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The observer protocol will be to scan
the area around vessels with binoculars
of sufficient power. Range finding
equipment will be supplied to observers
in order to better estimate distances.
Observers would collect data on the
presence, distribution, and behavior of
marine mammals relative to FEX
activities as well as climatic conditions
at the time of marine mammal sightings.
Observations would be made on a
nearly 24–hour basis.
Reporting
All monitoring data collected will be
reported to NMFS on a weekly basis.
FEX must provide a final report on 2006
activities to NMFS within 90 days of the
completion of the activity. This report
will provide dates and locations of all
barge movements and other operational
activities, weather conditions, dates and
locations of any activities related to
monitoring the effects on marine
mammals, and the methods, results, and
interpretation of all monitoring
activities, including numbers of each
species observed, location (distance) of
animals relative to the barges, direction
of movement of all individuals, and
description of any observed changes or
modifications in behavior.
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ESA Consultation
The effects of oil and gas exploration
activities in the U.S. Beaufort Sea on
listed species, which includes the
proposed activity, were analyzed as part
of a consultation on oil and gas leasing
and exploration activities in the
Beaufort Sea, Alaska, and authorization
of incidental takes under the MMPA. A
biological opinion on these activities
was issued on May 25, 2001. The only
species listed under the ESA that might
be affected during these activities are
bowhead whales. The effects of this IHA
on bowhead whales has been compared
with the analysis contained in the 2001
biological opinion. NMFS has
determined that the effects of the
current activity are consistent with the
findings of that biological opinion, and,
accordingly, NMFS has issued an
Incidental Take Statement under section
7 of the ESA.
National Environmental Policy Act
(NEPA)
On February 5, 1999 (64 FR 5789), the
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
noted the availability of a Final
Environmental Impact Statement (Final
EIS) prepared by the U.S. Army Corps
of Engineers under NEPA on Beaufort
Sea oil and gas development at
Northstar. NMFS was a cooperating
agency on the preparation of the Draft
and Final EISs, and subsequently, on
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May 18, 2000, adopted the Corps’ Final
EIS as its own document. That Final EIS
described impacts to marine mammals
from Northstar construction activities,
which included vessel traffic similar to
the currently proposed action by FEX.
Because the barging activity discussed
in the Final EIS is not substantially
different from the proposed action by
FEX, and because no significant new
scientific information or analyses have
been developed in the past several years
significant enough to warrant new
NEPA documentation, no additional
NEPA analysis is required.
Conclusions
NMFS has determined that the impact
of conducting a short-term barging
operation between West Dock, Prudhoe
Bay and Cape Simpson or Point Lonely,
in the U.S. Beaufort and associated
activities will result, at worst, in a
temporary modification in behavior by
certain species of whales and pinnipeds.
While behavioral modifications may be
made by these species to avoid the
resultant noise or visual cues from the
barging operation, this behavioral
change is expected to have a negligible
impact on the annual rate of survival
and recruitment of marine mammal
stocks.
While the number of potential
incidental harassment takes will depend
on the year-to-year distribution and
abundance of marine mammals in the
area of operations, due to the
distribution and abundance of marine
mammals during the projected period of
activity and the location of the proposed
activity, the number of potential
harassment takings is estimated to be
small. In addition, no take by injury
and/or death is anticipated, and there is
no potential for temporary or permanent
hearing impairment as a result of the
activities. No rookeries, mating grounds,
areas of concentrated feeding, or other
areas of special significance for marine
mammals occur within or near the
relocation route.
The principal measures undertaken to
ensure that the barging operation will
not have an unmitigable adverse impact
on subsistence activities is a CAA
between FEX, the AEWC and the
Whaling Captains Association, a Plan of
Cooperation, and an operation schedule
that will not permit barging operations
during the traditional bowhead whaling
season.
Determinations
NMFS has issued an IHA for the
harassment of marine mammals
incidental to FEX conducting a barging
operation from West Dock, Prudhoe Bay
Alaska, through the U.S. Beaufort Sea to
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Cape Simpson or Point Lonely. This
IHA is contingent upon incorporation of
the previously mentioned mitigation,
monitoring, and reporting requirements.
NMFS has determined that this activity
would result in the harassment of small
numbers of bowhead whales, beluga
whales, ringed seals, bearded seals and
spotted seals; would have a negligible
impact on these marine mammal stocks;
and would not have an unmitigable
adverse impact on the availability of
marine mammal stocks for subsistence.
Authorization
NMFS has issued an IHA to FEX L.P.
to take small numbers of marine
mammals incidental to conducting a
barging operation within the U.S.
Beaufort Sea, provided the previously
mentioned mitigation, monitoring, and
reporting requirements are incorporated.
Dated: July 28, 2006.
James H. Lecky,
Director, Office of Protected Resources,
National Marine Fisheries Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Army
Availability of the Record of Decision
for the Construction and the Operation
of a Battle Area Complex and a
Combined Arms Collective Training
Facility Within U.S. Army Training
Lands in Alaska
Department of the Army, DoD.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
SUMMARY: The Army announces the
availability of its Record of Decision
(ROD) for the construction and
operation of a Battle Area Complex
(BAX) and a Combined Arms Collective
Training Facility (CACTF) within U.S.
