Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for TRIDENT Support Facilities Explosives Handling Wharf, Naval Base Kitsap-Bangor, Silverdale, Kitsap County, WA and To Announce Public Scoping Meeting, 32682-32683 [E8-12993]
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.
Tori White, Section Chief, U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District,
4400 PGA Boulevard, Suite 500, Palm
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Telephone: 561–472–3517, Fax: 561–
626–6971.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The South
Florida Water Management District
(SFWMD) proposes to construct and
operate stormwater treatment areas
(STAs) on Compartments B and C of the
Everglades Agricultural Area in Palm
Beach and Hendry Counties, Florida.
Compartment B STA will consist of
approximately 6,700 acres of effective
treatment area, and will be operated in
close coordination with the existing
STA 2 to assist in the phosphorus
reduction capability of this STA, which
discharges into Water Conservation
Area (WCA) 2A. The SFWMD also
proposes that the Compartment B STA
be used to receive flows that otherwise
would be directed to STA 1W and STA
1E assuming there is capacity in the
existing canals. The Compartment C
STA will consist of approximately 6,200
acres of effective treatment area, and
will be operated in close coordination
with existing STA 5 and STA 6 to assist
in the phosphorus reduction capability
of these two STAs, which discharge into
WCA 3A and Rotenberger Wildlife
Management Area. As proposed, the
project would impact approximately
7,591 acres and 5,918 acres of
jurisdictional wetlands and other waters
of the United States associated with the
construction of Compartments B and C,
respectively. The SFWMD would need
to obtain a Department of the Army
permit pursuant to Section 404 of the
Clean Water Act from the USACE and
an interim land use approval from
Department of the Interior for
construction of Compartments B and C
which were purchased with federal
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funds for Everglades restoration. This
Draft Environmental Impact Statement
evaluates the environmental effects of 5
alternatives including the SFWMD’s
preferred alternative described above, 2
additional alternatives that utilize
Compartments B and C but with a
different operational regime for
Compartment B, an alternative that
includes other lands for construction of
an STA to assist existing STA 1W and
STA 1E, and the no action alternative.
Dated: June 2, 2008.
Donald W. Kinard,
Deputy Chief, Regulatory Division.
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Navy
Notice of Intent To Prepare an
Environmental Impact Statement for
TRIDENT Support Facilities Explosives
Handling Wharf, Naval Base KitsapBangor, Silverdale, Kitsap County, WA
and To Announce Public Scoping
Meeting
Department of the Navy, DoD.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
SUMMARY: Pursuant to section (102)(2)(c)
of the National Environmental Policy
Act of 1969, and the regulations
implemented by the Council on
Environmental Quality (40 CFR parts
1500–1508), the Department of the Navy
(Navy) announces its intent to prepare
an Environmental Impact Statement
(EIS) to evaluate the potential
environmental impacts associated with
the construction and operation of a
proposed new Explosives Handling
Wharf (EHW) located adjacent to, but
separate from, the existing EHW on
Hood Canal, NBK–Bangor, WA, to
support TRIDENT submarines.
The proposed action consists of inwater and land-based construction and
infrastructure enhancements including a
covered ordnance operations area, a
support building on the wharf, and a
warping wharf. As part of the Navy’s
sea-based strategic deterrence mission,
the Navy Strategic Systems Programs
(SSP) directs research, development,
manufacturing, test, evaluation, and
operational support of the TRIDENT
Fleet Ballistic Missile program. SSP is
the Action Proponent and the Navy is
the lead agency for this project.
The Navy will hold a public scoping
meeting for the purpose of further
identifying the scope of issues to be
addressed in the EIS. Federal, State, and
local agencies and the public are invited
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to participate in the scoping process for
the EIS. Comments are being solicited to
help identify significant issues or
concerns related to the proposed action,
determine the scope of issues to be
addressed in the EIS, and identify and
refine alternatives to the proposed
action.
The Navy will conduct a public
scoping meeting to receive oral and/or
written comments on environmental
concerns that should be addressed in
the EIS. The public scoping meeting
will be conducted in English and will be
arranged in an informal, open house
format. Attendees will be asked to sign
in and will be directed to various
stations manned by Navy
representatives and technical staff
assigned to provide information and
answer questions. Several large display
boards will be located throughout the
meeting location to assist attendees in
understanding the project and the
alternatives. A comment table, supplied
with comment sheets, will be placed in
an easily accessible and comfortable
location. Fact sheets about the project
and alternatives will be available to
participants.
DATES AND ADDRESSES: The public
scoping meeting will be held on
Thursday, June 26, 2008 from 5:30 p.m.
to 8:30 p.m. at the Silverdale
Community Center, 9729 Silverdale
Way, NW., Evergreen Room, Silverdale,
WA 98383.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
Jack Spiller, Public Affairs Officer,
Department of the Navy, Strategic
Systems Programs, 2521 South Clark
Street, Suite 1000, Arlington, VA
22202–3930, telephone: 703–601–9009,
e-mail at: nbkehweis@ssp.navy.mil.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
proposed action is to construct and
operate a proposed new EHW located
adjacent to, but separate from, the
existing EHW on Hood Canal, NBK–
Bangor, WA, to support TRIDENT
submarines. The purpose of the
proposed action is to meet current and
future technical program requirements
for the TRIDENT mission. The need for
the proposed action is to provide
capability for loading and unloading
missiles and torpedoes on submarines
homeported at NBK–Bangor.
The new EHW is needed to maintain
operational availability of the TRIDENT
Program. The original plan for the
TRIDENT base at Bangor, described in
an environmental impact statement
dated July 1974 provided for three
EHWs. Two EHWs were constructed for
the TRIDENT base at Kings Bay,
Georgia, and operations at Kings Bay
have demonstrated the efficiency and
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effectiveness that can be achieved by a
second EHW. Eight of the Navy’s 14
TRIDENT submarines are now
homeported at Bangor, increasing the
need to construct the second EHW
envisioned in the original plan for
Bangor.
Alternatives for the proposed action
were identified based on capability for
meeting TRIDENT Program mission
requirements, ability to avoid or
minimize environmental impacts, siting
requirements including proximity to
existing infrastructure, availability of
waterfront property, constructability of
essential project features, and master
planning issues such as explosives
safety restrictions.
Alternatives to be considered include:
(1) Deep-Water Trestle EHW; (2)
Onshore Trestle EHW; (3) No Action
Alternative. For both action alternatives,
the EHW would be located in deep
water, parallel to and 600 feet from the
shore, and placement of structures over
the intertidal zone would be minimized.
The new EHW would include a covered
operations area approximately 600 feet
long and 250 feet wide, supplemented
by an uncovered wharf extension
approximately 700 feet long and 40 feet
wide.
The wharf would either be an
anchored floating structure or a
structure supported by piles. Separate
pile-supported entrance and exit
trestles, or bridges, would provide a
roadway for missile transport vehicles
to travel from shore to the EHW and
back to shore. For both action
alternatives, the entrance trestle would
be constructed from the end of the
existing EHW access road to connect to
the north end of the new EHW. The two
action alternatives differ in the location
of the exit trestle, which would connect
the south end of the new EHW to the
existing EHW access road.
Under the Deep-Water Trestle
alternative, parallel entry and exit
trestles would be constructed to
transport ordnance to and from the
wharf. The exit trestle would be
constructed over deep water to the
extent possible, crossing the intertidal
zone and returning to land at the
existing EHW access road. The DeepWater Trestle alternative would require
approximately 1,000 feet of additional
in-water construction but would avoid
construction of a road on the steep
embankment adjacent to the proposed
site for the EHW.
For the Onshore Trestle alternative,
the exit trestle would be constructed to
take the shortest distance to shore from
the south end of the new EHW. This
alternative would require extension of
the exit trestle approximately 1,400 feet
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along the edge of the steep embankment
on the shore, away from the intertidal
zone, to connect to the existing access
road.
No decision will be made to
implement any alternative until the EIS
process is completed and a Record of
Decision is signed by the Assistant
Secretary of the Navy. Phased
construction of the project would be
completed in four years.
The impacts to be evaluated include,
but will not be limited to, impacts on
fish and marine mammals, essential fish
habitat, effects on endangered and
threatened species, impacts relating to
underwater noise, loss of underwater
habitat, decreased opportunities for
migratory and transient movement
within the waterfront, impacts on
cultural resources, reduction in water
quality, impacts on wetlands, terrestrial
impacts, effects on tribal resources, and
consistency with the Coastal Zone
Management Act.
The analysis will include an
evaluation of direct, indirect, short term,
and long term impacts and will account
for cumulative impacts from other Navy
and non-Navy activities in the project
area.
The Navy is initiating the scoping
process to identify community concerns
and local issues to be addressed in the
EIS. Federal agencies, state agencies,
local agencies, and interested persons
are encouraged to provide written
comments in addition to, or in lieu of,
oral comments at scheduled public
scoping meetings.
Written comments must be
postmarked by midnight July 14, 2008
and should be submitted to: Mr. Jack
Spiller, Public Affairs Officer,
Department of the Navy, Strategic
Systems Programs, 2521 South Clark
Street, Suite 1000, Arlington, VA
22202–3930, telephone: 703–601–9009,
e-mail at: nbkehweis@ssp.navy.mil.
Dated: June 5, 2008.
L.R. Almand,
Office of the Judge Advocate General, U.S.
Navy, Alternate Federal Register Liaison
Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Navy
Notice of Closed Meeting of the Chief
of Naval Operations (CNO) Executive
Panel
Department of the Navy, DoD.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
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SUMMARY: The CNO Executive Panel
will report on the findings and
recommendations of the Environmental
Stewardship Subcommittee to the Chief
of Naval Operations. The meeting will
consist of discussions of current and
future Navy strategy, plans, and policies
to both increase the Navy’s energy
efficiency and reduce the Navy’s
environmental footprint while
maintaining combat readiness.
DATES: The meeting will be held on July
10, 2008 from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in
CNA Corporation Building, 4825 Mark
Center Drive, Alexandria, VA 22311,
Boardroom.
Mr.
Sid MacArthur, CNO Executive Panel,
4825 Mark Center Drive, Alexandria, VA
22311, telephone: 703–681–4907.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant
to the provisions of the Federal
Advisory Committee Act, as amended (5
U.S.C. App.), these matters constitute
classified information that is
specifically authorized by Executive
Order to be kept secret in the interest of
national defense and are, in fact,
properly classified pursuant to such
Executive Order.
Accordingly, the Secretary of the
Navy has determined in writing that the
public interest requires that all sessions
of this meeting be closed to the public
because they will be concerned with
matters listed in section 552b(c)(1) of
title 5, United States Code.
Individuals or interested groups
interested may submit written
statements for consideration by the
Chief of Naval Operations Executive
Panel at any time or in response to the
agenda of a scheduled meeting. All
requests must be submitted to the
Designated Federal Officer at the
address detailed below.
If the written statement is in response
to the agenda mentioned in this meeting
notice then the statement, if it is to
considered by the Panel for this
meeting, must be received at least five
days prior to the meeting in question.
The Designated Federal Officer will
review all timely submissions with the
Chief of Naval Operations Executive
Panel Chairperson, and ensure they are
provided to members of the Chief of
Naval Operations Executive Panel
before the meeting that is the subject of
this notice.
To contact the Designated Federal
Officer, write to Executive Director,
CNO Executive Panel (N00K), 4825
Mark Center Drive, 2nd Floor,
Alexandria, VA 22311–1846.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Navy
Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for
TRIDENT Support Facilities Explosives Handling Wharf, Naval Base
Kitsap-Bangor, Silverdale, Kitsap County, WA and To Announce Public
Scoping Meeting
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 of 1969, and the regulations implemented by the Council on
Environmental Quality (40 CFR parts 1500-1508), the Department of the
Navy (Navy) announces its intent to prepare an Environmental Impact
Statement (EIS) to evaluate the potential environmental impacts
associated with the construction and operation of a proposed new
Explosives Handling Wharf (EHW) located adjacent to, but separate from,
the existing EHW on Hood Canal, NBK-Bangor, WA, to support TRIDENT
submarines.
The proposed action consists of in-water and land-based
construction and infrastructure enhancements including a covered
ordnance operations area, a support building on the wharf, and a
warping wharf. As part of the Navy's sea-based strategic deterrence
mission, the Navy Strategic Systems Programs (SSP) directs research,
development, manufacturing, test, evaluation, and operational support
of the TRIDENT Fleet Ballistic Missile program. SSP is the Action
Proponent and the Navy is the lead agency for this project.
The Navy will hold a public scoping meeting for the purpose of
further identifying the scope of issues to be addressed in the EIS.
Federal, State, and local agencies and the public are invited to
participate in the scoping process for the EIS. Comments are being
solicited to help identify significant issues or concerns related to
the proposed action, determine the scope of issues to be addressed in
the EIS, and identify and refine alternatives to the proposed action.
The Navy will conduct a public scoping meeting to receive oral and/
or written comments on environmental concerns that should be addressed
in the EIS. The public scoping meeting will be conducted in English and
will be arranged in an informal, open house format. Attendees will be
asked to sign in and will be directed to various stations manned by
Navy representatives and technical staff assigned to provide
information and answer questions. Several large display boards will be
located throughout the meeting location to assist attendees in
understanding the project and the alternatives. A comment table,
supplied with comment sheets, will be placed in an easily accessible
and comfortable location. Fact sheets about the project and
alternatives will be available to participants.
Dates and Addresses: The public scoping meeting will be held on
Thursday, June 26, 2008 from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the Silverdale
Community Center, 9729 Silverdale Way, NW., Evergreen Room, Silverdale,
WA 98383.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Jack Spiller, Public Affairs
Officer, Department of the Navy, Strategic Systems Programs, 2521 South
Clark Street, Suite 1000, Arlington, VA 22202-3930, telephone: 703-601-
9009, e-mail at: nbkehweis@ssp.navy.mil.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The proposed action is to construct and
operate a proposed new EHW located adjacent to, but separate from, the
existing EHW on Hood Canal, NBK-Bangor, WA, to support TRIDENT
submarines. The purpose of the proposed action is to meet current and
future technical program requirements for the TRIDENT mission. The need
for the proposed action is to provide capability for loading and
unloading missiles and torpedoes on submarines homeported at NBK-
Bangor.
The new EHW is needed to maintain operational availability of the
TRIDENT Program. The original plan for the TRIDENT base at Bangor,
described in an environmental impact statement dated July 1974 provided
for three EHWs. Two EHWs were constructed for the TRIDENT base at Kings
Bay, Georgia, and operations at Kings Bay have demonstrated the
efficiency and
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effectiveness that can be achieved by a second EHW. Eight of the Navy's
14 TRIDENT submarines are now homeported at Bangor, increasing the need
to construct the second EHW envisioned in the original plan for Bangor.
Alternatives for the proposed action were identified based on
capability for meeting TRIDENT Program mission requirements, ability to
avoid or minimize environmental impacts, siting requirements including
proximity to existing infrastructure, availability of waterfront
property, constructability of essential project features, and master
planning issues such as explosives safety restrictions.
Alternatives to be considered include: (1) Deep-Water Trestle EHW;
(2) Onshore Trestle EHW; (3) No Action Alternative. For both action
alternatives, the EHW would be located in deep water, parallel to and
600 feet from the shore, and placement of structures over the
intertidal zone would be minimized. The new EHW would include a covered
operations area approximately 600 feet long and 250 feet wide,
supplemented by an uncovered wharf extension approximately 700 feet
long and 40 feet wide.
The wharf would either be an anchored floating structure or a
structure supported by piles. Separate pile-supported entrance and exit
trestles, or bridges, would provide a roadway for missile transport
vehicles to travel from shore to the EHW and back to shore. For both
action alternatives, the entrance trestle would be constructed from the
end of the existing EHW access road to connect to the north end of the
new EHW. The two action alternatives differ in the location of the exit
trestle, which would connect the south end of the new EHW to the
existing EHW access road.
Under the Deep-Water Trestle alternative, parallel entry and exit
trestles would be constructed to transport ordnance to and from the
wharf. The exit trestle would be constructed over deep water to the
extent possible, crossing the intertidal zone and returning to land at
the existing EHW access road. The Deep-Water Trestle alternative would
require approximately 1,000 feet of additional in-water construction
but would avoid construction of a road on the steep embankment adjacent
to the proposed site for the EHW.
For the Onshore Trestle alternative, the exit trestle would be
constructed to take the shortest distance to shore from the south end
of the new EHW. This alternative would require extension of the exit
trestle approximately 1,400 feet along the edge of the steep embankment
on the shore, away from the intertidal zone, to connect to the existing
access road.
No decision will be made to implement any alternative until the EIS
process is completed and a Record of Decision is signed by the
Assistant Secretary of the Navy. Phased construction of the project
would be completed in four years.
The impacts to be evaluated include, but will not be limited to,
impacts on fish and marine mammals, essential fish habitat, effects on
endangered and threatened species, impacts relating to underwater
noise, loss of underwater habitat, decreased opportunities for
migratory and transient movement within the waterfront, impacts on
cultural resources, reduction in water quality, impacts on wetlands,
terrestrial impacts, effects on tribal resources, and consistency with
the Coastal Zone Management Act.
The analysis will include an evaluation of direct, indirect, short
term, and long term impacts and will account for cumulative impacts
from other Navy and non-Navy activities in the project area.
The Navy is initiating the scoping process to identify community
concerns and local issues to be addressed in the EIS. Federal agencies,
state agencies, local agencies, and interested persons are encouraged
to provide written comments in addition to, or in lieu of, oral
comments at scheduled public scoping meetings.
Written comments must be postmarked by midnight July 14, 2008 and
should be submitted to: Mr. Jack Spiller, Public Affairs Officer,
Department of the Navy, Strategic Systems Programs, 2521 South Clark
Street, Suite 1000, Arlington, VA 22202-3930, telephone: 703-601-9009,
e-mail at: nbkehweis@ssp.navy.mil.
Dated: June 5, 2008.
L.R. Almand,
Office of the Judge Advocate General, U.S. Navy, Alternate Federal
Register Liaison Officer.
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