Notice of Intent To Prepare a Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement to the Final Environmental Impact Statement and Notice of Request for Public Scoping Comments, 59084-59085 [E7-20577]
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Department of the Navy
Notice of Intent To Prepare a
Supplemental Environmental Impact
Statement to the Final Environmental
Impact Statement and Notice of
Request for Public Scoping Comments
AGENCY:
ACTION:
Department of the Navy, DoD.
Notice.
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SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 102(2)(c)
of the National Environmental Policy
Act (NEPA) of 1969, and the regulations
implemented by the Council on
Environmental Quality (40 CFR parts
1500 through 1508), the Department of
the Navy (DON) announces its intent to
prepare a Supplemental Environmental
Impact Statement (SEIS). This SEIS
supplements the Navy’s 1999 Final
Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS),
‘‘Developing Home Port Facilities for
Three NIMITZ-Class Aircraft Carriers in
Support of the U.S. Pacific Fleet,’’ as
authorized by the Record of Decision
(ROD) dated January 28, 2000 and
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published in the Federal Register on
February 8, 2000 (65 FR 6181). The
limited purpose of this SEIS is to
supplement the traffic analysis
contained in the 1999 FEIS, to assess
potential new information, validate
impacts to traffic and to analyze the
effectiveness of existing traffic
mitigation measures implemented per
the 2000 ROD when three CVNs home
ported at Naval Air Station North Island
(NASNI), California are simultaneously
in port.
Completion of the SEIS is necessary
under 40 CFR 1502.9 to assess potential
new information and to validate impacts
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to traffic during infrequent periods
when three CVNs home ported at
NASNI are simultaneously in port. The
SEIS will analyze the effectiveness of
existing traffic mitigation measures
implemented per the 2000 ROD under
these conditions. The SEIS will evaluate
impacts such as changes in local traffic
conditions, changes in personnel
loading and potential changes in CVN
operational deployment and
maintenance schedules that could affect
the average number of days three
carriers are simultaneously in port. The
SEIS will also evaluate the effects of
traffic mitigation measures implemented
pursuant to the 2000 ROD. Past, present
and reasonably foreseeable future
regional actions impacting traffic will be
examined from a cumulative impacts
perspective.
In addition, the SEIS will address
infrastructure improvements for Berth
LIMA, which include utilities upgrades
previously analyzed under the 1999
FEIS and newly defined site
improvements and other minor
alterations to existing infrastructure.
Utilities upgrades include: repairs and
upgrades to electrical power,
communications and information
systems, security lighting, fire
protection, steam, compressed air,
potable water, wastewater and fueling
systems. Site improvements and other
alterations include: Demolition of
existing fenders, moorings, and pier
pavement; installation of new fender
pile system (with 200–300 fender piles)
and mooring fittings; construction of
Anti-Terrorism/Force Protection (AT/
FP) features (watch tower, guard kiosk,
fencing and surveillance equipment);
and demolition, repair and paving of the
wharf, sidewalks, curbing, storm water
drainage features and vehicle parking
areas; and landscaping. It is anticipated
that the construction of infrastructure
improvements to Berth LIMA will take
approximately one year to accomplish.
Public input is requested to ensure
the scope of the SEIS analysis
incorporates public concerns and
affords the public an input in the
decision making process.
DATES AND ADDRESSES: The agency must
receive comments on or before
November 19, 2007. Comments may be
submitted by mail or electronically
through the project Web site. Comments
may be mailed to the following address:
Naval Facilities Engineering Command
Southwest, Attention: Ms. Ann
Rosenberry (Code OPME.AR), 2730
McKean St., Building 291, San Diego,
CA 92136. Comments may be submitted
electronically at the project Web site at:
https://www.nimitzcarriersseis.com.
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Ms.
Ann Rosenberry, Naval Facilities
Engineering Command Southwest, 2730
McKean St., Building 291, San Diego,
CA 92136; telephone: 619–556–7368,
facsimile: 619–556–0195.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Navy
is initiating the scoping process to
identify community concerns and local
issues to be addressed in the SEIS.
