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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Army
Notice of Availability of the Draft
Programmatic Environmental Impact
Statement (DPEIS) for Army Growth
and Force Structure Realignment
Department of the Army, DoD.
Notice of Availability (NOA).
AGENCY:
ACTION:
SUMMARY: The Department of the Army
announces the availability of a DPEIS
for the growth and realignment of the
U.S. Army. Pursuant to the National
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), the
Department of the Army has prepared a
DPEIS that evaluates the potential
environmental and socioeconomic
effects associated with alternatives for
growing and realigning the Army’s force
structure. Potential impacts have been
analyzed at installations which are
being considered for the stationing of
1,000 or more Soldiers in efforts to grow
and realign the Army.
DATES: Written comments on the DPEIS
will be accepted for 45 days following
the publication of a Notice of
Availability in the Federal Register by
the U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency.
ADDRESSES: Send all written comments
and suggestions concerning this DPEIS
to: Public Affairs Office, U.S. Army
Environmental Command, Building
E4460, Attention: IMAE–PA, 5179
Hoadley Road, Aberdeen Proving
Ground, MD 21010–5401. Comments
may also be sent to:
PublicComments@aec.apgea.army.mil.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Public Affairs Office at (410) 436–2556;
facsimile at (410) 436–1693 (during
normal business hours Monday through
Friday).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Proposed Action and analysis within
the DPEIS covers those activities needed
to increase the Army’s end strength and
realign its force structure from Fiscal
Year 2008 through Fiscal Year 2013 to
a size and composition that is better
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able to meet national security and
defense requirements. The Proposed
Action involves stationing decisions to
align Army forces in support of military
transformation, unit equipment and
training readiness, and Soldier and
Family quality of life needs. To
implement the Proposed Action, new
units must be stationed at locations that
are able to accommodate unit training,
garrison operations, maintenance
activities, and Soldiers and their
Families. In addition, final stationing
locations must support the strategic
deployment and mobilization
requirements of the nation’s Combatant
Commanders to ensure they will have
the forces necessary to support regional
contingency operations and planning
requirements.
The current global security
environment is turbulent,
unpredictable, and rapidly changing. It
has placed considerable demands on the
nation’s military, and highlighted the
need for the Army to correct shortfalls
in high-demand skills while conducting
a thorough assessment of its force
capabilities. No one has felt the impacts
from the increased demands of the
modern security environment more than
the Soldiers and Families of the U.S.
Armed Forces. To meet the challenges
posed by a wider range of security
threats present in the 21st century, the
Army requires the growth and
restructuring of its forces in order to
sustain the broad range of operations
needed to ensure national and global
stability.
The DPEIS is being prepared to
comply with NEPA (42 U.S.C. and et
seq.) and meet Army NEPA procedures,
which are outlined in Environmental
Analysis of Army Actions (32 CFR Part
651). These regulations require the
Army to consider the environmental
and socioeconomic impacts of its
proposed action and alternatives and to
solicit the views of the public, so it can
make an informed final decision
regarding how to proceed.
The DPEIS examines major Army
training installations and their ability to
support new unit stationing actions in
connection with the growth and
realignment of the U.S. Army. The
DPEIS will provide the Army senior
leadership with a hard look at
environmental and socioeconomic
impacts associated with the Proposed
Action and inform the decision-making
process for selecting the final stationing
locations for new units. This effort
includes analysis of specific actions that
will need to be taken (such as the
construction of housing and quality of
life facilities, the construction of new
training ranges and infrastructure, and
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changes in the intensity of use of
maneuver land and firing ranges) to
station new units as part of the Army’s
overall efforts to grow and realign the
force.
After reviewing a full range of
alternatives sites, 17 installations
capable of supporting the Army’s
growth and realignment have been
evaluated for their ability to support
three action alternatives. The
installations carried forward for analysis
include: Fort Benning, GA; Fort Bragg,
NC; Fort Bliss, TX; Fort Campbell, KY;
Fort Carson, CO; Fort Drum, NY; Fort
Hood, TX; Fort Hunter-Liggett, CA; Fort
Irwin, CA; Fort Knox, KY; Fort Lewis,
WA; Fort Polk, LA; Fort Riley, KS; Fort
Stewart, GA; White Sands Missile
Range, NM; Yakima Training Center,
WA; and Yuma Proving Grounds, AZ.
Each of these installations could receive
1,000 or more additional Soldiers as
part of alternatives being examined.
Alternatives carried forward for
analysis in the DPEIS include; (1)
Implementing Army force structure
modifications between Fiscal Years
2008 and 2013 to support the Army’s
Modular transformation and Global
Defense Posture Review (GDPR)
decisions; (2) Executing those actions
discussed as part of Alternative 1 and,
in addition, adding approximately
30,000 Combat Support (CS) and
Combat Service Support (CSS) Soldiers
to the Army to address critical shortfalls
in high demand military skills in both
Active Army and Reserve components;
(3) Executing those actions proposed in
Alternatives 1 and 2 and, in addition,
grow the Army by up to 6 Active Duty
Brigade Combat Teams (BCTs).
