Notice of Record of Decision for Homeporting of Additional Surface Ships at Naval Station Mayport, FL, 3573-3574 [E9-1099]
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Notice of Intent To Grant Partially
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the Government-Owned invention(s)
described in U.S. Patent Application
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1, 2007; and U.S. Patent Application
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Dated: January 13, 2009.
A.M. Vallandingham
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General’s Corps, U.S. Navy, Federal Register
Liaison Officer.
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Department of the Navy
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Department of the Navy, DoD.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
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invention(s) described in U.S. Patent
Application 11/832,065 entitled
‘‘Wireless Self-Contained Relay Device’’,
file date Aug 1, 2007; and U.S. Patent
Application 11/832,103 entitled ‘‘Relay
Device Deployer System’’ file date Aug
1, 2007.
DATES: Anyone wishing to object to the
grant of this license must file written
objections along with supporting
evidence, if any, not later than February
5, 2009.
ADDRESSES: Written objections are to be
filed with the Office of Research and
Technology Applications, Space and
Naval Warfare Systems Center, San
Diego, Code 72120, 53560 Hull St, San
Diego, CA 92152–5001.
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Stephen H. Lieberman, PhD, Office of
Research and Technology Applications,
Space and Naval Warfare Systems
Center, San Diego, Code 72120, 53560
Hull St, San Diego, CA 92152–5001,
telephone: 619–553–2778, E-Mail:
stephen.lieberman@navy.mil.
Authority: 35 U.S.C. 207, 37 CFR Part 404.
Dated: January 13, 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 Record of Decision for
Homeporting of Additional Surface
Ships at Naval Station Mayport, FL
Department of the Navy, DoD.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
SUMMARY: The Department of the Navy
(DON), after carefully weighing the
strategic, operational, and
environmental consequences of the
proposed action, announces its decision
to homeport one nuclear-powered
aircraft carrier (CVN) at Naval Station
(NAVSTA) Mayport. Today’s decision
does not relocate a specific CVN to
NAVSTA Mayport. It does initiate a
multi-year process for developing
operational, maintenance, and support
facilities at NAVSTA Mayport to
support homeporting of one CVN.
This multi-year process includes
implementing projects for dredging and
dredged material disposal, construction
of CVN nuclear propulsion plant
maintenance facilities, wharf
improvements, transportation
improvements, and construction of a
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parking structure to replace existing
parking that would be displaced by
development of the CVN nuclear
propulsion plant maintenance facilities.
The projects necessary to create the
capacity to support CVN homeporting
could be completed as early as 2014. No
CVN homeport change will occur before
operational, maintenance, and support
facility projects are completed.
Selection of the CVN to be
homeported at NAVSTA Mayport would
not occur until approximately one year
prior to the ship’s transfer to NAVSTA
Mayport. Selection of a specific CVN for
homeporting at NAVSTA Mayport will
be based upon then current operational
needs, strategic considerations, and
maintenance cycles.
The DON environmental analysis
included extensive studies regarding
impacts associated with dredging,
facility construction, and homeport
operations. The environmental analysis
undertaken by the DON included
lengthy and detailed consultations with
regulatory agencies, such as the U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) and
the National Marine Fisheries Service
(NMFS), regarding impacts to
endangered and threatened species, and
the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
(USACE) and the Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) regarding
dredging operations and the in-water
disposal of dredged materials. Public
awareness and participation were
integral components of the
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)
process.
The
Record of Decision (ROD) has been
distributed to all those individuals who
requested a copy of the Final EIS and
agencies and organizations that received
a copy of the Final EIS. The complete
text of the Navy’s ROD is available for
public viewing on the project Web site
at https://
www.mayporthomeportingeis.com.
along with copies of the FEIS and
supporting documents. Single copies of
the ROD will be made available upon
request by contacting Naval Facilities
Engineering Command, Southeast, Attn:
Mr. Royce Kemp, Building 903, Naval
Air Station, Jacksonville, FL 32212–
0030 Phone: 904–542–6899.
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Dated: January 14, 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.
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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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Navy
Notice of Record of Decision for Homeporting of Additional
Surface Ships at Naval Station Mayport, FL
AGENCY: Department of the Navy, DoD.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Department of the Navy (DON), after carefully weighing the
strategic, operational, and environmental consequences of the proposed
action, announces its decision to homeport one nuclear-powered aircraft
carrier (CVN) at Naval Station (NAVSTA) Mayport. Today's decision does
not relocate a specific CVN to NAVSTA Mayport. It does initiate a
multi-year process for developing operational, maintenance, and support
facilities at NAVSTA Mayport to support homeporting of one CVN.
This multi-year process includes implementing projects for dredging
and dredged material disposal, construction of CVN nuclear propulsion
plant maintenance facilities, wharf improvements, transportation
improvements, and construction of a
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parking structure to replace existing parking that would be displaced
by development of the CVN nuclear propulsion plant maintenance
facilities. The projects necessary to create the capacity to support
CVN homeporting could be completed as early as 2014. No CVN homeport
change will occur before operational, maintenance, and support facility
projects are completed.
Selection of the CVN to be homeported at NAVSTA Mayport would not
occur until approximately one year prior to the ship's transfer to
NAVSTA Mayport. Selection of a specific CVN for homeporting at NAVSTA
Mayport will be based upon then current operational needs, strategic
considerations, and maintenance cycles.
The DON environmental analysis included extensive studies regarding
impacts associated with dredging, facility construction, and homeport
operations. The environmental analysis undertaken by the DON included
lengthy and detailed consultations with regulatory agencies, such as
the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) and the National Marine
Fisheries Service (NMFS), regarding impacts to endangered and
threatened species, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) and
the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regarding dredging operations
and the in-water disposal of dredged materials. Public awareness and
participation were integral components of the Environmental Impact
Statement (EIS) process.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Record of Decision (ROD) has been
distributed to all those individuals who requested a copy of the Final
EIS and agencies and organizations that received a copy of the Final
EIS. The complete text of the Navy's ROD is available for public
viewing on the project Web site at https://
www.mayporthomeportingeis.com. along with copies of the FEIS and
supporting documents. Single copies of the ROD will be made available
upon request by contacting Naval Facilities Engineering Command,
Southeast, Attn: Mr. Royce Kemp, Building 903, Naval Air Station,
Jacksonville, FL 32212-0030 Phone: 904-542-6899.
Dated: January 14, 2009.
A.M. Vallandingham,
Lieutenant Commander, Judge Advocate General's Corps, U.S. Navy,
Federal Register Liaison Officer.
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