Federal agencies, State agencies, local
agencies, and interested persons are
encouraged to provide comments to the
Navy to identify specific issues or topics
of environmental concern that should be
addressed in the SEIS. Written
comments must be postmarked within
thirty days from the publication of this
notice in the Federal Register. Notices
announcing the intent to prepare a SEIS
will also appear in local newspapers in
both English and Spanish. As the SEIS
process progresses, the public may
obtain updates by logging on to https://
www.nimitzcarriersseis.com which is
linked to the Commander, Naval Air
Force Pacific Public Affairs Web site
found at https://www.cnaf.navy.mil.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Dated: October 11, 2007.
T.M. Cruz,
Lieutenant, Judge Advocate General’s Corps,
U.S. Navy, Federal Register Liaison Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. CP08–2–000]
El Paso Natural Gas Company; Notice
of Application
October 11, 2007.
Take notice that on October 2, 2007,
El Paso Natural Gas Company (El Paso),
Post Office Box 1087, Colorado Springs,
Colorado 80944, filed in Docket No.
CP08–2–000, an application under
section 7 of the Natural Gas Act (NGA)
and Part 157 of the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission’s (Commission)
regulations for a certificate of public
convenience and necessity authorizing
the construction and operation of new
compression facilities and authorization
to abandon, in place, its existing Eunice
Mainline Compressor Station located in
Lea County, New Mexico.
El Paso’s proposal is more fully
described as set forth in the application
that is on file with the Commission and
open to public inspection. The instant
filing may be also viewed on the Web
at https://www.ferc.gov using the
‘‘eLibrary’’ link. Enter the docket
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Any questions regarding the
application should be directed to:
Richard L. Derryberry, Director of
Regulatory Affairs, El Paso Natural Gas
Company, P.O. Box 1087, Colorado
Springs, Colorado 80944 at (719) 520–
3782 or by fax at (719) 667–7534.
Pursuant to section 157.9 of the
Commission’s rules, 18 CFR.157.9,
within 90 days of this Notice the
Commission staff will either: Complete
its environmental assessment (EA) and
place it into the Commission’s public
record (eLibrary) for this proceeding, or
issue a Notice of Schedule for
Environmental Review. If a Notice of
Schedule for Environmental Review is
issued, it will indicate, among other
milestones, the anticipated date for the
Commission staff’s issuance of the final
environmental impact statement (FEIS)
or EA for this proposal. The filing of the
EA in the Commission’s public record
for this proceeding or the issuance of a
Notice of Schedule for Environmental
Review will serve to notify federal and
state agencies of the timing for the
completion of all necessary reviews, and
the subsequent need to complete all
federal authorizations within 90 days of
the date of issuance of the Commission
staff’s FEIS or EA.
There are two ways to become
involved in the Commission’s review of
this project. First, any person wishing to
obtain legal status by becoming a party
to the proceedings for this project
should, on or before the below listed
comment date, file with the Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission, 888
First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426,
a motion to intervene in accordance
with the requirements of the
Commission’s Rules of Practice and
Procedure (18 CFR 385.214 or 385.211)
and the Regulations under the NGA (18
CFR 157.10). A person obtaining party
status will be placed on the service list
maintained by the Secretary of the
Commission and will receive copies of
all documents filed by the applicant and
by all other parties. A party must submit
14 copies of filings made with the
Commission and must mail a copy to
the applicant and to every other party in
the proceeding. Only parties to the
proceeding can ask for court review of
Commission orders in the proceeding.