Additional BCTs would be stationed at
existing or newly established Army
stationing locations within the
continental United States. In addition to
these alternatives, the No Action
Alternative is described and its impacts
are fully assessed and considered.
Analysis within the DPEIS covers
those activities required to implement
unit stationing actions associated with
Army growth and realignment. Sitespecific actions which will need to be
taken include the construction of
housing and quality of life facilities (i.e.,
gymnasiums, hospitals, shopping areas),
the construction of new training ranges
and infrastructure, and changes in the
intensity of use of maneuver land and
firing ranges associated with the
increased frequency of training events.
Stationing decisions made as part of this
effort will also consider strategic
military and national security
considerations, New stationing actions
must take place at locations which, if
selected, are capable of supporting the
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National Security Strategy (2006), the
Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR,
2006), National Military Strategy, and
the Army Campaign Plan (ACP).
Direct, indirect, and cumulative
impacts of the Proposed Action have
been considered in the DPEIS. The
DPEIS identifies the environmental and
socioeconomic impacts associated with
various unit stationing actions at each of
the 17 installations carried forward for
analysis. Impacts at sites would result
from construction and training activities
related to the growth and realignment of
Army forces. Significant impacts to
resources could be direct and long term.
Decisions from the PEIS will be tiered
into site-specific NEPA analysis at the
installation level as specific stationing
decisions are determined. The DPEIS
will provide Army planners and
decision makers with critical and timely
information on the capacity and
condition of each of the installation’s
environmental and socioeconomic
resources preceding specific stationing
actions. The No Action Alternative
provides the baseline conditions for
comparison to proposed alternatives.
Additional concerns or impacts may be
identified as a result of comments
received on the DPEIS.
The Army invites full public
participation to promote open
communication and better decision
making. All persons and organizations
that have an interest in the growth and
realignment of the Army’s forces and
associated stationing actions are invited
to participate in this NEPA evaluation
process. Assistance will be provided
upon request to anyone having
difficulty understanding how to
participate.
The availability of the PDEIS for
public comment will also be announced
through notices and national and local
media news releases. Information on the
DPEIS will be posted on the U.S. Army
Environmental Command’s Web site
(www.aec.army.mil) for public access
during the public comment period.
Dated: August 15, 2007.
Addison D. Davis, IV,
Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army
(Environment, Safety and Occupational
Health).
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Army
Notice of Availability of the Draft Programmatic Environmental
Impact Statement (DPEIS) for Army Growth and Force Structure
Realignment
AGENCY: Department of the Army, DoD.
ACTION: Notice of Availability (NOA).
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SUMMARY: The Department of the Army announces the availability of a
DPEIS for the growth and realignment of the U.S. Army. Pursuant to the
National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), the Department of the Army
has prepared a DPEIS that evaluates the potential environmental and
socioeconomic effects associated with alternatives for growing and
realigning the Army's force structure. Potential impacts have been
analyzed at installations which are being considered for the stationing
of 1,000 or more Soldiers in efforts to grow and realign the Army.
DATES: Written comments on the DPEIS will be accepted for 45 days
following the publication of a Notice of Availability in the Federal
Register by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
ADDRESSES: Send all written comments and suggestions concerning this
DPEIS to: Public Affairs Office, U.S. Army Environmental Command,
Building E4460, Attention: IMAE-PA, 5179 Hoadley Road, Aberdeen Proving
Ground, MD 21010-5401. Comments may also be sent to:
PublicComments@aec.apgea.army.mil.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Public Affairs Office at (410) 436-
2556; facsimile at (410) 436-1693 (during normal business hours Monday
through Friday).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Proposed Action and analysis within the
DPEIS covers those activities needed to increase the Army's end
strength and realign its force structure from Fiscal Year 2008 through
Fiscal Year 2013 to a size and composition that is better
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able to meet national security and defense requirements. The Proposed
Action involves stationing decisions to align Army forces in support of
military transformation, unit equipment and training readiness, and
Soldier and Family quality of life needs. To implement the Proposed
Action, new units must be stationed at locations that are able to
accommodate unit training, garrison operations, maintenance activities,
and Soldiers and their Families. In addition, final stationing
locations must support the strategic deployment and mobilization
requirements of the nation's Combatant Commanders to ensure they will
have the forces necessary to support regional contingency operations
and planning requirements.
The current global security environment is turbulent,
unpredictable, and rapidly changing. It has placed considerable demands
on the nation's military, and highlighted the need for the Army to
correct shortfalls in high-demand skills while conducting a thorough
assessment of its force capabilities. No one has felt the impacts from
the increased demands of the modern security environment more than the
Soldiers and Families of the U.S. Armed Forces. To meet the challenges
posed by a wider range of security threats present in the 21st century,
the Army requires the growth and restructuring of its forces in order
to sustain the broad range of operations needed to ensure national and
global stability.
