Notice of Availability of the Final Supplemental Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (SPEIS) for Army Growth and Force Structure Realignment To Support Operations in the Pacific Theater, 43212-43213 [E8-16842]
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resource needs to process a finite group
of converters.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Maureen Lewis, Technical Quality
Liaison, TV Converter Box Coupon
Program, mlewis@ntia.doc.gov, (202)
482–1892.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On March
15, 2007 NTIA published regulations to
implement and administer a coupon
program for digital-to-analog converter
boxes.1 Among other things, the Final
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Manufacturers’ strong interest in the
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mitigating waste, fraud, and abuse.
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NTIA informs manufacturers that first
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September 1, 2008 to submit a Notice of
Intent for their digital-to-analog
converter boxes to ensure processing
and certification in time to participate
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NTIA’s regulations, NOIs shall be
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prior to submission of the
manufacturer’s test report and samples.2
This time is needed to complete the
lengthy process to test and validate each
converter box. NTIA is establishing a
cutoff date for NOIs to ensure that there
is enough time to complete the
certification process for converter boxes
before the expiration of the Coupon
Program. NTIA has found that the time
and resources needed to review and
complete the certification process with
first-time manufacturers is often much
1 See Rules to Implement and Administer a
Coupon Program for Digital-to-Analog Converter
Boxes (final Rule), 72 FR 12097 (March 15, 2007).
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greater than that needed to complete a
technical review from a manufacturer
that has successfully completed the
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2008 as the last date for first-time
manufacturers to submit NOIs, NTIA
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resource needs to process a finite group
of converters. NTIA reminds
manufacturers the regulations also
require that NOIs must include a brief
description of the converter box,
including permitted as well as required
features.
Therefore, after September 1, 2008,
NTIA will only accept NOIs from repeat
manufacturers, i.e., manufacturers that
have, by that date, received a
certification notice for one or more
converters. These repeat manufacturers
will have until September 30, 2008 to
submit NOIs for any additional digitalto-analog converter boxes to NTIA for
certification as part of the Coupon
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Manufacturers who have submitted
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the date of this Notice, are requested to
submit complete test results associated
with each pending NOI no later than
September 30, 2008. There are currently
pending with NTIA many NOIs that
indicate the manufacturer’s intention to
submit test results some months ago. In
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complete and submit test results, NTIA
establishes this end date. NTIA will
close the file associated with any NOI
which has not been followed by
submission of completed test results by
September 30, 2008.
Additional guidance on testing or
submission procedures may be provided
on NTIA’s web page under
Manufacturers’ Frequently Asked
Questions, pursuant to Section 301.5(e),
www.ntia.doc.gov.
Questions about the procedure for
submitting NOIs or other aspects of
NTIA’s technical certification process
may be submitted to:
Art Wall, Technical Advisor
TV Converter Box Coupon Program
US Department of Commerce
Washington, DC 20230
awall@atlanticbb.net
Dated: July 18, 2008.
Meredith Atwell Baker,
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Army
Notice of Availability of the Final
Supplemental Programmatic
Environmental Impact Statement
(SPEIS) for Army Growth and Force
Structure Realignment To Support
Operations in the Pacific Theater
Department of the Army, DoD.
Notice of Availability.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
SUMMARY: The Department of the Army
announces the availability of the Final
SPEIS for the growth and realignment of
the U.S. Army to support operations in
the Pacific Theater. Pursuant to the
National Environmental Policy Act
(NEPA), the Department of the Army
has prepared a Final SPEIS that
evaluates the potential environmental
and socioeconomic effects associated
with alternatives for implementing the
growth and realignment of the Army’s
forces to support operations in the
Pacific Theater. Potential impacts have
been analyzed in the Final SPEIS at
installations that are capable of
supporting operations in the Pacific
Theater.
The waiting period for the Final
SPEIS will end 30 days after the
publication of the Notice of Availability
in the Federal Register by the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency.
ADDRESSES: To obtain a copy of the
Final SPEIS contact: Public Affairs
Office, U.S. Army Environmental
Command, Building E4460, Attention:
IMAE–PA, 5179 Hoadley Road,
Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 21010–
5401.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Public Affairs Office at (410) 436–2556
or facsimile at (410) 436–1693 during
normal business hours Monday through
Friday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Eastern Daylight
Time or e-mail APGR USAECPublic
Comments@conus.army.mil.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Army’s Proposed Action and analysis
within the Final SPEIS covers those
activities the Army may undertake from
2008 through 2013 to grow, realign, and
transform its forces to support
operations in the Pacific Theater.
Implementation of the Proposed Action
will ensure the proper capabilities exist
to sustain operations and regional
security in the Pacific Theater now and
into the foreseeable future. The
implementation of the Proposed Action
will better meet military operational
needs, national and regional security
requirements, and the needs of the
Army’s Soldiers and their Families. To
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implement the Proposed Action, new
units with critical military skills must
be stationed at locations that are capable
of supporting strategic deployment and
mobilization requirements to support
operations in the Pacific Theater. These
stationing locations must be capable of
accommodating unit training, garrison
operations, maintenance activities, and
the needs of Soldiers and their Families.
The SPEIS supplements the Army’s
Final Programmatic EIS for Army
Growth and Force Structure
Realignment (2007). The Final SPEIS
evaluates installations that are capable
of supporting operations in the Pacific
Theater. The Final SPEIS includes
analysis of 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 in the Pacific
Theater.
The Army has considered a full range
of sites for implementing the Proposed
Action. Alternative stationing locations
that the Army has considered for
supporting the Proposed Action include
the major training installations the
Army considered in its 2007
Programmatic EIS as well as four
additional installations in Hawaii and
Alaska. Additional installations include
Schofield Barracks Military Reservation
(SBMR), HI; Fort Shafter, HI; Fort
Richardson, AK; and Fort Wainwright,
AK. Each of these installations could
receive additional Soldiers as part of
alternatives being examined.
Alternatives in the Final SPEIS
include stationing of additional Combat
Support (CS) or Combat Service Support
(CSS) units or new support brigades.
The following alternatives were
analyzed in the SPEIS: (1) Support
operations in the Pacific Theater by
implementing Army-wide modular force
and transformation recommendations
within U.S. Army Pacific. This
alternative involves the stationing of
approximately 1,500–2,000 Soldiers at
Army installations in Hawaii and in
Alaska; (2) In addition to Army growth
under Alternative 1, Alternative 2
includes growth and transformation of
Army forces to support operations in the
Pacific Theater by stationing additional
CS and CSS units in locations capable
of supporting these operations. The
Army would station approximately
1,500–2,500 additional CS and CSS
Soldiers beyond Alternative 1; (3) In
addition to Army 3 growth under
Alternatives 1 and 2, as part of
Alternative 3 the Army would grow,
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transform, and realign forces by
stationing additional support brigades
in locations capable of supporting
operations in the Pacific Theater.
Support brigades could include the
stationing of an additional Maneuver
Enhancement Brigade (approximately
570 Soldiers), a Combat Aviation
Brigade (approximately 2,800 Soldiers),
and/or a Fires Brigade (approximately
1,600 Soldiers).
In addition to the above alternatives,
the No Action Alternative was
considered and used as a baseline for
comparison of alternatives. It is not a
viable means for meeting the current
and future strategic security and defense
requirements of the nation. The No
Action Alternative would retain U.S.
Army forces in their current end
strength and force structure. The No
Action Alternative includes the
implementation of stationing actions
directed by Base Realignment and
Closure legislation in 2005, Army
Global Defense Posture Realignment,
Army Modular Forces initiatives, and
Army Growth and Force Structure
Realignment decisions published in
January 2008.
The Army’s preferred alternative
identified in the Final SPEIS is to
implement Alternative 3. This
alternative allows for full support of
those activities the Army may undertake
from 2008 through 2013 to grow,
realign, and transform its forces to
support operations in the Pacific
Theater. Under this alternative, the
Army is projecting that it would station
approximately 4,100 new Soldiers at
locations that are capable of supporting
the strategic and operational needs in
the Pacific Theater. The implementation
of the Proposed Action does not involve
4 the stationing of additional Army
Brigade Combat Teams (BCT5). As part
of the preferred alternative, the Army
would station approximately 2,090
Soldiers in Alaska which includes an
additional Maneuver Enhancement
Brigade. In addition, the Army would
station approximately 2,055 new
Soldiers in Hawaii to implement Armywide modularity and increase critical
support capabilities in the Pacific
Theater. No Fires Brigade or Aviation
Brigade would be stationed to support
the Proposed Action as part of the
Preferred Alternative.
Analysis within the Final SPEIS
covers those activities required to
implement unit stationing actions
associated with Army growth and force
structure realignment to support
operations in the Pacific Theater.
Actions the Army will take to support
unit stationing include the construction
of housing and quality of life facilities
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(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.
The Final SPEIS identifies the
environmental and socioeconomic
impacts associated with various unit
stationing actions that could be
implemented to support the Proposed
Action. As the programmatic decision
made at the Army Headquarters-level is
implemented, follow-on NEPA
documentation may be prepared to
evaluate the specific environmental
impacts likely to result from alternative
means of carrying out the stationing
actions, as well as identify any potential
means for mitigating those impacts
associated with the stationing decision.
A copy of the Final SPEIS can be
accessed through the U.S. Army
Environmental Command Web site at
https://www.aec.army.mil.
Dated: July 18, 2008.
John E. Tesner, Jr.,
Assistant for Restoration, Office of the 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 Final Supplemental Programmatic
Environmental Impact Statement (SPEIS) for Army Growth and Force
Structure Realignment To Support Operations in the Pacific Theater
AGENCY: Department of the Army, DoD.
ACTION: Notice of Availability.
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SUMMARY: The Department of the Army announces the availability of the
Final SPEIS for the growth and realignment of the U.S. Army to support
operations in the Pacific Theater. Pursuant to the National
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), the Department of the Army has
prepared a Final SPEIS that evaluates the potential environmental and
socioeconomic effects associated with alternatives for implementing the
growth and realignment of the Army's forces to support operations in
the Pacific Theater. Potential impacts have been analyzed in the Final
SPEIS at installations that are capable of supporting operations in the
Pacific Theater.
DATES: The waiting period for the Final SPEIS will end 30 days after
the publication of the Notice of Availability in the Federal Register
by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
ADDRESSES: To obtain a copy of the Final SPEIS contact: Public Affairs
Office, U.S. Army Environmental Command, Building E4460, Attention:
IMAE-PA, 5179 Hoadley Road, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 21010-5401.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Public Affairs Office at (410) 436-
2556 or facsimile at (410) 436-1693 during normal business hours Monday
through Friday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time or e-mail APGR
USAECPublicComments@conus.army.mil.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Army's Proposed Action and analysis
within the Final SPEIS covers those activities the Army may undertake
from 2008 through 2013 to grow, realign, and transform its forces to
support operations in the Pacific Theater. Implementation of the
Proposed Action will ensure the proper capabilities exist to sustain
operations and regional security in the Pacific Theater now and into
the foreseeable future. The implementation of the Proposed Action will
better meet military operational needs, national and regional security
requirements, and the needs of the Army's Soldiers and their Families.
To
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implement the Proposed Action, new units with critical military skills
must be stationed at locations that are capable of supporting strategic
deployment and mobilization requirements to support operations in the
Pacific Theater. These stationing locations must be capable of
accommodating unit training, garrison operations, maintenance
activities, and the needs of Soldiers and their Families.
The SPEIS supplements the Army's Final Programmatic EIS for Army
Growth and Force Structure Realignment (2007). The Final SPEIS
evaluates installations that are capable of supporting operations in
the Pacific Theater. The Final SPEIS includes analysis of 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 in the Pacific Theater.
The Army has considered a full range of sites for implementing the
Proposed Action. Alternative stationing locations that the Army has
considered for supporting the Proposed Action include the major
training installations the Army considered in its 2007 Programmatic EIS
as well as four additional installations in Hawaii and Alaska.
Additional installations include Schofield Barracks Military
Reservation (SBMR), HI; Fort Shafter, HI; Fort Richardson, AK; and Fort
Wainwright, AK. Each of these installations could receive additional
Soldiers as part of alternatives being examined.
Alternatives in the Final SPEIS include stationing of additional
Combat Support (CS) or Combat Service Support (CSS) units or new
support brigades. The following alternatives were analyzed in the
SPEIS: (1) Support operations in the Pacific Theater by implementing
Army-wide modular force and transformation recommendations within U.S.
Army Pacific. This alternative involves the stationing of approximately
1,500-2,000 Soldiers at Army installations in Hawaii and in Alaska; (2)
In addition to Army growth under Alternative 1, Alternative 2 includes
growth and transformation of Army forces to support operations in the
Pacific Theater by stationing additional CS and CSS units in locations
capable of supporting these operations. The Army would station
approximately 1,500-2,500 additional CS and CSS Soldiers beyond
Alternative 1; (3) In addition to Army 3 growth under Alternatives 1
and 2, as part of Alternative 3 the Army would grow, transform, and
realign forces by stationing additional support brigades in locations
capable of supporting operations in the Pacific Theater. Support
brigades could include the stationing of an additional Maneuver
Enhancement Brigade (approximately 570 Soldiers), a Combat Aviation
Brigade (approximately 2,800 Soldiers), and/or a Fires Brigade
(approximately 1,600 Soldiers).
In addition to the above alternatives, the No Action Alternative
was considered and used as a baseline for comparison of alternatives.
It is not a viable means for meeting the current and future strategic
security and defense requirements of the nation. The No Action
Alternative would retain U.S. Army forces in their current end strength
and force structure. The No Action Alternative includes the
implementation of stationing actions directed by Base Realignment and
Closure legislation in 2005, Army Global Defense Posture Realignment,
Army Modular Forces initiatives, and Army Growth and Force Structure
Realignment decisions published in January 2008.
The Army's preferred alternative identified in the Final SPEIS is
to implement Alternative 3. This alternative allows for full support of
those activities the Army may undertake from 2008 through 2013 to grow,
realign, and transform its forces to support operations in the Pacific
Theater. Under this alternative, the Army is projecting that it would
station approximately 4,100 new Soldiers at locations that are capable
of supporting the strategic and operational needs in the Pacific
Theater. The implementation of the Proposed Action does not involve 4
the stationing of additional Army Brigade Combat Teams (BCT5). As part
of the preferred alternative, the Army would station approximately
2,090 Soldiers in Alaska which includes an additional Maneuver
Enhancement Brigade. In addition, the Army would station approximately
2,055 new Soldiers in Hawaii to implement Army-wide modularity and
increase critical support capabilities in the Pacific Theater. No Fires
Brigade or Aviation Brigade would be stationed to support the Proposed
Action as part of the Preferred Alternative.
Analysis within the Final SPEIS covers those activities required to
implement unit stationing actions associated with Army growth and force
structure realignment to support operations in the Pacific Theater.
Actions the Army will take to support unit stationing 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.
The Final SPEIS identifies the environmental and socioeconomic
impacts associated with various unit stationing actions that could be
implemented to support the Proposed Action. As the programmatic
decision made at the Army Headquarters-level is implemented, follow-on
NEPA documentation may be prepared to evaluate the specific
environmental impacts likely to result from alternative means of
carrying out the stationing actions, as well as identify any potential
means for mitigating those impacts associated with the stationing
decision.
A copy of the Final SPEIS can be accessed through the U.S. Army
Environmental Command Web site at https://www.aec.army.mil.
Dated: July 18, 2008.
John E. Tesner, Jr.,
Assistant for Restoration, Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of
the Army (Environment, Safety, and Occupational Health).
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