Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)/Overseas Environmental Impact Statement (OEIS) for the Relocation of U.S. Marine Corps Forces to Guam, Enhancement of Infrastructure and Logistic Capabilities, Improvement of Pier/Waterfront Infrastructure for Transient U.S. Navy Nuclear Aircraft Carrier (CVN) at Naval Base Guam, and Placement of a U.S. Army Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) Task Force in Guam, 10186-10187 [E7-3800]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Navy
Notice of Intent To Prepare an
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)/
Overseas Environmental Impact
Statement (OEIS) for the Relocation of
U.S. Marine Corps Forces to Guam,
Enhancement of Infrastructure and
Logistic Capabilities, Improvement of
Pier/Waterfront Infrastructure for
Transient U.S. Navy Nuclear Aircraft
Carrier (CVN) at Naval Base Guam, and
Placement of a U.S. Army Ballistic
Missile Defense (BMD) Task Force in
Guam
Department of the Navy, DoD.
Notice.
AGENCY:
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ACTION:
SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 102(2)(C)
of the National Environmental Policy of
1969, as implemented by the Council on
Environmental Quality Regulations (40
CFR Parts 1500–1508), and Executive
Order 12114, the Department of the
Navy (DON) announces its intent to
prepare an EIS/OEIS to evaluate the
potential environmental effects
associated with relocating Command,
Air, Ground, and Logistics units (which
includes approximately 8,000 service
members and 9,000 family members)
from Okinawa, Japan to Guam. The EIS/
OEIS will examine potential impacts
from activities associated with the
Marine Corps units’ relocation to
include operations, training, and
infrastructure changes.
DON also proposes to enhance the
infrastructure, logistic capabilities, and
improve pier/waterfront facilities to
support transient CVN berthing at Naval
Base Guam. The EIS/OEIS will examine
potential impacts of the waterfront
improvements associated with the
proposed transient berthing.
Finally, the proposed action will
evaluate placing a BMD task force
(approximately 630 service members
and 950 family members) in Guam. The
EIS/OEIS will examine potential
impacts from activities associated with
the task force to include operations,
training, and infrastructure changes.
The purpose and need of the
proposed action is to fulfill U.S.
government national security and
alliance requirements in the Western
Pacific Region. Guam’s location as the
westernmost part of the United States is
critical to national security. The
Department of Defense (DoD) national
security strategy would increase the role
of Guam and the Commonwealth of the
Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI)
through the relocation of Marines to
Guam, increased presence of a transient
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CVN, and enhanced capability to defend
critical military assets.
Mission critical, mission support, and
community support infrastructure
improvements are needed to ensure that
Navy Region Marianas can provide
expanded direct support of the DoD
strategic mission and operational
readiness in the Western Pacific Region.
Infrastructure improvements would
need to provide:
• Military training, subsequent
garrison, operations, and infrastructure
to support the U.S. Marines relocation
to Guam.
• Port infrastructure for support to
the transient presence of a CVN within
Apra Harbor.
• Infrastructure to support the BMD
task force, which can intercept missiles
with potential to impact the critical
military assets.
The EIS/OEIS will consider
reasonable alternatives for siting
operational, training, and support
facilities on Guam, in addition to the
no-action alternative. The DON Joint
Guam Program Office (JGPO) will seek
the input of the public on siting
alternatives during the scoping meetings
described below.
Seven Federal agencies will be invited
to be cooperating agencies: National
Oceanographic and Atmospheric
Administration; National Marine
Fisheries; U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service; U.S. Department of Agriculture,
Wildlife Services; Department of
Transportation Federal Highway
Administration; Federal Aviation
Administration; and the National Park
Service.
Public scoping
meetings will be held on Guam, Saipan,
and Tinian to receive oral and/or
written comments that should be
addressed in the EIS/OEIS. The public
scoping open houses will be held at the
following dates, times, and locations:
1. Tuesday, April 3, 2007, 5 p.m.–8
p.m., location TBD (Guam, in central
business area);
2. Wednesday, April 4, 2007, 5 p.m.–
8 p.m., location TBD (Saipan); and
3. Thursday, April 5, 2007, 5 p.m.–8
p.m., location TBD (Tinian).
Federal Agencies, Government of
Guam agencies, Government of CNMI
agencies, the public, and other
interested parties are encouraged to
provide oral and/or written comments
to the DON to identify specific issues or
topics for consideration in the EIS/OEIS.
The DON will consider comments
received in determining the scope of the
EIS/OEIS.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Captain Robert Lee, Commander, Navy
DATES AND ADDRESSES:
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Region Marianas, PSC 455 Box 152, FPO
AP, Guam 96540, telephone 671–339–
6156, e-mail at:
Robert.Lee@guam.navy.mil.