The DPEIS is being prepared to comply with NEPA (42 U.S.C. and et
seq.) and meet Army NEPA procedures, which are outlined in
Environmental Analysis of Army Actions (32 CFR Part 651). These
regulations require the Army to consider the environmental and
socioeconomic impacts of its proposed action and alternatives and to
solicit the views of the public, so it can make an informed final
decision regarding how to proceed.
The DPEIS examines major Army training installations and their
ability to support new unit stationing actions in connection with the
growth and realignment of the U.S. Army. The DPEIS will provide the
Army senior leadership with a hard look at environmental and
socioeconomic impacts associated with the Proposed Action and inform
the decision-making process for selecting the final stationing
locations for new units. This effort includes analysis of specific
actions that will need to be taken (such as the construction of housing
and quality of life facilities, the construction of new training ranges
and infrastructure, and changes in the intensity of use of maneuver
land and firing ranges) to station new units as part of the Army's
overall efforts to grow and realign the force.
After reviewing a full range of alternatives sites, 17
installations capable of supporting the Army's growth and realignment
have been evaluated for their ability to support three action
alternatives. The installations carried forward for analysis include:
Fort Benning, GA; Fort Bragg, NC; Fort Bliss, TX; Fort Campbell, KY;
Fort Carson, CO; Fort Drum, NY; Fort Hood, TX; Fort Hunter-Liggett, CA;
Fort Irwin, CA; Fort Knox, KY; Fort Lewis, WA; Fort Polk, LA; Fort
Riley, KS; Fort Stewart, GA; White Sands Missile Range, NM; Yakima
Training Center, WA; and Yuma Proving Grounds, AZ. Each of these
installations could receive 1,000 or more additional Soldiers as part
of alternatives being examined.
Alternatives carried forward for analysis in the DPEIS include; (1)
Implementing Army force structure modifications between Fiscal Years
2008 and 2013 to support the Army's Modular transformation and Global
Defense Posture Review (GDPR) decisions; (2) Executing those actions
discussed as part of Alternative 1 and, in addition, adding
approximately 30,000 Combat Support (CS) and Combat Service Support
(CSS) Soldiers to the Army to address critical shortfalls in high
demand military skills in both Active Army and Reserve components; (3)
Executing those actions proposed in Alternatives 1 and 2 and, in
addition, grow the Army by up to 6 Active Duty Brigade Combat Teams
(BCTs). Additional BCTs would be stationed at existing or newly
established Army stationing locations within the continental United
States. In addition to these alternatives, the No Action Alternative is
described and its impacts are fully assessed and considered.
Analysis within the DPEIS covers those activities required to
implement unit stationing actions associated with Army growth and
realignment. Site-specific actions which will need to be taken include
the construction of housing and quality of life facilities (i.e.,
gymnasiums, hospitals, shopping areas), the construction of new
training ranges and infrastructure, and changes in the intensity of use
of maneuver land and firing ranges associated with the increased
frequency of training events. Stationing decisions made as part of this
effort will also consider strategic military and national security
considerations, New stationing actions must take place at locations
which, if selected, are capable of supporting the National Security
Strategy (2006), the Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR, 2006), National
Military Strategy, and the Army Campaign Plan (ACP).
Direct, indirect, and cumulative impacts of the Proposed Action
have been considered in the DPEIS. The DPEIS identifies the
environmental and socioeconomic impacts associated with various unit
stationing actions at each of the 17 installations carried forward for
analysis. Impacts at sites would result from construction and training
activities related to the growth and realignment of Army forces.
Significant impacts to resources could be direct and long term.
Decisions from the PEIS will be tiered into site-specific NEPA analysis
at the installation level as specific stationing decisions are
determined. The DPEIS will provide Army planners and decision makers
with critical and timely information on the capacity and condition of
each of the installation's environmental and socioeconomic resources
preceding specific stationing actions. The No Action Alternative
provides the baseline conditions for comparison to proposed
alternatives. Additional concerns or impacts may be identified as a
result of comments received on the DPEIS.
The Army invites full public participation to promote open
communication and better decision making. All persons and organizations
that have an interest in the growth and realignment of the Army's
forces and associated stationing actions are invited to participate in
this NEPA evaluation process. Assistance will be provided upon request
to anyone having difficulty understanding how to participate.
The availability of the PDEIS for public comment will also be
announced through notices and national and local media news releases.
Information on the DPEIS will be posted on the U.S. Army Environmental
Command's Web site (www.aec.army.mil) for public access during the
public comment period.
Dated: August 15, 2007.
Addison D. Davis, IV,
Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army (Environment, Safety and
Occupational Health).
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