The U.S. Army Garrison, West Point announces the availability of the Draft Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact for the Implementation of the Integrated Cultural Resources Management Plan (ICRMP), 2024-2028. The proposed action is to fully implement the ICRMP, including a broad set of protocols to ensure compliance with any Federal and Army regulations. The primary parts of West Point’s ICRMP are: 1.) Maintenance and Administration of the 2016 Operation, Maintenance, and Development Programmatic Agreement with the New York Office of Parks, Recreation, and Historical Preservation and the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation. 2.) Maintenance and Implementation of other agreement documents and mitigations. 3.) Upgrading the Archaeological curation facility and completing artifact inventory. 4.) Continuing historic property evaluations and monitoring. The EA will assess three alternatives: the Proposed Action, Partial implementation, and No Action Alternative.

The Draft EA and this Finding of No Significant Impact are also being made available for public review at the following locations:

Town of Highland Falls
254 Main Street
Highland Falls, NY 10928

Village of Highland Falls
303 Main Street
Highland Falls, NY 10928

Community Library
Building 622
United States Military Academy
West Point, NY 10996

Highland Falls Public Library
298 Main Street
Highland Falls, NY 10928

Julia L. Butterfield Memorial Library
10 Morris Avenue
Cold Spring, New York 10516

The Alice Curtis Desmond and Hamilton Fish Library
472 Route 403
Garrison, New York 10524

Village of Cold Spring
85 Main Street
Cold Spring, NY 10516

Town of Philipstown
238 Main Street
Cold Spring, New York 10516

The deadline for public comments on the Proposed Action is November 18, 2023.

Comments received on the Proposed Action, including agency responses to comments received during the comment period will be included in the Final EA. Please send all comments and/or requests for copies of the Draft EA to:
 

Brett Talarico
NEPA Coordinator
Environmental Management Division
Installation Management Command
Directorate of Public Works
Bldg 667 Ruger Rd
West Point, NY 10996
Phone: (845) 938-6784 Email:  brett.j.talarico.civ@army.mil

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