The Office
of the Secretary of Defense directed the
DON to establish a JGPO to facilitate,
manage, coordinate, and execute certain
DoD actions in Guam. The proposed
actions for consideration in the
announced EIS/OEIS are under the
cognizance of the JGPO, the DON action
proponent.
Guam is host to the westernmost U.S.
military installation on U.S. soil, and is
located 2,400 kilometers (1,500 miles)
from the Western Pacific Rim. The
location of Guam allows for rapid
deployment of military units to areas of
possible conflict in the Western Pacific
Region. The proposed action is required
to maintain the DON’s capability to
accomplish its mission in this critical
geographic region in support of the
U.S./Japan Alliance and consistent with
the DoD Integrated Global Positioning
and Basing Strategy and Quadrennial
Defense Review.
The proposed action would relocate
an Air Combat Element, Command
Element, Ground Combat Element, and
Command Service Support Element of
the U.S. Marines to Guam, provide
enhanced CVN transient operational
capability and logistics support at Guam
Naval Base, and for defense, locate a
U.S. Army BMD task force on Guam.
The proposed action includes
rehabilitation or construction of
operational facilities, support facilities
(such as housing), and training areas on
Guam and other locations within the
Mariana Islands.
The EIS/OEIS will analyze a range of
alternative sites for facilities needed to
support the proposed actions.
Administrative, housing, training, and
operations functions will be evaluated
to determine a range of reasonable
alternative locations within the
Marianas. Reasonable alternatives,
including, but not limited to, alternative
configurations within Guam and the
CNMI, will be considered to
accommodate the operations, training,
and infrastructure requirements
associated with the proposed relocation
of service and family members, the
enhancement of CVN transient
operational capabilities, and the siting
of a U.S. Army BMD task force with its
service and family members. The EIS/
OEIS also will analyze and consider the
No Action alternative.
Impacts and issues to be addressed in
the EIS/OEIS include, but are not
limited to, the following resource areas:
Coral and coral reefs, marine and
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terrestrial natural resources, including
threatened and endangered species,
water quality, noise, land use, airspace
management, fishing, navigation,
recreation, historical and cultural
resources, utilities, and socioeconomics.
The EIS/OEIS will include an
evaluation of the project’s direct,
indirect, short-term, long-term, and
cumulative impacts. No decision will be
made to implement any alternative until
the EIS/OEIS process is completed and
a Record of Decision is signed by the
Assistant Secretary of the Navy
(Installations and Environment).
The JGPO is initiating the scoping
process to identify community concerns
and local issues to be addressed in the
EIS/OEIS. Federal agencies, State
agencies, local agencies, and interested
persons are encouraged to provide oral
and/or written comments identifying
specific issues or topics of
environmental concern that should be
addressed in the EIS/OEIS. Written
comments must be postmarked by May
1, 2007, and should be mailed to: JGPO,
258 Makalapa Drive, Suite 100, Pearl
Harbor, HI 96860–3134, Attention: EV2.
The proposed deletions are not within
the purview of subsection (r) of the
Privacy Act of 1974, (5 U.S.C. 552a), as
amended, which requires the
submission of a new or altered system
report.
Dated: February 28, 2007.
C.R. Choate,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison
Officer, Department of Defense.
Deletion:
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Personnel Records (February 22, 1993,
58 FR 10697).
Reason: System is obsolete.
Information on reservists is maintained
in their military personnel file, security
clearance file, etc.
N04410–1
File of Records of Acquisition,
Transfer and Disposal of Privately
Owned Vehicles (September 20, 1993,
58 FR 48852).
Reason: Activity has been
disestablished and all files destroyed.
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Dated: February 28, 2007.
M.A. Harvison,
Lieutenant Commander, Judge Advocate
General’s Corps, U.S. Navy, Federal Register
Liaison Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Privacy Act of 1974; System of
Records
Department of the Navy
AGENCY:
Department of the Navy, DoD.
Notice To Amend System of
Records.
Department of the Navy, DoD.
Notice to Delete Systems of
Records.
AGENCY:
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ACTION:
SUMMARY: The Department of the Navy
is deleting two system of records notices
from its existing inventory of records
systems subject to the Privacy Act of
1974, (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended.
DATES: Effective March 7, 2007.
ADDRESSES: Department of the Navy,
PA/FOIA Policy Branch, Chief of Naval
Operations, (DNS–36), 2000 Navy
Pentagon, Washington, DC 20350–2000.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.
