Intent To Hold an Open Meeting of the North Dakota River Task Force Established by the Missouri River Protection and Improvement Act of 2000 (Title VII), 13751 [07-1433]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Army
Notice of Availability of the Fort Bliss,
Texas and New Mexico, Mission Master
Plan Final Supplemental Programmatic
Environmental Impact Statement
Department of the Army, DOD.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
SUMMARY: The Department of the Army
announces the availability of a Final
Supplemental Programmatic
Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS)
identifying the potential environmental
effects of changing land and airspace
use at Fort Bliss to support evolving
changes in missions and units and
support Army Transformation,
Integrated Global Presence and Basing
Strategy (IGPBS), Base Realignment and
Closure (BRAC), the Army Campaign
Plan, and other Army initiatives.
The Final SEIS supplements the Fort
Bliss, Texas and New Mexico, Mission
Master Plan Programmatic
Environmental Impact Statement (PEIS),
for which a Record of Decision was
signed in 2001.
DATES: The waiting period for the Final
SEIS will end 30 days after publication
of this NOA in the Federal Register.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.
Jean Offutt, Public Affairs Officer,
IMSW–BLS–PA; Fort Bliss, TX 79916–
6812; telephone: (915) 568–6812; fax:
(915) 568–2995; e-mail:
jean.offutt@bliss.army.mil.
The
Proposed Action would change land use
in the Main Cantonment Area to support
units assigned to Fort Bliss under
BRAC, and in the Fort Bliss Training
Complex to support construction of livefire ranges and designation of off-road
maneuver space needed to train soldiers
to doctrinal standards. In addition to the
Proposed Action, the Final SEIS
analyses the environmental affects of
three other action alternatives and a No
Action Alternative.
The action alternatives differ in the
amount (216,000–352,000 acres) and
location of additional land in the
Tularosa Basin portion of McGregor
Range proposed for off road maneuver,
resulting in varied abilities to meet the
defined need for maneuver training,
accommodate units and missions in
addition to the BRAC package, and
flexibility to meet future requirements.
Those portions of McGregor Range
outside the Tularosa Basin, specifically
Otero Mesa and the Sacramento
Mountain foothills, would not
experience changes in land use.
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Issues associated with land use
changes in the Training Complex
include potential impacts to natural
resources and cultural resources,
potential land use conflicts with grazing
portions of the proposed off-road
maneuver space on McGregor Range,
access to roads to the Forest Service
grazing allotments on McGregor Range,
recreational use of McGregor Range, and
closures on NM Highway 506. Noise
issues are part of the upgrade and/or
construction of firing ranges.
Issues associated with land use
changes and construction in the Main
Cantonment Area include potential
increases in air pollutant emissions,
transportation issues, and
socioeconomic issues including
population growth and development
public services and utilities, education,
and quality of life.
Alternative 4, the Proposed Action, is
anticipated to generate substantial
economic benefits and the significantly
affect population growth and
development, traffic, utility demands,
and demand for public and medical
services in the region. Expansion of offroad vehicle maneuver training into the
Tularosa Basin portion of McGregor
Range, along with increased maneuvers
in the North and South training Areas,
is expected to increase wind and water
erosion significantly, and would likely
result in long-term changes in
vegetation communities in the ore
intensely used training areas. Training
related noise is also expected to increase
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in areas adjacent to Dona Ana Range
and portions of McGregor Range.
Comments received on the Draft SEIS
at public meetings and in writing are
incorporated and addressed in the Final
SEIS.
Copies of the Final SEIS are available
at the following libraries: In El Paso, the
Richard Burges Regional Library, 9600
Dyer; the Irving Schwartz Branch
Library, 1865 Dean Martin; the Clardy
Fox Branch Library, 5515 Robert Alva;
and the Doris van Doren Regional
Branch Library, 551 Redd Road. In Las
Cruces, NM, the New Mexico State
University Zuhl Library at 299 McFie
Circle; and in Alamogordo, NM, at the
Alamogordo Public Library, 920 Oregon
Avenue. The document can also be
reviewed at https://www.bliss.army.mil.
John A. Macdonald,
Brigadier General, U.S. Army, Deputy
Commanding General, Installation
Management Command.
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Army; Corps of
Engineers
Intent To Hold an Open Meeting of the
North Dakota River Task Force
Established by the Missouri River
Protection and Improvement Act of
2000 (Title VII)
Department of the Army, U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers, DoD.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
Notice of meeting.
SUMMARY: The duties of the Task Force
are to prepare and approve a plan for
the use of the funds made available
under Title VII to promote conservation
practices in the Missouri River
watershed, control and remove the
sediment from the Missouri River,
protect recreation on the Missouri River
from sedimentation, and protect Indian
and non-Indian historical and cultural
sites along the Missouri River from
erosion.
North Dakota Missouri River
Task Force established by the Missouri
River Protection and Improvement Act
of 2000 will hold a meeting on April 24,
2007, from 12 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
DATES:
The meeting will be held at
the Best Western Doublewood Inn
located at 1400 East Interchange Avenue
in Bismarck, ND.
ADDRESSES:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Laura Bentley at (402) 221–4627.
The
objectives of the Task Force are to
prepare and approve a plan for the use
of the funds made available under Title
VII, develop and recommend to the
Secretary of the Army ways to
implement critical restoration projects
meeting the goals of the plan, and
determine if these projects primarily
benefit the Federal Government.
This meeting is open to the public.
Any interested person may attend,
appear before, or file statements with
the task force; however, statements and
questions should be submitted in
advance. For additional information,
contact Laura Bentley, U.S. Army Corps
of Engineers, 106 South 15th Street,
Omaha, NE 68102–1618, 402–221–4627.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Brenda S. Bowen,
Army Federal Register Liaison Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Army; Corps of Engineers
Intent To Hold an Open Meeting of the North Dakota River Task
Force Established by the Missouri River Protection and Improvement Act
of 2000 (Title VII)
AGENCY: Department of the Army, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, DoD.
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
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SUMMARY: The duties of the Task Force are to prepare and approve a plan
for the use of the funds made available under Title VII to promote
conservation practices in the Missouri River watershed, control and
remove the sediment from the Missouri River, protect recreation on the
Missouri River from sedimentation, and protect Indian and non-Indian
historical and cultural sites along the Missouri River from erosion.
DATES: North Dakota Missouri River Task Force established by the
Missouri River Protection and Improvement Act of 2000 will hold a
meeting on April 24, 2007, from 12 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Best Western Doublewood Inn
located at 1400 East Interchange Avenue in Bismarck, ND.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Laura Bentley at (402) 221-4627.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The objectives of the Task Force are to
prepare and approve a plan for the use of the funds made available
under Title VII, develop and recommend to the Secretary of the Army
ways to implement critical restoration projects meeting the goals of
the plan, and determine if these projects primarily benefit the Federal
Government.
This meeting is open to the public. Any interested person may
attend, appear before, or file statements with the task force; however,
statements and questions should be submitted in advance. For additional
information, contact Laura Bentley, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 106
South 15th Street, Omaha, NE 68102-1618, 402-221-4627.
Brenda S. Bowen,
Army Federal Register Liaison Officer.
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