Notice of Public Meeting on the Environmental Assessment Addressing the Consolidation and Renovation at Marine Corps Forces Reserve Center Brooklyn, New York, 42338-42339 [2016-15358]
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shoulder of Rich Inlet. Its total length
would be approximately 1,500 feet,
which approximately 505 feet would
project seaward of the 2007 mean high
water shoreline. The landward 995-foot
anchor section would extend across the
island and terminate near the Nixon
Channel Shoreline. This section would
be constructed of 14,000 to 18,000
square feet of sheet pile with the last
approximate 100 feet of the anchor
portion wrapped with rock. Although
engineering design plans are not
finalized, basic construction design of
the seaward 505-foot part of the
structure will be in the form of a typical
rubble (rock) mound feature supported
by a 1.5-foot thick stone foundation
blanket. Crest height or elevation of this
section is estimated to be +6.0 feet
NAVD for the first 400 feet and would
slope to a top elevation of +3.0 feet
NAVD on the seaward end.
Approximately 16,000 tons of stone
would be used to construct the terminal
groin. The concept design of the
structure is intended to allow littoral
sand transport to move over, around,
and through the groin once the accretion
fillet has completely filled in.
Construction of the terminal groin
would be kept within a corridor varying
in width from 50 feet to 200 feet. Within
this corridor, a 40–70 foot wide trench
would be excavated to a depth of ¥2.5
feet NAVD in order to construct the
foundation of the landward section. The
approximate 6,000 cubic yards of
excavated material would be replaced
on and around the structure once it’s in
place. Material used to build the groin
would be barged down the Atlantic
Intracoastal Waterway (AIWW), through
Nixon Channel, and either offloaded
onto a temporary loading dock or
directly onto shore. It would then be
transported, via dump trucks, within the
designated corridor to the construction
site.
Material used for nourishment would
be dredged, using a hydraulic
cutterhead plant, from a designated
borrow site within Nixon Channel,
which has been previously used for
beach fill needs. The proposed dredging
footprint in the channel area is
approximately 30 acres in size and the
target depth of dredging is ¥11.4 feet
NAVD. Approximately 294,500 cubic
yards would be required for both the
oceanfront (237,500 cubic yards) and
the Nixon Channel shoreline (57,000
cubic yards) fill areas under the 2006
and 2012 shoreline study conditions.
Beach compatible material from (3)
upland disposal islands would serve as
a contingency sediment source.
Engineer modeling results have
shown that periodic nourishment would
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be required approximately once every
five years to maintain the beach and
Nixon Channel shorelines. The
combined 5-year estimated maintenance
needs for both areas are 320,000 cubic
yards of material under the 2006
condition and 255,000 cubic yards of
material under 2012 condition,
equivalent to approximately 58,000 and
45,000 cubic yards per year
respectively. This material would come
from the designated Nixon Channel
borrow site and the (3) upland disposal
areas.
3. Alternatives. Several alternatives
have been identified and evaluated
through the scoping process, and further
detailed description of all alternatives is
disclosed in Section 3.0 of the FEIS.
4. Scoping Process. To date, a public
scoping meeting was held on March 1,
2007; several Project Delivery Team
(PDT) meetings have been held, which
were comprised of local, state, and
federal government officials, local
residents and nonprofit organizations;
the Draft EIS was released for public
comments on May 18, 2012; a Public
Hearing was conducted on June 7, 2012;
a Supplemental EIS was released for
public comments on July 10, 2015; and
a second Public Hearing was held on
September 2, 2015.
The COE is currently consulting with
the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and
the National Marine Fisheries Service
Protected Resources Division under the
Endangered Species Act; with U.S. Fish
and Wildlife under the Fish and
Wildlife Coordination Act, and have
concluded consultation with the
National Marine Fisheries Service
Habitat Conservation Division under the
Magnuson-Stevens Act. Additionally,
the FEIS assesses the potential water
quality impacts pursuant to Section 401
of the Clean Water Act, and is
coordinated with the North Carolina
Division of Coastal Management (DCM)
to insure consistency with the Coastal
Zone Management Act. The COE has
coordinated closely with DCM in the
development of the FEIS to ensure the
process complies with the requirements
of the State Environmental Policy Act
(SEPA), as well as the National
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). The
FEIS has been designed to consolidate
both NEPA and SEPA processes to
eliminate duplications.
Dated: June 22, 2016.
Scott McLendon,
Regulatory Division Chief, Wilmington
District.
