Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for Proposed Range Enhancements at the Barry M. Goldwater Range, Arizona, 73784-73785 [E7-25234]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Air Force
[USAF–2007–0027]
Proposed Collection; Comment
Request
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ACTION:
Notice.
In compliance with Section
3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, the Officer
Procurement Branch, Air Force
Personnel Center, announces the
proposed extension of a public
information collection and seeks public
comment on the provisions thereof.
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether
the proposed collection of information
is necessary for the proper performance
of the functions of the agency, including
whether the information shall have
practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden of the
proposed information collection; (c)
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and (d) ways to minimize the
burden of the information collection on
respondents, including through the use
of automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
DATES: Consideration will be given to all
comments received by February 26,
2008.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments,
identified by docket number and title,
by any of the following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
• Mail: Federal Docket Management
System Office, 1160 Defense Pentagon,
Washington, DC 20301–1160.
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Instructions: All submissions received
must include the agency name, docket
number and title for this Federal
Register document. The general policy
for comments and other submissions
from members of the public is to make
these submissions available for public
viewing on the Internet at https://
www.regulations.gov as they are
received without change, including any
personal identifiers or contact
information.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To
request more information on this
proposed information collection or to
obtain a copy of the proposal and
associated collection instruments,
please write to the Officer Procurement
Branch (DPSIPR), Air Force Personnel
Center, 550 C Street West, Suite 10,
ATTN: Ms Adriana Bazan, Randolph
AFB, TX 78150–4712, or call HQ AFPC/
DPSIPR at 210–565–3711.
Title; Associated Form; and OMB
Number: Application for Appointment
as Reserve of the Air Force or USAF
Without Component, Air Force (AF)
Form 24, OMB Number 0701–0096.
Needs and Uses: The information
collection requirement is necessary for
providing information to determine if
applicant meets established
qualifications for appointment as a
Reserve (Air National Guard of the
United States (ANGUS) and United
States Air Force Reserve (USAFR)) or in
the USAF without component. Use of
the Social Security Number (SSN) is
necessary to make positive
identification of an applicant and his or
her records.
Affected Public: Individuals or
households.
Annual Burden Hours: 1966.
Number of Respondents: 5899.
Responses Per Respondent: 1.
Average Burden Per Response: 20
minutes.
Frequency: On occasion.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Summary of Information Collection
This is an information collection from
persons applying for appointment as a
member of the Reserve of the Air Force
or an Air Force member without a
component and entry into active duty.
The information contained on AF Form
24 supports the Air Force as it applies
to direct appointment (procurement)
programs for civilian and military
applicants. It provides necessary
information to determine if an applicant
meets established qualifications for
appointment to fill authorized USAFR
and ANGUS position vacancies and
active duty requirements. Eligibility
requirements are outlined in Air Force
Instruction 36–2005.
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Dated: December 19, 2007.
Patricia L. Toppings,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison
Officer, Department of Defense.
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Air Force
Notice of Intent To Prepare an
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)
for Proposed Range Enhancements at
the Barry M. Goldwater Range, Arizona
Department of the Air Force.
Notice of Intent (NOI).
AGENCY:
ACTION:
SUMMARY: This NOI is being issued
pursuant to the National Environmental
Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969, as amended
(42 United States Code 4321, et seq.),
the Council on Environmental Quality
Regulations for implementing
procedural provisions of NEPA (40 Code
of Federal Regulation (CFR) Parts 1500–
1508), and Air Force policy and
procedures (32 CFR Part 989) to advise
the public of the Air Force’s intent to
prepare an EIS that will evaluate the
environmental effects associated with
range enhancements and alternatives
within the eastern portion of the Barry
M. Goldwater Range (BMGR), Arizona.
The Air Force is also initiating a
scoping process and public meetings to
assist in determining the extent of issues
to be addressed in the EIS. Three
scoping meetings will be held, as
scheduled below. Each meeting will
include an open house where the public
may review maps and other displays.
Federal, state, and local agencies; Native
American tribes; and interested
individuals are encouraged to take this
opportunity to identify environmental
concerns that should be addressed in
the preparation of the EIS.
DATES: Public scoping meetings will be
held as follows:
Tuesday, January 15, 2008, 6–8 p.m.,
Glendale High School, Media Center,
6216 W. Glendale Avenue, Glendale,
AZ.
Wednesday, January 16, 2008, 6–8
p.m., El Rio Center, 1390 W. Speedway
Boulevard, Tucson, AZ.
Thursday, January 17, 2008, 6–8 p.m.,
Gila Bend Union High School, 308 N.
Martin Avenue, Gila Bend, AZ.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
eastern portion of the BMGR (BMGREast) is assigned to the Secretary of the
Air Force and is operated by Luke Air
Force Base to train combat aircrews and
support personnel.
Periodically, operational and
infrastructure upgrades to the range are
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needed to keep training both realistic
and relevant to current and emerging
war fighting technology and tactics.
Consequently, the Air Force now
proposes upgrades to BMGR-East that
include:
*Developing a training area to train in
the use of precision-guided munitions
in an urban setting (no actual air-toground ordnance would be released)
* Reconfiguring targets in tactical and
manned ranges, which may include
relocating targets within pre-2001
annual explosive ordnance disposal
clearance areas within the tactical
ranges
* Introducing a remotely operated
moving target to provide aircrews with
realistic training to engage moving
vehicle targets
* Reconfiguring Manned Range 3 to
include a helicopter gunnery range with
fixed, moving, and pop-up targets
* Modifying the Memorandum of
Understanding (MOU) among the
Department of the Interior and the
Secretaries of the Navy and the Air
Force to change the floor for routine
flight training operations over portions
of the Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife
Refuge from 1,500 feet to 500 feet above
ground level to support realistic lowlevel approaches to targets; BMGR-East
restricted airspace (R–2301E) is
currently authorized for use from the
surface to 80,000 feet above mean sea
level, but training flight operations, with
the exception of certain low-level flights
along designated corridors, are limited
by the 1994 MOU to 1,500 feet over the
National Wildlife Refuge
* Developing an additional target for
air-to-ground missiles in the East
Tactical Range to allow training in airto-ground missile delivery from
multiple directions; the proximity of the
current missile target to the range
boundary severely constrains training
* Supporting training by small
squads of troops or individual soldiers
on foot
* Paving the road from Manned
Range 1 to the water well to minimize
vehicle wear, maintenance costs, and
dust on this heavily used road
* Excavating, transporting, and
stockpiling sand and gravel resources to
provide an on-range source of these
materials for road maintenance as well
as target reconfiguration and
maintenance
* Constructing a taxiway and air
traffic control tower at the Gila Bend Air
Force Auxiliary Field to improve
airfield safety and expand operational
capacity
Anticipated issues to be addressed in
the EIS include, but are not limited to,
airspace and range operations; water,
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biological resources (including
endangered species), cultural resources;
air quality; noise; and public access,
health, and safety.
Written comments may be submitted
at the meetings. Agencies and the public
are also invited to provide written
comment via mail on issues that are
important to them. These written
comments should be mailed to the
address listed below, and must be
received no later than January 28, 2008
to ensure fullest consideration in the
EIS.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Direct any written comments or requests
for information to Ms. Lisa McCarrick,
56 FW/RMO, 7224 N. 139th Drive, Luke
AFB, AZ 85309–1420 (Phone 623/856–
9475).
Bao-Anh Trinh,
Air Force Federal Register Liaison Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Army
[USA–2007–0034]
Proposed Collection; Comment
Request
Office of the Administrative
Assistant to the Secretary of the Army,
(OAA-AAHS), DoD.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
In compliance with Section
3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, the Department
of the Army announces a proposed
public information collection and seeks
public comment on the provisions
thereof. Comments are invited on: (a)
Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
agency, including whether the
information shall have practical utility;
(b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate
of the burden of the proposed
information collection; (c) ways to
enhance the quality, utility, and clarity
of the information to be collected; and
(d) ways to minimize the burden of the
information collection on respondents,
including through the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology.
DATES: Consideration will be given to all
comments received by February 26,
2008.
You may submit comments,
identified by docket number and title,
by any of the following methods:
ADDRESSES:
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• Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
• Mail: Federal Docket Management
System Office, 1160 Defense Pentagon,
Washington, DC 20301–1160.
Instructions: All submissions received
must include the agency name, docket
number and title for this Federal
Register document. The general policy
for comments and other submissions
from members of the public is to make
these submissions available for public
viewing on the Internet at https://
www.regulations.gov as they are
received without change, including any
personal identifiers or contact
information.
To
request more information on this
proposed information collection or to
obtain a copy of the proposal and
associated collection instruments,
please write to U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers, 441 G Street, NW., Room
3D72, Washington, DC 20314–1000, or
call Department of the Army Reports
Clearance Officer at (703) 428–6440.
Title, Associated Form, and OMB
Number: Estuary Habitat Restoration
Program Project Application; ENG Form
6019–R; OMB Control Number 0710–
0014.
Needs and Uses The Corps will solicit
applications for estuary habitat
restoration projects under section 104 of
the Estuary Restoration Act 2000.
Requested information will include
proposed project location, types and
acreage of habitat to be restored, and
project description including restoration
techniques, project goals and expected
benefits, monitoring plan, costs, and
other supporting information. Project
applications may be submitted either
electronically or in paper format. This
information is needed to select projects
for funding.
Affected Public: State, local, or tribal
government and not-for-profit
institutions.
Annual Burden Hours: 1,000.
Number of Respondents: 100.
Responses Per Respondent: 1.
Average Burden Per Response: 10
hours.
Frequency: On occasion.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Summary of Information Collection
Information will be collected by
voluntary submission of estuary
habitant restoration project via e-mail,
or paper submissions that may be
accomplished by computer disk by
regular mail or hand delivery.
Supplemental information may also be
collected via phone interviews.
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Air Force
Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement
(EIS) for Proposed Range Enhancements at the Barry M. Goldwater Range,
Arizona
AGENCY: Department of the Air Force.
ACTION: Notice of Intent (NOI).
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SUMMARY: This NOI is being issued pursuant to the National
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969, as amended (42 United States
Code 4321, et seq.), the Council on Environmental Quality Regulations
for implementing procedural provisions of NEPA (40 Code of Federal
Regulation (CFR) Parts 1500-1508), and Air Force policy and procedures
(32 CFR Part 989) to advise the public of the Air Force's intent to
prepare an EIS that will evaluate the environmental effects associated
with range enhancements and alternatives within the eastern portion of
the Barry M. Goldwater Range (BMGR), Arizona.
The Air Force is also initiating a scoping process and public
meetings to assist in determining the extent of issues to be addressed
in the EIS. Three scoping meetings will be held, as scheduled below.
Each meeting will include an open house where the public may review
maps and other displays. Federal, state, and local agencies; Native
American tribes; and interested individuals are encouraged to take this
opportunity to identify environmental concerns that should be addressed
in the preparation of the EIS.
DATES: Public scoping meetings will be held as follows:
Tuesday, January 15, 2008, 6-8 p.m., Glendale High School, Media
Center, 6216 W. Glendale Avenue, Glendale, AZ.
Wednesday, January 16, 2008, 6-8 p.m., El Rio Center, 1390 W.
Speedway Boulevard, Tucson, AZ.
Thursday, January 17, 2008, 6-8 p.m., Gila Bend Union High School,
308 N. Martin Avenue, Gila Bend, AZ.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The eastern portion of the BMGR (BMGR-East)
is assigned to the Secretary of the Air Force and is operated by Luke
Air Force Base to train combat aircrews and support personnel.
Periodically, operational and infrastructure upgrades to the range
are
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needed to keep training both realistic and relevant to current and
emerging war fighting technology and tactics. Consequently, the Air
Force now proposes upgrades to BMGR-East that include:
*Developing a training area to train in the use of precision-guided
munitions in an urban setting (no actual air-to-ground ordnance would
be released)
* Reconfiguring targets in tactical and manned ranges, which may
include relocating targets within pre-2001 annual explosive ordnance
disposal clearance areas within the tactical ranges
* Introducing a remotely operated moving target to provide aircrews
with realistic training to engage moving vehicle targets
* Reconfiguring Manned Range 3 to include a helicopter gunnery
range with fixed, moving, and pop-up targets
* Modifying the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) among the
Department of the Interior and the Secretaries of the Navy and the Air
Force to change the floor for routine flight training operations over
portions of the Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge from 1,500 feet
to 500 feet above ground level to support realistic low-level
approaches to targets; BMGR-East restricted airspace (R-2301E) is
currently authorized for use from the surface to 80,000 feet above mean
sea level, but training flight operations, with the exception of
certain low-level flights along designated corridors, are limited by
the 1994 MOU to 1,500 feet over the National Wildlife Refuge
* Developing an additional target for air-to-ground missiles in the
East Tactical Range to allow training in air-to-ground missile delivery
from multiple directions; the proximity of the current missile target
to the range boundary severely constrains training
* Supporting training by small squads of troops or individual
soldiers on foot
* Paving the road from Manned Range 1 to the water well to minimize
vehicle wear, maintenance costs, and dust on this heavily used road
* Excavating, transporting, and stockpiling sand and gravel
resources to provide an on-range source of these materials for road
maintenance as well as target reconfiguration and maintenance
* Constructing a taxiway and air traffic control tower at the Gila
Bend Air Force Auxiliary Field to improve airfield safety and expand
operational capacity
Anticipated issues to be addressed in the EIS include, but are not
limited to, airspace and range operations; water, biological resources
(including endangered species), cultural resources; air quality; noise;
and public access, health, and safety.
Written comments may be submitted at the meetings. Agencies and the
public are also invited to provide written comment via mail on issues
that are important to them. These written comments should be mailed to
the address listed below, and must be received no later than January
28, 2008 to ensure fullest consideration in the EIS.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Direct any written comments or
requests for information to Ms. Lisa McCarrick, 56 FW/RMO, 7224 N.
139th Drive, Luke AFB, AZ 85309-1420 (Phone 623/856-9475).
Bao-Anh Trinh,
Air Force Federal Register Liaison Officer.
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