However, a person does not have to
intervene in order to have comments
considered. The second way to
participate is by filing with the
Secretary of the Commission, as soon as
possible, an original and two copies of
comments in support of or in opposition
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Navy
Notice of Intent To Prepare a Supplemental Environmental Impact
Statement to the Final Environmental Impact Statement and Notice of
Request for Public Scoping Comments
AGENCY: Department of the Navy, DoD.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 102(2)(c) of the National Environmental
Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969, and the regulations implemented by the
Council on Environmental Quality (40 CFR parts 1500 through 1508), the
Department of the Navy (DON) announces its intent to prepare a
Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS). This SEIS
supplements the Navy's 1999 Final Environmental Impact Statement
(FEIS), ``Developing Home Port Facilities for Three NIMITZ-Class
Aircraft Carriers in Support of the U.S. Pacific Fleet,'' as authorized
by the Record of Decision (ROD) dated January 28, 2000 and published in
the Federal Register on February 8, 2000 (65 FR 6181). The limited
purpose of this SEIS is to supplement the traffic analysis contained in
the 1999 FEIS, to assess potential new information, validate impacts to
traffic and to analyze the effectiveness of existing traffic mitigation
measures implemented per the 2000 ROD when three CVNs home ported at
Naval Air Station North Island (NASNI), California are simultaneously
in port.
Completion of the SEIS is necessary under 40 CFR 1502.9 to assess
potential new information and to validate impacts
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to traffic during infrequent periods when three CVNs home ported at
NASNI are simultaneously in port. The SEIS will analyze the
effectiveness of existing traffic mitigation measures implemented per
the 2000 ROD under these conditions. The SEIS will evaluate impacts
such as changes in local traffic conditions, changes in personnel
loading and potential changes in CVN operational deployment and
maintenance schedules that could affect the average number of days
three carriers are simultaneously in port. The SEIS will also evaluate
the effects of traffic mitigation measures implemented pursuant to the
2000 ROD. Past, present and reasonably foreseeable future regional
actions impacting traffic will be examined from a cumulative impacts
perspective.
In addition, the SEIS will address infrastructure improvements for
Berth LIMA, which include utilities upgrades previously analyzed under
the 1999 FEIS and newly defined site improvements and other minor
alterations to existing infrastructure. Utilities upgrades include:
repairs and upgrades to electrical power, communications and
information systems, security lighting, fire protection, steam,
compressed air, potable water, wastewater and fueling systems. Site
improvements and other alterations include: Demolition of existing
fenders, moorings, and pier pavement; installation of new fender pile
system (with 200-300 fender piles) and mooring fittings; construction
of Anti-Terrorism/Force Protection (AT/FP) features (watch tower, guard
kiosk, fencing and surveillance equipment); and demolition, repair and
paving of the wharf, sidewalks, curbing, storm water drainage features
and vehicle parking areas; and landscaping. It is anticipated that the
construction of infrastructure improvements to Berth LIMA will take
approximately one year to accomplish.
Public input is requested to ensure the scope of the SEIS analysis
incorporates public concerns and affords the public an input in the
decision making process.
DATES AND ADDRESSES: The agency must receive comments on or before
November 19, 2007. Comments may be submitted by mail or electronically
through the project Web site. Comments may be mailed to the following
address: Naval Facilities Engineering Command Southwest, Attention: Ms.
Ann Rosenberry (Code OPME.AR), 2730 McKean St., Building 291, San
Diego, CA 92136. Comments may be submitted electronically at the
project Web site at: https://www.nimitzcarriersseis.com.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Ann Rosenberry, Naval Facilities
Engineering Command Southwest, 2730 McKean St., Building 291, San
Diego, CA 92136; telephone: 619-556-7368, facsimile: 619-556-0195.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Navy is initiating the scoping process
to identify community concerns and local issues to be addressed in the
SEIS. Federal agencies, State agencies, local agencies, and interested
persons are encouraged to provide comments to the Navy to identify
specific issues or topics of environmental concern that should be
addressed in the SEIS. Written comments must be postmarked within
thirty days from the publication of this notice in the Federal
Register. Notices announcing the intent to prepare a SEIS will also
appear in local newspapers in both English and Spanish. As the SEIS
process progresses, the public may obtain updates by logging on to
https://www.nimitzcarriersseis.com which is linked to the Commander,
Naval Air Force Pacific Public Affairs Web site found at https://
www.cnaf.navy.mil.
Dated: October 11, 2007.
T.M. Cruz,
Lieutenant, Judge Advocate General's Corps, U.S. Navy, Federal Register
Liaison Officer.
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