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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Army
Preparation of an Environmental
Impact Statement (EIS) for Army
Growth and Force Structure
Realignment at Fort Bliss, Texas and
New Mexico
Department of the Army, DoD.
Notice of Intent (NOI).
AGENCY:
ACTION:
SUMMARY: This announces the intention
of the U.S. Army to prepare an EIS
analyzing the impacts of Army Growth
and Force Structure Realignment at Fort
Bliss. The Fort Bliss Army Growth EIS
will tier from the Final Programmatic
EIS for Army Growth and Force
Structure Realignment, for which a
Record of Decision (ROD) was signed in
December 2007. That ROD directed
stationing of two Infantry Brigade
Combat Teams (IBCTs) at Fort Bliss, and
the stationing of Heavy Brigade Combat
Teams (HBCTs) (returning from
Germany) at Fort Bliss and White Sands
Missile Range (WSMR). Army BCTs
consist of approximately 3,500–4,000
soldiers. The HBCT at WSMR will
leverage training infrastructure and
range modernization that has taken
place at Fort Bliss. These actions are
scheduled over the next five years.
ADDRESSES: Written comments should
be forwarded to: Mr. Walter J.
Christensen, Attention: FB GTA EIS;
IMWE–BLS–PWE; Fort Bliss, TX 79916
6812; or faxed to (915) 568–3548.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jean
Offutt, Fort Bliss Public Affairs Office;
IMWE–BLS–PA; Fort Bliss, Texas,
79916–6812; phone: (915) 568–4505.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Actions
proposed to be taken at Fort Bliss in
support of Army growth have the
potential to significantly impact the
natural and human environment in and
around Fort Bliss as a result of facility
construction and new and different uses
of the Fort Bliss Training Complex
(FBTC). The study area for the
environmental analysis will be the Fort
Bliss installation and surrounding
communities. The objective of this
analysis is to provide a comprehensive
EIS that will serve as a planning tool
and public information source. Several
categories of alternatives will be
considered:
(1) Stationing/Training: Known and
reasonably foreseeable stationing and
training actions will be analyzed. This
includes additional units and use of any
element of the Army’s equipment
inventory (e.g., Stryker).
(2) Land Use: Various land use
changes in support of the Fort Bliss
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mission are proposed for analysis.
Portions of the Sacramento Mountains
and foothills are anticipated for infantry
maneuver and training use, to include
off-road vehicle maneuver where the
terrain permits. Additional bivouac/
logistics sites are proposed in grasslands
on the FBTC, including southeast
McGregor Range and Otero Mesa.
(3) Facility Improvement: New firing
ranges necessary to support IBCTs will
be analyzed as part of the proposed
action. In addition, the proposed action
contemplates construction of a rail line
linking the cantonment area to the
FBTC, expansion of range camps, and
construction of Forward Operating
Bases similar to those used in current
operations. Cantonment area
development to support the growth of
personnel at Fort Bliss will also be
analyzed.
Initial screening of the proposed
action for potentially significant
environmental impacts suggests the
following eight resource areas receive
the greatest scrutiny in this EIS: Land
use, archaeological resources, Native
American consultation, natural
resources, water and wastewater, facility
construction, population and housing,
and public services.
Federal, state, and local agencies,
Tribal governments and the public are
invited to participate in the scoping
process for this EIS through public
meetings and submission of written
comments. Notification of times and
locations for the scoping meetings will
be published in local newspapers. The
scoping process will help identify
alternatives, potential environmental
impacts, and key issues of concern for
analysis in the EIS. To ensure scoping
comments are fully considered in the
Draft EIS, comments and suggestions
should be received no later than 45 days
following publication of this NOI.
Dated: September 18, 2008.
Addison D. Davis, IV,
Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army
(Environment, Safety, and Occupational
Health).
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Notice of Waivers for the Rehabilitation
Training—Rehabilitation Continuing
Education Program (RCEP)
Office of Special Education and
Rehabilitative Services, Department of
Education.