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Navy
Notice of Public Meeting on the
Environmental Assessment
Addressing the Consolidation and
Renovation at Marine Corps Forces
Reserve Center Brooklyn, New York
Department of the Navy,
Department of Defense.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
Pursuant to the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969
(NEPA) (42 United States Code [U.S.C.]
Sections 4321–4370h); the Council on
Environmental Quality (CEQ)
regulations for implementing the
procedural provisions of NEPA (Title 40
Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) parts
1500–1508); Department of the Navy
(DoN) Procedures for Implementing
NEPA (32 CFR part 775); and Marine
Corps Order P5090.2A, the United
States Marine Corps Forces Reserve
(MARFORRES) has prepared an
Environmental Assessment (EA)
assessing the potential environmental
impacts from the consolidation of
approximately 55 full-time active duty
and 549 reserve staff and their
equipment from the Armed Forces
Reserve Center Farmingdale and Marine
Forces Reserve Center Garden City to
Marine Corps Reserve Center Brooklyn.
Additionally, MARFORRES would
implement several associated facility
and infrastructure improvements at
MCRC Brooklyn, including a new utility
corridor. Based on the EA analysis we
are proposing to issue a Finding of No
Significant Impact (FONSI) determining
that an Environmental Impact Statement
(EIS) is not required.
With the filing of the EA, the DON is
initiating a 30-day public comment
period and has scheduled a public open
house to receive written comments on
the EA. Federal, state, and local
agencies and interested individuals are
invited to attend the open house. This
notice announces the date and location
of the open house, and supplementary
information about the environmental
planning effort.
DATES: The EA public 30-day review
period begins June 20, 2016.
MARFORRES will hold an open house
for the public to learn about the project
and ask questions on Wednesday, June
29, 2016 from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. at
the Aviator Sports Club on Floyd
Bennett Field.
The DON will consider all comments
received on the EA when preparing the
Final EA. The DON expects to issue the
Final EA in August 2016, at which time
SUMMARY:
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a Notice of Availability will be
published in the Federal Register.
Availability: The EA has been
distributed to Federal and local
agencies, elected officials, and the
interested public. The EA can be viewed
at the following Web site: https://
www.marforres.marines.mil/
GeneralSpecialStaff/Facilities.aspx.
Copies are available at the Brooklyn
Public Library, 2115 Ocean Avenue,
Brooklyn, NY. Requests for copies of the
EA can be submitted to Mr. Christopher
Hurst, NEPA Project Manager U.S.
Marine Corps Forces Reserve, 2000
Opelousas Avenue, New Orleans, LA
70114, or by email at
Christopher.A.Hurst@usmc.mil.
Comments: Attendees will be able to
submit written comments at the open
house. Comments may be submitted
anytime during the 30-day public
review period, and must be postmarked
or electronically dated on or before July
15, 2016, to ensure they become part of
the public record. All comments
submitted during the official public
review period will become part of the
public record on the EA and will be
responded to in the Final EA.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
Christopher Hurst, NEPA Project
Manager U.S. Marine Corps Forces
Reserve, 2000 Opelousas Avenue, New
Orleans, LA 70114, or by email at
Christopher.A.Hurst@usmc.mil. Please
submit requests for special assistance to
Mr. Hurst by June 22, 2016.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: MCRC
Brooklyn encompasses approximately
70 acres of the 19,000-acre Jamaica Bay
Unit of the National Park Service (NPS)
Gateway National Recreation Area
(NRA). MCRC Brooklyn is on the
southernmost end of Floyd Bennett
Field. Floyd Bennett Field was formerly
U.S. Naval Air Station Brooklyn, New
York, and was used from World War II
until 1967, prior to its decommissioning
in 1971.
Subsequently, the majority of the
1,450-acre property was transferred
from the Department of Defense (DoD)
to the U.S. Coast Guard and the NPS, a
bureau of the Department of the Interior.
The Navy retained the southern portion
of Floyd Bennett Field and a series of
parcel transfers deeded the property to
MARFORRES in 1998 for continued use
as MCRC Brooklyn. The remainder of
Floyd Bennett Field is owned and
managed by NPS as part of the Gateway
NRA. All utilities, roads, and other
infrastructure necessary for the
installation require crossing NPS lands;
therefore, the Department of Navy
executes, on behalf of MARFORRES,
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any necessary permits with NPS for
rights-of-way on NPS lands.
Gateway NRA is the nation’s first
urban national recreation area. It was
established in 1972, is twice the size of
Manhattan, and is divided into three
administrative units: Jamaica Bay,
Sandy Hook, and Staten Island. Gateway
NRA has 27,025 acres of open bays,
ocean, marsh islands, shoreline, dunes,
maritime and successional forests,
grasslands, mudflats, and open spaces.
It includes marinas, greenways,
campgrounds, trails, beaches, picnic
grounds within historic landscapes, the
remains of coastal defense works, rare
structures from aviation history, and the
oldest continuously operating
lighthouse in the United States.
Due to an overall reduction in reserve
forces, MARFORRES has examined
options to consolidate training to
optimize operational funds. MCRC
Brooklyn is considered a highly
valuable site by MARFORRES due to its
potential for hosting additional units,
centralized location, excess capacity,
and size of its facilities. As such,
MARFORRES continues to invest in
modernization and renovation activities
at MCRC Brooklyn. The environmental
impacts from ongoing activities were
analyzed in previous NEPA documents,
and are therefore not part of the
Proposed Action being addressed in this
EA but are included in the cumulative
effects analysis. Previously evaluated
projects at MCRC Brooklyn include the
following:
• Renovate the interior of the MCRC
Brooklyn Administration Building, the
original vehicle maintenance facility
(VMF), and the existing Technical
Storage Warehouse. Interior renovations
include upgraded utilities and
reconfiguration of offices.
• Construct a new VMF (currently
under construction).
• Install two temporary armories (440
square feet each) in the tactical vehicle
area and a covered weapons cleaning
area.
• Install a 100-kilowatt (kW) demand
response metering system. This system
will help MARFORRES capture energy
usage and savings for the installation.
Purpose And Need: The purpose of
the Proposed Action is to consolidate
existing MARFORRES facilities in the
greater New York City metropolitan
region to allow MARFORRES to
optimize training through integrated
unit training opportunities, and reduce
costs from the operation of
underutilized reserve centers. The
Proposed Action is needed to improve
long-term sustainable unit readiness
through coordinated training, and
prepare for future mission requirements.
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To complete training requirements, the
buildings, utilities, and assets on MCRC
Brooklyn require ongoing maintenance
and utilities upgrades. Infrastructure on
the installation is aging and requires
capital investment to address
deficiencies in the buildings and meet
current and future mission
requirements.
Dated: June 23, 2016.
N.A. Hagerty-Ford,
Commander, Office of the Judge Advocate
General, U.S. Navy, Federal Register Liaison
Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Navy
Notice of Public Meeting on the Environmental Assessment
Addressing the Consolidation and Renovation at Marine Corps Forces
Reserve Center Brooklyn, New York
AGENCY: Department of the Navy, Department of Defense.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969
(NEPA) (42 United States Code [U.S.C.] Sections 4321-4370h); the
Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) regulations for implementing the
procedural provisions of NEPA (Title 40 Code of Federal Regulations
(CFR) parts 1500-1508); Department of the Navy (DoN) Procedures for
Implementing NEPA (32 CFR part 775); and Marine Corps Order P5090.2A,
the United States Marine Corps Forces Reserve (MARFORRES) has prepared
an Environmental Assessment (EA) assessing the potential environmental
impacts from the consolidation of approximately 55 full-time active
duty and 549 reserve staff and their equipment from the Armed Forces
Reserve Center Farmingdale and Marine Forces Reserve Center Garden City
to Marine Corps Reserve Center Brooklyn. Additionally, MARFORRES would
implement several associated facility and infrastructure improvements
at MCRC Brooklyn, including a new utility corridor. Based on the EA
analysis we are proposing to issue a Finding of No Significant Impact
(FONSI) determining that an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) is not
required.
With the filing of the EA, the DON is initiating a 30-day public
comment period and has scheduled a public open house to receive written
comments on the EA. Federal, state, and local agencies and interested
individuals are invited to attend the open house. This notice announces
the date and location of the open house, and supplementary information
about the environmental planning effort.
DATES: The EA public 30-day review period begins June 20, 2016.
MARFORRES will hold an open house for the public to learn about the
project and ask questions on Wednesday, June 29, 2016 from 6:00 p.m. to
9:00 p.m. at the Aviator Sports Club on Floyd Bennett Field.
The DON will consider all comments received on the EA when
preparing the Final EA. The DON expects to issue the Final EA in August
2016, at which time
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a Notice of Availability will be published in the Federal Register.
Availability: The EA has been distributed to Federal and local
agencies, elected officials, and the interested public. The EA can be
viewed at the following Web site: https://www.marforres.marines.mil/GeneralSpecialStaff/Facilities.aspx.