Doris Lama at (202) 685–6545.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Department of the Navy systems of
records notices subject to the Privacy
Act of 1974, (5 U.S.C. 552a), as
amended, have been published in the
Federal Register and are available from
the address above.
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The Department of the Navy
is amending a system of records notice
in its existing inventory of record
systems subject to the Privacy Act of
1974, (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended.
DATES: This proposed action will be
effective without further notice on April
6, 2007 unless comments are received
which result in a contrary
determination.
ADDRESSES: Send comments to the
Department of the Navy, PA/FOIA
Policy Branch, Chief of Naval
Operations (DNS–36), 2000 Navy
Pentagon, Washington, DC 20350–2000.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mrs.
Doris Lama at (202) 685–6545.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Department of the Navy systems of
records notices subject to the Privacy
Act of 1974, (5 U.S.C. 552a), as
amended, have been published in the
Federal Register and are available from
the address above.
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Department of the Navy (DON)
Military Awards System (November 23,
2005, 70 FR 70597).
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Department of the Navy
SUMMARY:
Dated: February 28, 2007.
C.R. Choate,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison
Officer, Department of Defense.
AUTHORITY FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE SYSTEM:
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
ACTION:
Privacy Act of 1974; System of
Records
The specific changes to the record
system being amended are set forth
below followed by the notice, as
amended, published in its entirety. The
proposed amendments are not within
the purview of subsection (r) of the
Privacy Act of 1974, (5 U.S.C. 552a), as
amended, which requires the
submission of a new or altered system
report.
SYSTEM MANAGER(S) AND ADDRESS:
Delete ‘‘(DNS–37)’’ and replace with
‘‘(DNS–35)’’.
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SYSTEM NAME:
Department of the Navy (DON)
Military Awards System.
SYSTEM LOCATION:
Chief of Naval Operations (DNS–35),
2000 Navy Pentagon, Washington, DC
20350–2000; Headquarters, U.S. Marine
Corps, Manpower and Reserve Affairs
Department, Personnel Management
Division, Military Awards Branch
(MMMA), 3280 Russell Road, MCB
Quantico, VA 22134–5103; and
organizational elements of the
Department of the Navy.
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Navy
Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement
(EIS)/Overseas Environmental Impact Statement (OEIS) for the Relocation
of U.S. Marine Corps Forces to Guam, Enhancement of Infrastructure and
Logistic Capabilities, Improvement of Pier/Waterfront Infrastructure
for Transient U.S. Navy Nuclear Aircraft Carrier (CVN) at Naval Base
Guam, and Placement of a U.S. Army Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) Task
Force in Guam
AGENCY: Department of the Navy, DoD.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental
Policy of 1969, as implemented by the Council on Environmental Quality
Regulations (40 CFR Parts 1500-1508), and Executive Order 12114, the
Department of the Navy (DON) announces its intent to prepare an EIS/
OEIS to evaluate the potential environmental effects associated with
relocating Command, Air, Ground, and Logistics units (which includes
approximately 8,000 service members and 9,000 family members) from
Okinawa, Japan to Guam. The EIS/OEIS will examine potential impacts
from activities associated with the Marine Corps units' relocation to
include operations, training, and infrastructure changes.
DON also proposes to enhance the infrastructure, logistic
capabilities, and improve pier/waterfront facilities to support
transient CVN berthing at Naval Base Guam. The EIS/OEIS will examine
potential impacts of the waterfront improvements associated with the
proposed transient berthing.
Finally, the proposed action will evaluate placing a BMD task force
(approximately 630 service members and 950 family members) in Guam. The
EIS/OEIS will examine potential impacts from activities associated with
the task force to include operations, training, and infrastructure
changes.
The purpose and need of the proposed action is to fulfill U.S.
government national security and alliance requirements in the Western
Pacific Region. Guam's location as the westernmost part of the United
States is critical to national security. The Department of Defense
(DoD) national security strategy would increase the role of Guam and
the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) through the
relocation of Marines to Guam, increased presence of a transient CVN,
and enhanced capability to defend critical military assets.
Mission critical, mission support, and community support
infrastructure improvements are needed to ensure that Navy Region
Marianas can provide expanded direct support of the DoD strategic
mission and operational readiness in the Western Pacific Region.
Infrastructure improvements would need to provide:
Military training, subsequent garrison, operations, and
infrastructure to support the U.S. Marines relocation to Guam.
Port infrastructure for support to the transient presence
of a CVN within Apra Harbor.
Infrastructure to support the BMD task force, which can
intercept missiles with potential to impact the critical military
assets.
