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Statement [SEIS]), implements the
preferred alternative, Alternative 2,
identified in the Final SEIS for
SURTASS LFA sonar.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The full
text of the Record of Decision (ROD) is
available for public viewing at https://
www.surtass-lfa-eis.com. Single copies
of the ROD will be made available upon
request by contacting the SURTASS
LFA Sonar SEIS Team, 4100 N. Fairfax
Drive, Suite 730, Arlington, VA 22203,
or e-mail: eisteam@mindspring.com.
Dated: August 17, 2007.
L.M. Bynum,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison
Officer, Department of Defense.
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
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Record of Decision for Surveillance
Towed Array Sensor System Low
Frequency Active (SURTASS LFA)
Sonar
Department of the Navy, DoD.
Notice of decision and
availability.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
SUMMARY: The Department of the Navy
(DON), after carefully weighing the
operational, scientific, technical, and
environmental implications of the
alternatives considered, announces its
decision to employ up to four SURTASS
LFA sonar systems with certain
geographical restrictions and monitoring
mitigation designed to reduce potential
adverse effects on the marine
environment. This decision, which
pertains to the employment of up to four
SURTASS LFA sonar systems (as
originally analyzed in the Final
Overseas Environmental Impact
Statement and Environmental Impact
Statement [FOEIS/EIS] for SURTASS
LFA Sonar and augmented in the Final
Supplemental Environmental Impact
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Dated: August 17, 2007.
T.M. Cruz,
Lieutenant, Office of the Judge Advocate
General, U.S. Navy, Administrative Law
Division, Federal Register Liaison Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Navy
Record of Decision for Surveillance Towed Array Sensor System Low
Frequency Active (SURTASS LFA) Sonar
AGENCY: Department of the Navy, DoD.
ACTION: Notice of decision and availability.
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SUMMARY: The Department of the Navy (DON), after carefully weighing the
operational, scientific, technical, and environmental implications of
the alternatives considered, announces its decision to employ up to
four SURTASS LFA sonar systems with certain geographical restrictions
and monitoring mitigation designed to reduce potential adverse effects
on the marine environment. This decision, which pertains to the
employment of up to four SURTASS LFA sonar systems (as originally
analyzed in the Final Overseas Environmental Impact Statement and
Environmental Impact Statement [FOEIS/EIS] for SURTASS LFA Sonar and
augmented in the Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement
[SEIS]), implements the preferred alternative, Alternative 2,
identified in the Final SEIS for SURTASS LFA sonar.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The full text of the Record of Decision
(ROD) is available for public viewing at https://www.surtass-lfa-
eis.com. Single copies of the ROD will be made available upon request
by contacting the SURTASS LFA Sonar SEIS Team, 4100 N. Fairfax Drive,
Suite 730, Arlington, VA 22203, or e-mail: eisteam@mindspring.com.
Dated: August 17, 2007.
T.M. Cruz,
Lieutenant, Office of the Judge Advocate General, U.S. Navy,
Administrative Law Division, Federal Register Liaison Officer.
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