AGENCY:
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Notice of waivers for the
Rehabilitation Training—Rehabilitation
Continuing Education Program (RCEP).
ACTION:
SUMMARY: The Secretary waives the
requirements in 34 CFR 75.250 and
75.261(a) and (c)(2) of the Education
Department General Administrative
Regulations (EDGAR), respectively, that
generally prohibit project periods
exceeding five years and project period
extensions involving the obligation of
additional Federal funds. These waivers
will enable the current RCEP grantees in
Region II and in Region III to provide
continuing education to employees of
vocational rehabilitation (VR) agencies
and their partners and to continue to
receive some additional Federal funding
from October 1 through December 15,
2008.
DATES: Effective Date: These waivers are
effective September 25, 2008.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Christine Marschall. Telephone: (202)
245–7429 or via Internet:
Christine.Marschall@ed.gov.
If you use a telecommunications
device for the deaf (TDD), call the
Federal Relay Service (FRS), toll-free, at
1–800–877–8339.
Individuals with disabilities can
obtain this document in an alternative
format (e.g., Braille, large print,
audiotape, or computer diskette) on
request to the contact person listed
under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Supplementary Information
The RCEPs provide continuing
education to employees of State VR
agencies and their partners, as well as
other rehabilitation services agencies.
The Rehabilitation Services
Administration (RSA) in the
Department’s Office of Special
Education and Rehabilitative Services is
in the process of redesigning the RCEPs
to create and support 10 regional
Technical Assistance and Continuing
Education (TACE) centers. To carry out
this plan, the Department published a
notice of final priority and a notice
inviting applications in the Federal
Register on June 5, 2008 (73 FR 32006.)
Applications were due on July 31, 2008.
The Department intends to make awards
for the TACE centers so that grant
activities can begin by October 1, 2008.
However, the Department did not
receive an eligible application for
Region II and a fundable application for
Region III and plans to re-announce the
priority and notice inviting applications
for these two regions as soon as
possible.
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The waivers announced in this notice
are intended to ensure that services
provided by the current RCEP grantees
in Region II and in Region III are
provided to the extent possible through
December 15, 2008, the anticipated date
that the Region II and Region III TACE
centers will commence their project
activities. The project period for the
current RCEP grantee in Region II, The
State University of New York at Buffalo,
and in Region III, The George
Washington University, ends on
September 30, 2008. Because it would
be contrary to the public interest to have
a lapse in continuing education
activities in Region II and in Region III
before grants for RSA’s new TACE
centers for these two regions are
awarded and implemented, the
Secretary will provide some additional
funding to the Region II and Region III
RCEP grantees referenced in this
paragraph to allow them to continue
operating until December 15, 2008. In
order to do so, the Secretary waives the
requirements in 34 CFR 75.250 and
75.261(a) and (c)(2), which generally
prohibit project periods exceeding five
years and extensions of project periods
that involve the obligation of additional
Federal funds.
Waiver of Proposed Rulemaking and
Delayed Effective Date
Under the Administrative Procedure
Act (5 U.S.C. 553) (APA) the
Department generally offers interested
parties the opportunity to comment on
an extension of project period and
waiver under 34 CFR 75.250 and
75.261(a) and (c)(2). The APA provides
that an agency is not required to
conduct notice and comment
rulemaking when the agency for good
cause finds that notice and public
comment are impracticable,
unnecessary, or contrary to the public
interest. We have determined that
conducting rulemaking on the waivers
of the requirements in 34 CFR 75.250
and 75.261(a) and (c)(2) for the current
RCEP grantees in Region II and Region
III would be impracticable and therefore
contrary to the public interest because
there is not adequate time to conduct
notice and comment rulemaking before
September 30, 2008, when the funding
for the current continuing education
activities in Region II and in Region III
will end. For this reason and to prevent
a lapse in these continuing education
activities, the Department waives the
APA’s proposed rulemaking
requirements for the waivers of the
requirements in 34 CFR 75.250 and
75.261(a) and (c)(2) that will enable the
Department to provide some additional
funding to the current Region II and
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Army
Preparation of an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for Army
Growth and Force Structure Realignment at Fort Bliss, Texas and New
Mexico
AGENCY: Department of the Army, DoD.
