Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for Disposal of Property at the Defense Personnel Support Center (DPSC), Philadelphia, PA

Resumo

The Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commissions were established by Public Law 101-510, the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990, to recommend military installations for realignment and closure. The 1993 Commission's recommendations were included in a report which was presented to the President on July 1, 1993. The President approved and forwarded the report to Congress on July 2, 1993. Congress did not pass a joint resolution disapproving the recommendations within the stipulated period, and the recommendations thereby became law in October 1993. Public Law 101-510 exempts the decision-making processes of the Commission from the provisions of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA). The law also relieves the Department of Defense from the NEPA requirement to consider the need for closing, realigning, or transferring functions and from looking at alternative installations to close or realign. Nonetheless, the Department of the Army must still prepare environmental impact analyses during the process of property disposal and during the process of relocating functions installation after the receiving installation has been selected but before the functions