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6228 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 28 / Tuesday, February 11, 1997 / NoticesSurplus Property DescriptionsThe following is a listing of the landand facilities at the Naval ReserveCenter, Perth Amboy that are surplus tothe federal government.LandApproximately 2.43 acres of improvedand unimproved fee simple land andapproximately 0.05 acre in easements atthe U.S. Naval Reserve Center, in theCity of Perth Amboy, Middlesex County,New Jersey. In general, all areas arepresently available. The station closedon July 1, 1994.BuildingsThe following is a summary of thefacilities located on the above describedland which are presently available.Property numbers are available onrequest.—Administrative/training facilities; (1structure); Comments: Approx. 29,400square feet.—Garage facilities (1 structure);Comments: Approx. 667 square feet.—Paved areas; Comments: Approx.3,060 square yards. Parking area,roads and sidewalks.—General purpose/berthing wharf (1structure); Comments: Approx. 3,582square feet.—Utility facilities; Comments:Measuring systems vary. Sanitarysewer, water distribution line,(potable), electrical distribution lineand storm sewerExpressions of InterestPursuant to Section 2905(b)(7)(C) ofthe Defense Base Closure andRealignment Act of 1990, as amendedby the Base Closure CommunityRedevelopment and HomelessAssistance Act of 1994, State and localgovernments, representatives of thehomeless, and other interested partieslocated in the vicinity of the NavalReserve Center, Perth Amboy, shallsubmit to said redevelopment authority(City of Perth Amboy) a notice ofinterest, of such governments,representatives and parties in the abovedescribed surplus property, or anyportion thereof. A notice of interestshall describe the need of thegovernment, representative, or partyconcerned for the desired surplusproperty. Pursuant to Section 2905(b)(7)(C) and (D), the redevelopment authorityshall assist interested parties inevaluating the surplus property for theintended use and publish in anewspaper of general circulation inPerth Amboy, New Jersey the date bywhich expressions of interest must besubmitted.Dated: February 5, 1997.D.E. Koenig, Jr.,LCDR, JAGC, USNR, Federal Register LiaisonOfficer.[FR Doc. 97–3344 Filed 2–10–97; 8:45 am]BILLING CODE 3810–FF–PNotice of Announcement of PublicHearing and Notice of Availability ofthe Draft Environmental ImpactStatement (DEIS) for Military Trainingin the Marianas, Territory of Guam andCommonwealth of the NorthernMariana IslandsSUMMARY: The U.S. Pacific Command(USCINCPAC) is announcing the publichearing and availability of the abovereferenced DEIS. The DEIS has beendistributed to various federal, territorial,and commonwealth agencies, electedofficials, individuals and organizationsin the community, public libraries, andthe media. A limited number of singlecopies is available at the address listedat the end of this notice.The DEIS evaluates alternatives fortraining by Navy, Army, Air Force,Marine Corps, National Guard, andArmy Reserve forces on Guam, Rota,Tinian, and Farallon de Medinilla. TheDEIS describes a large number oftraining activities already occurring onthese islands and a small number ofnewly proposed activities or newlyproposed locations for training. Thethree alternatives are: (1) No Action,consisting of all ongoing trainingactivities and all locations in whichsuch training have occurred; (2)Augmented Set of Training Activities,consisting of all requested new trainingactivities and locations, in addition toongoing activities; and (3) Mitigated Setof Training Activities (the preferredalternative), which consists of ongoingand new training activities modified toavoid significant impacts on theenvironment. Therefore, no significantimpacts are expected to result from thepreferred alternative.Introduction of forces existing andproposed training include: aircraftlanding at airfields, paradrops ofpersonnel and cargo, helicopterinsertion/extraction, and amphibiousassaults. Combat training include: Fieldmaneuvers (tactical operations,command post exercises, road andcross-country movement, seizing anairfield, military working dogs), aviationsupport to ground troops (close airsupport, field carrier landing practice,confined area landings, cargo delivery,heliborne water buckets for fire-fighting,medical evacuations, search and rescue,night vision goggle training, and varioustypes of parachute operation), andordnance training at specific locations(air-to-surface gunnery, naval gunnery,live fire at firing ranges and shootinghouses, demolition training atestablished demolition pits andunderwater, and pyrotechnics usedduring field maneuvers). Combat servicesupport training includes: bivouacs andassociated support functions,construction battalion exercises, andlogistics support (shipping, staging,inspecting, and maintaining equipmentand cargo), forward area refueling).The proposed action includes:Construction of several facilities (asniper range and breaching house in theNAVACTS Ordnance Annex; extensionof an existing firing range at NAVACTSWaterfront Annex; a small base supportcamp, firing range, mortar range, andbreaching house on Tinian; andinstallation of various targets on FDM).The training areas on Guam aremilitary sites (Andersen Air Force Base,NAVACTS Guam Waterfront Annex andOrdnance Annex, Naval Computer andTelecommunications Area MasterStation Finegayan and Barrigada), theYlig and Talofofo Rivers, and a nonmilitaryparadrop zone in Dandan.Training areas on Rota consist of theairport, a small area within WestHarbor, and a land area at the highschool. Training on Tinian occurswithin the Military Lease Area, withlimited activities in San Jose Harbor.The entire island of Farallon deMedinilla is used as a live fire range.The public hearings will beconducted by the Navy on behalf of theU.S. Pacific Command. Governmentagencies and interested parties areinvited and urged to be present orrepresented at the hearings. Oralstatements will be heard and transcribedby a stenographer. To assure accuracy ofthe record, statements may also besubmitted in writing. Both oral andwritten statements will become part ofthe public record on this study, withequal weight given to each.In the interest of available time,speakers will be asked to limit theircomments to five minutes. If longerstatements are to be presented, theyshould be summarized at the publichearing and submitted in writing eitherat the hearing or mailed to the addresslisted at the end of this announcement.All written statements must bepostmarked by April 1, 1997 to beincorporated in the official record.DATES: Public hearings to inform thepublic of the DEIS findings and tosolicit comments will be held at thefollowing times and locations in thenorthern Mariana islands and Guam: