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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Navy
Notice of Intent To Prepare a
Supplemental Environmental Impact
Statement/Supplemental Overseas
Environmental Impact Statement for
Employment of Surveillance Towed
Array Sensor System Low Frequency
Active (SURTASS LFA) Sonar.
Department of the Navy, DoD.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
SUMMARY: Pursuant to the National
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and
Executive Order 12114, the Navy is
announcing its intent to prepare a
Supplemental Environmental Impact
Statement (SEIS)/Supplemental
Overseas Environmental Impact
Statement (SOEIS) for the employment
of SURTASS LFA sonar.
DATES: Written comments regarding the
scope of this environmental document
must be submitted within 45 days of
January 21, 2009.
ADDRESSES: Written comments on the
scope of the SURTASS LFA Sonar SEIS/
SOEIS should be addressed to: Chief of
Naval Operations, Code N872A, c/o
SURTASS LFA Sonar SEIS/SOEIS
Program Manager, 4100 Fairfax Drive,
Suite 730, Arlington, Virginia 22203; or
e-mail: eisteam@mindspring.com.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Chief of Naval Operations, Code N872A,
c/o SURTASS LFA Sonar SEIS/SOEIS
Program Manager, 4100 Fairfax Drive,
Suite 730, Arlington, Virginia 22203; or
e-mail: eisteam@mindspring.com.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Final
Overseas Environmental Impact
Statement and Environmental Impact
Statement (OEIS/EIS) for the
Surveillance Towed Array Sensor
System Low Frequency Active
(SURTASS LFA) Sonar was completed
in January 2001 and supplemented in
April 2007 by the SURTASS LFA Sonar
Supplemental EIS (SEIS). The Assistant
Secretary of the Navy (Installations and
Environment) (ASN(I&E)) reviewed the
SURTASS LFA Sonar SEIS and, based
upon review of the comparative analysis
of the potential for environmental and
socioeconomic effects from the five
alternatives presented in the Final SEIS,
announced the decision to employ up to
four SURTASS LFA sonar systems with
certain geographical restrictions and
other mitigation designed to reduce
adverse effects on the marine
environment. This decision
implemented the preferred alternative,
Alternative 2, identified in the Final
SEIS.
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ASN (I&E) found that the analysis in
the SEIS had taken the requisite ‘‘hard
look’’ at the environmental
consequences of the decision to employ
the SURTASS LFA sonar and issued the
Record of Decision (ROD) on August 15,
2007.
However, in recognition of continued
concerns raised in litigation over
employment of the SURTASS LFA
sonar system, to support issuance of a
new Final Rule under the Marine
Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) for the
taking of marine mammals incidental to
employment of SURTASS LFA sonar
systems, and to continue the Navy’s
commitment to responsible stewardship
of the marine environment, the Deputy
Assistant Secretary of the Navy
(Environment) (DASN(E)) has
determined that the purposes of NEPA
would be furthered by the preparation
of an additional supplemental analysis
related to employment of the system.
This analysis will focus on potential
offshore (i.e., greater than 12 nautical
miles (nm) (22 kilometers (km)) from
any coastline) biologically important
areas (OBIAs) in regions of the world
where the Navy intends to use the
SURTASS LFA sonar systems for
routine training, testing, and military
operations. The new SEIS/SOEIS will
also include further analysis of whether,
in some locations, using a larger coastal
standoff distance, where the continental
shelf extends farther than the current 12
nm standoff distance, is practicable for
SURTASS LFA sonar. Further analysis
of the potential for cumulative impacts
involving other active sonar sources will
also be addressed in the new SEIS/
SOEIS. Once completed, information
developed from these analyses will be
used to assist the Navy in determining
how to employ SURTASS LFA sonar,
including the selection of operating
areas that the Navy requires for routine
training, testing, and military operations
in requests for MMPA Letters of
Authorization (LOAs) submitted to the
National Marine Fisheries Service
(NMFS). NMFS will be a cooperating
agency under NEPA regulation (40 CFR
1501.6) for the development of the SEIS/
SOEIS. The SEIS/SOEIS will comply
with both NEPA and Executive Order
12114.
The Navy and NMFS are soliciting
scoping comments on the above topics.
With respect to any potential offshore
biologically important areas in regions
of the world where SURTASS LFA
sonar may operate, for purposes of this
NEPA analysis these areas are defined
in the SURTASS LFA Final OEIS/EIS as
areas outside of 12 nm (22 km) from any
coastline, including islands, where
marine animals of concern (those
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animals listed under the Endangered
Species Act (ESA) and/or marine
mammals) congregate in high densities
to carry out biologically important
activities. Such areas may include
migration corridors; breeding and
calving grounds; and feeding grounds.
To facilitate evaluation of any proposed
area, any comment should provide the
geographic boundaries of the area, a list
of species of concern in the area, the
basis or rationale for considering the
area (e.g., the biologically important
activities taking place for each species),
seasonal importance if relevant, and
citations to any relevant published
literature for the area. The listing of
OBIAs is provided in the current Final
Rule (50 CFR 216.184).
Federal, state and local agencies,
interested organizations and individuals
are encouraged to participate in the
scoping process for the SEIS/SOEIS. All
scoping comments must be postmarked
within 45 days from the publication of
this notice in the Federal Register and
submitted to: Chief of Naval Operations,
Code N872A, c/o SURTASS LFA Sonar
SEIS/SOEIS Program Manager, 4100
Fairfax Drive, Suite 730, Arlington,
Virginia 22203; or e-mail:
eisteam@mindspring.com.
Additional information concerning
SURTASS LFA Sonar and pertinent
environmental documents is available
at: https://www.surtass-lfa-eis.com.
Dated: January 8, 2009.
A.M. Vallandingham,
Lieutenant Commander, Judge Advocate
General’s Corps, U.S. Navy, Federal Register
Liaison Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Navy
Notice of Intent To Prepare a Supplemental Environmental Impact
Statement/Supplemental Overseas Environmental Impact Statement for
Employment of Surveillance Towed Array Sensor System Low Frequency
Active (SURTASS LFA) Sonar.
AGENCY: Department of the Navy, DoD.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and
Executive Order 12114, the Navy is announcing its intent to prepare a
Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS)/Supplemental
Overseas Environmental Impact Statement (SOEIS) for the employment of
SURTASS LFA sonar.
DATES: Written comments regarding the scope of this environmental
document must be submitted within 45 days of January 21, 2009.
ADDRESSES: Written comments on the scope of the SURTASS LFA Sonar SEIS/
SOEIS should be addressed to: Chief of Naval Operations, Code N872A, c/
o SURTASS LFA Sonar SEIS/SOEIS Program Manager, 4100 Fairfax Drive,
Suite 730, Arlington, Virginia 22203; or e-mail:
eisteam@mindspring.com.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Chief of Naval Operations, Code N872A,
c/o SURTASS LFA Sonar SEIS/SOEIS Program Manager, 4100 Fairfax Drive,
Suite 730, Arlington, Virginia 22203; or e-mail:
eisteam@mindspring.com.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Final Overseas Environmental Impact
Statement and Environmental Impact Statement (OEIS/EIS) for the
Surveillance Towed Array Sensor System Low Frequency Active (SURTASS
LFA) Sonar was completed in January 2001 and supplemented in April 2007
by the SURTASS LFA Sonar Supplemental EIS (SEIS). The Assistant
Secretary of the Navy (Installations and Environment) (ASN(I&E))
reviewed the SURTASS LFA Sonar SEIS and, based upon review of the
comparative analysis of the potential for environmental and
socioeconomic effects from the five alternatives presented in the Final
SEIS, announced the decision to employ up to four SURTASS LFA sonar
systems with certain geographical restrictions and other mitigation
designed to reduce adverse effects on the marine environment. This
decision implemented the preferred alternative, Alternative 2,
identified in the Final SEIS.
ASN (I&E) found that the analysis in the SEIS had taken the
requisite ``hard look'' at the environmental consequences of the
decision to employ the SURTASS LFA sonar and issued the Record of
Decision (ROD) on August 15, 2007.
However, in recognition of continued concerns raised in litigation
over employment of the SURTASS LFA sonar system, to support issuance of
a new Final Rule under the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) for the
taking of marine mammals incidental to employment of SURTASS LFA sonar
systems, and to continue the Navy's commitment to responsible
stewardship of the marine environment, the Deputy Assistant Secretary
of the Navy (Environment) (DASN(E)) has determined that the purposes of
NEPA would be furthered by the preparation of an additional
supplemental analysis related to employment of the system. This
analysis will focus on potential offshore (i.e., greater than 12
nautical miles (nm) (22 kilometers (km)) from any coastline)
biologically important areas (OBIAs) in regions of the world where the
Navy intends to use the SURTASS LFA sonar systems for routine training,
testing, and military operations. The new SEIS/SOEIS will also include
further analysis of whether, in some locations, using a larger coastal
standoff distance, where the continental shelf extends farther than the
current 12 nm standoff distance, is practicable for SURTASS LFA sonar.
Further analysis of the potential for cumulative impacts involving
other active sonar sources will also be addressed in the new SEIS/
SOEIS. Once completed, information developed from these analyses will
be used to assist the Navy in determining how to employ SURTASS LFA
sonar, including the selection of operating areas that the Navy
requires for routine training, testing, and military operations in
requests for MMPA Letters of Authorization (LOAs) submitted to the
National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS). NMFS will be a cooperating
agency under NEPA regulation (40 CFR 1501.6) for the development of the
SEIS/SOEIS. The SEIS/SOEIS will comply with both NEPA and Executive
Order 12114.
The Navy and NMFS are soliciting scoping comments on the above
topics. With respect to any potential offshore biologically important
areas in regions of the world where SURTASS LFA sonar may operate, for
purposes of this NEPA analysis these areas are defined in the SURTASS
LFA Final OEIS/EIS as areas outside of 12 nm (22 km) from any
coastline, including islands, where marine animals of concern (those
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animals listed under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) and/or marine
mammals) congregate in high densities to carry out biologically
important activities. Such areas may include migration corridors;
breeding and calving grounds; and feeding grounds. To facilitate
evaluation of any proposed area, any comment should provide the
geographic boundaries of the area, a list of species of concern in the
area, the basis or rationale for considering the area (e.g., the
biologically important activities taking place for each species),
seasonal importance if relevant, and citations to any relevant
published literature for the area. The listing of OBIAs is provided in
the current Final Rule (50 CFR 216.184).
Federal, state and local agencies, interested organizations and
individuals are encouraged to participate in the scoping process for
the SEIS/SOEIS. All scoping comments must be postmarked within 45 days
from the publication of this notice in the Federal Register and
submitted to: Chief of Naval Operations, Code N872A, c/o SURTASS LFA
Sonar SEIS/SOEIS Program Manager, 4100 Fairfax Drive, Suite 730,
Arlington, Virginia 22203; or e-mail: eisteam@mindspring.com.
Additional information concerning SURTASS LFA Sonar and pertinent
environmental documents is available at: https://www.surtass-lfa-
eis.com.
Dated: January 8, 2009.
A.M. Vallandingham,
Lieutenant Commander, Judge Advocate General's Corps, U.S. Navy,
Federal Register Liaison Officer.
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