The EIS/OEIS will consider reasonable alternatives for siting
operational, training, and support facilities on Guam, in addition to
the no-action alternative. The DON Joint Guam Program Office (JGPO)
will seek the input of the public on siting alternatives during the
scoping meetings described below.
Seven Federal agencies will be invited to be cooperating agencies:
National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration; National Marine
Fisheries; U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; U.S. Department of
Agriculture, Wildlife Services; Department of Transportation Federal
Highway Administration; Federal Aviation Administration; and the
National Park Service.
DATES AND ADDRESSES: Public scoping meetings will be held on Guam,
Saipan, and Tinian to receive oral and/or written comments that should
be addressed in the EIS/OEIS. The public scoping open houses will be
held at the following dates, times, and locations:
1. Tuesday, April 3, 2007, 5 p.m.-8 p.m., location TBD (Guam, in
central business area);
2. Wednesday, April 4, 2007, 5 p.m.-8 p.m., location TBD (Saipan);
and
3. Thursday, April 5, 2007, 5 p.m.-8 p.m., location TBD (Tinian).
Federal Agencies, Government of Guam agencies, Government of CNMI
agencies, the public, and other interested parties are encouraged to
provide oral and/or written comments to the DON to identify specific
issues or topics for consideration in the EIS/OEIS. The DON will
consider comments received in determining the scope of the EIS/OEIS.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Captain Robert Lee, Commander, Navy
Region Marianas, PSC 455 Box 152, FPO AP, Guam 96540, telephone 671-
339-6156, e-mail at: Robert.Lee@guam.navy.mil.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Office of the Secretary of Defense
directed the DON to establish a JGPO to facilitate, manage, coordinate,
and execute certain DoD actions in Guam. The proposed actions for
consideration in the announced EIS/OEIS are under the cognizance of the
JGPO, the DON action proponent.
Guam is host to the westernmost U.S. military installation on U.S.
soil, and is located 2,400 kilometers (1,500 miles) from the Western
Pacific Rim. The location of Guam allows for rapid deployment of
military units to areas of possible conflict in the Western Pacific
Region. The proposed action is required to maintain the DON's
capability to accomplish its mission in this critical geographic region
in support of the U.S./Japan Alliance and consistent with the DoD
Integrated Global Positioning and Basing Strategy and Quadrennial
Defense Review.
The proposed action would relocate an Air Combat Element, Command
Element, Ground Combat Element, and Command Service Support Element of
the U.S. Marines to Guam, provide enhanced CVN transient operational
capability and logistics support at Guam Naval Base, and for defense,
locate a U.S. Army BMD task force on Guam. The proposed action includes
rehabilitation or construction of operational facilities, support
facilities (such as housing), and training areas on Guam and other
locations within the Mariana Islands.
The EIS/OEIS will analyze a range of alternative sites for
facilities needed to support the proposed actions. Administrative,
housing, training, and operations functions will be evaluated to
determine a range of reasonable alternative locations within the
Marianas. Reasonable alternatives, including, but not limited to,
alternative configurations within Guam and the CNMI, will be considered
to accommodate the operations, training, and infrastructure
requirements associated with the proposed relocation of service and
family members, the enhancement of CVN transient operational
capabilities, and the siting of a U.S. Army BMD task force with its
service and family members. The EIS/OEIS also will analyze and consider
the No Action alternative.
Impacts and issues to be addressed in the EIS/OEIS include, but are
not limited to, the following resource areas: Coral and coral reefs,
marine and
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terrestrial natural resources, including threatened and endangered
species, water quality, noise, land use, airspace management, fishing,
navigation, recreation, historical and cultural resources, utilities,
and socioeconomics. The EIS/OEIS will include an evaluation of the
project's direct, indirect, short-term, long-term, and cumulative
impacts. No decision will be made to implement any alternative until
the EIS/OEIS process is completed and a Record of Decision is signed by
the Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Installations and Environment).
The JGPO is initiating the scoping process to identify community
concerns and local issues to be addressed in the EIS/OEIS. Federal
agencies, State agencies, local agencies, and interested persons are
encouraged to provide oral and/or written comments identifying specific
issues or topics of environmental concern that should be addressed in
the EIS/OEIS. Written comments must be postmarked by May 1, 2007, and
should be mailed to: JGPO, 258 Makalapa Drive, Suite 100, Pearl Harbor,
HI 96860-3134, Attention: EV2.
Dated: February 28, 2007.
M.A. Harvison,
Lieutenant Commander, Judge Advocate General's Corps, U.S. Navy,
Federal Register Liaison Officer.
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