Army training lands in Alaska, and the
execution of routine, joint military
training at these locations. Or June 14,
2006, the Army published a notice of
availability of its Final Environmental
Impact Statement (EIS) that considered
the environmental consequences of the
proposed action and alternatives. The
ROD was signed in July 2006 and was
prepared pursuant to the National
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). The
ROD explains and finalizes the Army’s
decision to proceed with construction
and operation of the BAX and CACTF
at Eddy Drop Zone. This decision was
based on the analysis described in the
Final EIS, supporting studies, and
comments provided during formal
comment and review periods.
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The decision also affirms the Army’s
commitment to implementing a series of
mitigation and monitoring measures to
offset potential adverse environmental
impacts associated with the selected
action, as identified in the Final EIS.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Major Kirk Gohlke, Public Affairs
Officer, U.S. Army, Alaska, telephone:
(907) 384–1542; facsimile: (907) 384–
2060; e-mail:
kirk.gohle@richardson.army.mil.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: U.S.
Army, Alaska (USARAK) will construct
and operate two state-of-the-art, fully
automated and instrumented combat
training facilities. This involves the
construction and operation of a BAX
(rural environment) and CACTF (urban
environment) at Eddy Drop Zone. The
BAX will encompass approximately
2,872 acres and the CACTF will
encompass 1,184 acres of land suitable
for the construction and operation of
these ranges. In addition, surface danger
zones are required for both the BAX and
CACTF.
The purpose of the action is to
provide year-round, fully automated,
comprehensive, and realistic training
and range facilities, which, in
combination, will support company
(200 Soldiers) through battalion (800
Soldiers) combat team training events.
The construction and operation of a
BAX and CACTF at Eddy Drop Zone
will support required higher levels of
realistic combat in both urban and rural
environments. Automated facilities will
be used to provide timely feedback that
is critical to effective training.
The BAX and CACTF will fully train
Soldiers for war by maintaining unit
readiness and availability in recognition
of the threats facing our nation and the
world today. The BAX will support
company combat team live-fire
operations on a fully automated rural
maneuver range and will provide for
joint combined arms team training with
other Department of Defense
organizations. The CACTF will support
battalion combat team training and joint
operations in an urban environment.
The ROD includes a description of
environmental and cultural resource
management, monitoring and mitigation
programs.
The ROD and Final EIS are available
at the following Web site: https://
www.usarak.army.mil/conservation, or
may be requested by contacting Major
Kirk Gohlke (listed above).
John M. Brown III,
Lieutenant General, USA, Commanding
General, U.S. Army, Pacific.
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Army
Availability of the Record of Decision for the Construction and
the Operation of a Battle Area Complex and a Combined Arms Collective
Training Facility Within U.S. Army Training Lands in Alaska
AGENCY: Department of the Army, DoD.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Army announces the availability of its Record of Decision
(ROD) for the construction and operation of a Battle Area Complex (BAX)
and a Combined Arms Collective Training Facility (CACTF) within U.S.
Army training lands in Alaska, and the execution of routine, joint
military training at these locations. Or June 14, 2006, the Army
published a notice of availability of its Final Environmental Impact
Statement (EIS) that considered the environmental consequences of the
proposed action and alternatives. The ROD was signed in July 2006 and
was prepared pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA).
The ROD explains and finalizes the Army's decision to proceed with
construction and operation of the BAX and CACTF at Eddy Drop Zone. This
decision was based on the analysis described in the Final EIS,
supporting studies, and comments provided during formal comment and
review periods.
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The decision also affirms the Army's commitment to implementing a
series of mitigation and monitoring measures to offset potential
adverse environmental impacts associated with the selected action, as
identified in the Final EIS.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Major Kirk Gohlke, Public Affairs
Officer, U.S. Army, Alaska, telephone: (907) 384-1542; facsimile: (907)
384-2060; e-mail: kirk.gohle@richardson.army.mil.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: U.S. Army, Alaska (USARAK) will construct
and operate two state-of-the-art, fully automated and instrumented
combat training facilities. This involves the construction and
operation of a BAX (rural environment) and CACTF (urban environment) at
Eddy Drop Zone. The BAX will encompass approximately 2,872 acres and
the CACTF will encompass 1,184 acres of land suitable for the
construction and operation of these ranges. In addition, surface danger
zones are required for both the BAX and CACTF.
The purpose of the action is to provide year-round, fully
automated, comprehensive, and realistic training and range facilities,
which, in combination, will support company (200 Soldiers) through
battalion (800 Soldiers) combat team training events. The construction
and operation of a BAX and CACTF at Eddy Drop Zone will support
required higher levels of realistic combat in both urban and rural
environments. Automated facilities will be used to provide timely
feedback that is critical to effective training.
The BAX and CACTF will fully train Soldiers for war by maintaining
unit readiness and availability in recognition of the threats facing
our nation and the world today. The BAX will support company combat
team live-fire operations on a fully automated rural maneuver range and
will provide for joint combined arms team training with other
Department of Defense organizations. The CACTF will support battalion
combat team training and joint operations in an urban environment.
The ROD includes a description of environmental and cultural
resource management, monitoring and mitigation programs.
The ROD and Final EIS are available at the following Web site:
https://www.usarak.army.mil/conservation, or may be requested by
contacting Major Kirk Gohlke (listed above).
John M. Brown III,
Lieutenant General, USA, Commanding General, U.S. Army, Pacific.
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