Copies are available at the Brooklyn Public Library, 2115 Ocean
Avenue, Brooklyn, NY. Requests for copies of the EA can be submitted to
Mr. Christopher Hurst, NEPA Project Manager U.S. Marine Corps Forces
Reserve, 2000 Opelousas Avenue, New Orleans, LA 70114, or by email at
Christopher.A.Hurst@usmc.mil.
Comments: Attendees will be able to submit written comments at the
open house. Comments may be submitted anytime during the 30-day public
review period, and must be postmarked or electronically dated on or
before July 15, 2016, to ensure they become part of the public record.
All comments submitted during the official public review period will
become part of the public record on the EA and will be responded to in
the Final EA.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Christopher Hurst, NEPA Project
Manager U.S. Marine Corps Forces Reserve, 2000 Opelousas Avenue, New
Orleans, LA 70114, or by email at Christopher.A.Hurst@usmc.mil. Please
submit requests for special assistance to Mr. Hurst by June 22, 2016.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: MCRC Brooklyn encompasses approximately 70
acres of the 19,000-acre Jamaica Bay Unit of the National Park Service
(NPS) Gateway National Recreation Area (NRA). MCRC Brooklyn is on the
southernmost end of Floyd Bennett Field. Floyd Bennett Field was
formerly U.S. Naval Air Station Brooklyn, New York, and was used from
World War II until 1967, prior to its decommissioning in 1971.
Subsequently, the majority of the 1,450-acre property was
transferred from the Department of Defense (DoD) to the U.S. Coast
Guard and the NPS, a bureau of the Department of the Interior. The Navy
retained the southern portion of Floyd Bennett Field and a series of
parcel transfers deeded the property to MARFORRES in 1998 for continued
use as MCRC Brooklyn. The remainder of Floyd Bennett Field is owned and
managed by NPS as part of the Gateway NRA. All utilities, roads, and
other infrastructure necessary for the installation require crossing
NPS lands; therefore, the Department of Navy executes, on behalf of
MARFORRES, any necessary permits with NPS for rights-of-way on NPS
lands.
Gateway NRA is the nation's first urban national recreation area.
It was established in 1972, is twice the size of Manhattan, and is
divided into three administrative units: Jamaica Bay, Sandy Hook, and
Staten Island. Gateway NRA has 27,025 acres of open bays, ocean, marsh
islands, shoreline, dunes, maritime and successional forests,
grasslands, mudflats, and open spaces. It includes marinas, greenways,
campgrounds, trails, beaches, picnic grounds within historic
landscapes, the remains of coastal defense works, rare structures from
aviation history, and the oldest continuously operating lighthouse in
the United States.
Due to an overall reduction in reserve forces, MARFORRES has
examined options to consolidate training to optimize operational funds.
MCRC Brooklyn is considered a highly valuable site by MARFORRES due to
its potential for hosting additional units, centralized location,
excess capacity, and size of its facilities. As such, MARFORRES
continues to invest in modernization and renovation activities at MCRC
Brooklyn. The environmental impacts from ongoing activities were
analyzed in previous NEPA documents, and are therefore not part of the
Proposed Action being addressed in this EA but are included in the
cumulative effects analysis. Previously evaluated projects at MCRC
Brooklyn include the following:
Renovate the interior of the MCRC Brooklyn Administration
Building, the original vehicle maintenance facility (VMF), and the
existing Technical Storage Warehouse. Interior renovations include
upgraded utilities and reconfiguration of offices.
Construct a new VMF (currently under construction).
Install two temporary armories (440 square feet each) in
the tactical vehicle area and a covered weapons cleaning area.
Install a 100-kilowatt (kW) demand response metering
system. This system will help MARFORRES capture energy usage and
savings for the installation.
Purpose And Need: The purpose of the Proposed Action is to
consolidate existing MARFORRES facilities in the greater New York City
metropolitan region to allow MARFORRES to optimize training through
integrated unit training opportunities, and reduce costs from the
operation of underutilized reserve centers. The Proposed Action is
needed to improve long-term sustainable unit readiness through
coordinated training, and prepare for future mission requirements. To
complete training requirements, the buildings, utilities, and assets on
MCRC Brooklyn require ongoing maintenance and utilities upgrades.
Infrastructure on the installation is aging and requires capital
investment to address deficiencies in the buildings and meet current
and future mission requirements.
Dated: June 23, 2016.
N.A. Hagerty-Ford,
Commander, Office of the Judge Advocate General, U.S. Navy, Federal
Register Liaison Officer.
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