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<br />(LRA). The LRA is an authority or instrwnentality established by State <br />or local government and recognized by the Secretary of Defense <br />through its Office of Economic Adjustment (OEA) as the entity <br />responsible for developing the base reuse plan or for directing . <br />implementation of that plan. Once established, the LRA plays a major <br />role in the successful transfer of property and the resultant economic <br />development. <br /> <br />The base reuse process is best understood as a series of concurrently <br />conducted activities that can be subdivided into three principal phases. <br />These three phases are described in detail below and include: (1) base- <br />wide reuse planning; (2) disposal decision making; and (3) parcel-by- <br />parcel decision implementation. <br /> <br />. Phase I: Base-wide reuse planning <br /> <br />The first phase, base-wide reuse planning, consists of the many <br />activities that occur while the LRA prepares its development plan and <br />before the military department determines how the base will be <br />conveyed. These activities inelude the LRA's redevelopment planning <br />process, natural and cultural resources determinations and <br />consultations, identification of uncontaminated property, and many <br />environmental c1eanup- and compliance-related activities. This phase <br />usually starts on the approval date for the closure or realignment and it <br />ends when the LRA's development plan has been prepared and <br />submitted to the military department. The military department must <br />then make any environmental impact analysis necessary to make final . <br />disposal decisions. <br /> <br />Base-wide reuse planning activities can be grouped into four principal <br />categories: (I) comprehensive land-use and redevelopment planning; <br />(2) environmental impact and other impact analyses; (3) the base reuse <br />environmental process; and (4) installation management. <br /> <br />. Comprehensive hmd-use andIJ;,gevel()pment planning <br /> <br />During this process, tile base reuse statutes identify specific reuse <br />planning phase requirements and timelines. Many of these <br />requirements and timelines relate to the LRA's soliciting interest in the <br />installation, conducting homeless assistance outreach activities, <br />considering expressions of interest in property, consulting with the <br />military department while it determines initial maintenance levels for <br />the installation, and preparing and submitting the redevelopment plan. <br />The timely submission of both a redevelopment plan and any <br />necessary property applications will facilitate the military department's <br />ability to make final property disposal and environmental e1eanup <br />decisions that will best meet community reuse goals. The "Community <br />Guide to Base Reuse", published by the Department of Defense's <br />(DOD's) Office of Economic Adjustment (OEA), contains essential <br />information on LRA formation, organization, recognition, reuse . <br />planning strategies, and strategies for creating a viable redevelopment <br />plan. <br /> <br />. EnvitQnmentalimPil.cLand otherimpact analyses <br />