ACTION: Notice of Intent (NOI).
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SUMMARY: This announces the intention of the U.S. Army to prepare an
EIS analyzing the impacts of Army Growth and Force Structure
Realignment at Fort Bliss. The Fort Bliss Army Growth EIS will tier
from the Final Programmatic EIS for Army Growth and Force Structure
Realignment, for which a Record of Decision (ROD) was signed in
December 2007. That ROD directed stationing of two Infantry Brigade
Combat Teams (IBCTs) at Fort Bliss, and the stationing of Heavy Brigade
Combat Teams (HBCTs) (returning from Germany) at Fort Bliss and White
Sands Missile Range (WSMR). Army BCTs consist of approximately 3,500-
4,000 soldiers. The HBCT at WSMR will leverage training infrastructure
and range modernization that has taken place at Fort Bliss. These
actions are scheduled over the next five years.
ADDRESSES: Written comments should be forwarded to: Mr. Walter J.
Christensen, Attention: FB GTA EIS; IMWE-BLS-PWE; Fort Bliss, TX 79916
6812; or faxed to (915) 568-3548.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jean Offutt, Fort Bliss Public Affairs
Office; IMWE-BLS-PA; Fort Bliss, Texas, 79916-6812; phone: (915) 568-
4505.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Actions proposed to be taken at Fort Bliss
in support of Army growth have the potential to significantly impact
the natural and human environment in and around Fort Bliss as a result
of facility construction and new and different uses of the Fort Bliss
Training Complex (FBTC). The study area for the environmental analysis
will be the Fort Bliss installation and surrounding communities. The
objective of this analysis is to provide a comprehensive EIS that will
serve as a planning tool and public information source. Several
categories of alternatives will be considered:
(1) Stationing/Training: Known and reasonably foreseeable
stationing and training actions will be analyzed. This includes
additional units and use of any element of the Army's equipment
inventory (e.g., Stryker).
(2) Land Use: Various land use changes in support of the Fort Bliss
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mission are proposed for analysis. Portions of the Sacramento Mountains
and foothills are anticipated for infantry maneuver and training use,
to include off-road vehicle maneuver where the terrain permits.
Additional bivouac/logistics sites are proposed in grasslands on the
FBTC, including southeast McGregor Range and Otero Mesa.
(3) Facility Improvement: New firing ranges necessary to support
IBCTs will be analyzed as part of the proposed action. In addition, the
proposed action contemplates construction of a rail line linking the
cantonment area to the FBTC, expansion of range camps, and construction
of Forward Operating Bases similar to those used in current operations.
Cantonment area development to support the growth of personnel at Fort
Bliss will also be analyzed.
Initial screening of the proposed action for potentially
significant environmental impacts suggests the following eight resource
areas receive the greatest scrutiny in this EIS: Land use,
archaeological resources, Native American consultation, natural
resources, water and wastewater, facility construction, population and
housing, and public services.
Federal, state, and local agencies, Tribal governments and the
public are invited to participate in the scoping process for this EIS
through public meetings and submission of written comments.
Notification of times and locations for the scoping meetings will be
published in local newspapers. The scoping process will help identify
alternatives, potential environmental impacts, and key issues of
concern for analysis in the EIS. To ensure scoping comments are fully
considered in the Draft EIS, comments and suggestions should be
received no later than 45 days following publication of this NOI.
Dated: September 18, 2008.
Addison D. Davis, IV,
Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army (Environment, Safety, and
Occupational Health).
[FR Doc. E8-22478 Filed 9-24-08; 8:45 am]
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