GA, Hunter Army Airfield Area
AGENCY: Department of the Army. DoD.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
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SUMMARY: This announces the availability of the Draft Environmental
Assessment (EA) for an airspace proposal in the Savannah, GA, Hunter
Army Airfield area. The airspace proposal is required for the
establishment of Helicopter Aerial Refueling routes utilizing United
States Army helicopters and United States Air Force and/or Marine Corp.
airplanes to conduct air-to air refueling training. In order to use
these routes on a recurring basis they are required to be published in
the Department of Defense publication system therefore requiring an
environmental study. The EA assesses the potential environmental
impacts of all areas that underlie the flight routes. There are four
routes in the proposal which will be utilized by an U.S. Army tenant
unit of Hunter Army Airfield, GA.
DATES: The draft EA will be available for public review from August 9,
2006 through September 8, 2006. Written comments must be received by
September 8, 2006.
ADDRESSES: Written comments are to be provided to Mr. Troy Wagner at
United States Army Special Operations Command, Aviation Standardization
Officer, ATTN: AOAO-STD, Bldg. E-2929, Desert Storm Drive, Ft. Bragg,
NC 28310 or at dennis.troy.wagner@us.army.mil.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Chief Warrant Officer Four Troy
Wagner, at (910) 432-7706.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
1. The Federal Aviation Administration is serving as a cooperating
agency on the preparation of the EA.
2. The EA is available for review at the following location:
Dial-Cordy and Associates, Inc. Environmental Consultants Web site
at: https://www.dialcordy.com.
Use the following steps to access the Ft. Campbell EA:
(1) Log onto the Dial Cordy Web site at Dialcordy.com;
(2) Click on ``Library'';
(3) Click on ``FTP Site'';
(4) Enter user name: dialcord_hunter;
(5) Enter password: 040784.
3. Public coordination and communications with the State Historical
Preservation Offices from the states of Georgia, Florida, South
Carolina and Alabama has been accomplished. Each of the states listed
have reviewed the proposal and have returned correspondence stating
that there will be no impacts to any historical sites during the
conduct of the proposed training.
Brenda S. Bowen,
Army Federal Register Liaison Officer.
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