The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), Maritime Administration (MARAD) is charged with disposing of U.S. government-owned merchant type vessels of 1,500 gross tons or more per Section 203 of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended (40 U.S.C. SC484 (2000)). The majority of the ships that MARAD disposes of are from the MARAD National Defense Reserve Fleet program or are transferred to MARAD from the U.S. Navy's (Navy) fleet. MARAD currently maintains 146 ships designated as non-retention, obsolete vessels that have reached the end of their useful life and are available for disposal. MARAD's obsolete ships are located at three fleet anchorages near Ft. Eustis, Virginia; Beaumont, Texas; and Suisun Bay near Benicia, California. Pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969, as amended, Executive Order (EO) 12114, and guidance on assessing transboundary environmental effects, MARAD has prepared this supplemental Environmental Assessment (EA) to address the potential environmental and socioeconomic impacts of a proposed federal action. This EA follows the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) Regulations for Implementing NEPA (40 C.F.R. SC1500-1508). EO 12114 requires assessment of potential effects outside of U.S. territory under certain circumstances.


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    Title :

    Transfer of National Defense Reserve Fleet Vessels from the James River Reserve Fleet for Disposal at Able UK Facilities, Teesside, UK. Environmental Assessment (Final)


    Publication date :

    2004


    Size :

    84 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English