Record of Decision (ROD) for Military Training Activities at Makua Military Reservation (MMR), Hawaii, 36681-36682 [E9-17372]
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In compliance with Section
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public comment on the provisions
thereof. Comments are invited on: (a)
Whether the proposed collection of
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please write to the Director of
Admissions, U.S. Military Academy,
Official Mail & Distribution Center,
ATTN: (Sue Hennen), 646 Swift Road,
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clearance officer at (703) 428–6440.
Title, Associated Form, and OMB
Number: Pre-Candidate Procedures,
USMA–375, USMA–723, USMA–450,
USMA–21–12, USMA–21–27, USMA–
381; OMB Control Number 0702–0060.
Needs and Uses: West Point
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information which allows the West
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for correlation with success in
graduation and military careers.
Affected Public: Individuals or
households.
Annual Burden Hours: 9.930.
Number of Respondents: 66,200.
Responses per Respondent: 1.
Average Burden per Response: 9
minutes.
Frequency: On occasion.
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Summary of Information Collection
Title 10, U.S.C. 4336 provides
requirements for admission of
candidates to the U.S. Military
Academy. The U.S. Military Academy
(USMA) strives to motivate outstanding
potential candidates to apply for
admission to USMA. Once candidates
are found, USMA collects information
necessary to nurture them through
successful completion of the application
process.
Dated: June 30, 2009.
Patricia L. Toppings,
OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer,
Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. E9–17639 Filed 7–23–09; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Army
Record of Decision (ROD) for Military
Training Activities at Makua Military
Reservation (MMR), Hawaii
Department of the Army, DoD.
Notice of Availability (NOA).
AGENCY:
ACTION:
SUMMARY: Senior Commander, US Army
Hawaii, has reviewed the Final
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)
for Military Training Activities at MMR
and has made the decision to proceed
with a variation of Alternative 2 to
recommence live-fire training at MMR.
Alternative 2 in the Final EIS analyzes
up to 50 combined-arms live-fire
exercises (CALFEX) and 200 convoy
live-fire exercises (LFX). The variation
of Alternative 2 allows up to 32
CALFEXs and 150 convoy LFXs, and
allows squad- and platoon-level LFXs
that lead up to the company-level
CALFEX. This decision also reconfirms
that the Army will not use MMR for
live-fire training at night until all
relevant fire suppression measures are
met and approved in accordance with
the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 2007
and 2008 Biological Opinions. The
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Army has decided not to use the
following weapon systems at MMR in
order to further protect the
environmental and cultural resources of
the valley: Tracer ammunition; Javelin
and inert, tube-launched, optically
tracked, wire-guided (TOW) missiles;
anti-tank (AT–4) and 2.75-inch rockets;
the shoulder-launched multipurpose
assault weapon (SMAW); and
illumination munitions. This decision
also eliminates the use of Ka’ena Point
and C–Ridge for training, due to the risk
of wildfire and the potential impacts to
threatened and endangered species.
This Alternative 2 variation represents a
proper balance for meeting the training
requirements of the units of the 25th
Infantry Division (ID), U.S. Army
Reserve, Hawaii Army National Guard,
and other users of the range at MMR,
while ensuring the Army meets its
responsibilities to preserve the land and
resources at MMR, and continues to be
a good neighbor to the community along
the Wai’anae coast.
ADDRESSES: Address requests for a copy
of the ROD to the U.S. Army Garrison,
Hawaii, Attention: Public Affairs Office,
742 Santos Dumont, WAAF, Schofield
Barracks, HI 96857, or download a copy
from the following Web site: https://
www.garison.hawaii.army.mil/
makuaeis.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: U.S.
Army Garrison, Hawaii Public Affairs
Office at (808) 656–3152; facsimile at
(808) 656–3162 during normal business
hours Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to
5 p.m. HST.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Final
EIS assessed four alternatives to
accomplish combined-arms live-fire
training on Hawaii: MMR Alternative 1
(Reduced Capacity Use with Some
Weapons Restrictions), MMR
Alternative 2 (Full Capacity Use with
Some Weapons Restrictions), MMR
Alternative 3 (Full Capacity Use with
Fewer Weapons Restrictions), and
Pohakuloa Training Area (PTA)
Alternative 4 (Full Capacity Use with
Fewer Weapons Restrictions). A No
Action Alternative, under which non
live-fire military training would
continue to be conducted at MMR, was
also evaluated.
Implementation of the Alternative 2
variation may result in several major
impacts to: Recreational resources, noise
from training, soils, natural resources
(including threatened and endangered
species), cultural resources, surface
water quality from erosion, wildfires,
and to public safety from the transport
of munitions through the Wai’anae
community.
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The Army has adopted all practicable
mitigation measures to avoid or
minimize environmental harm.
Mitigation measures are summarized in
the ROD and are described in greater
detail in Chapter 4 of the Final EIS.
Recommencing live-fire military
training activities at MMR was selected
because it best meets the military’s
collective training requirements. The
decision to proceed with a variation of
Alternative 2 incorporates analyses in
the Final EIS, involvement from the
public, consideration of the cumulative
impacts associated with all the
alternatives evaluated, and the training
requirements of the 25th ID.
The EIS considered construction of
facilities at Pohakuloa Training Area on
the island of Hawaii (Alternative 4).
This alternative did not meet the
purpose and need of the proposed
action as well as the selected action. A
fuller rationale for the decision can be
found in the ROD.
Dated: July 16, 2009.
Addison D. Davis, IV,
Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army,
(Environment, Safety and Occupational
Health).
[FR Doc. E9–17372 Filed 7–23–09; 8:45 am]
Management Services, Office of
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containing proposed information
collection requests prior to submission
of these requests to OMB. Each
proposed information collection,
grouped by office, contains the
following: (1) Type of review requested,
e.g., new, revision, extension, existing
or reinstatement; (2) Title; (3) Summary
of the collection; (4) Description of the
need for, and proposed use of, the
information; (5) Respondents and
frequency of collection; and (6)
Reporting and/or Recordkeeping
burden. OMB invites public comment.
The Department of Education is
especially interested in public comment
addressing the following issues: (1) Is
this collection necessary to the proper
functions of the Department; (2) will
this information be processed and used
in a timely manner; (3) is the estimate
of burden accurate; (4) how might the
Department enhance the quality, utility,
and clarity of the information to be
collected; and (5) how might the
Department minimize the burden of this
collection on the respondents, including
through the use of information
technology.
Dated: July 21, 2009.
Angela C. Arrington,
Director, Information Collection Clearance
Division, Regulatory Information
Management Services, Office of Management.
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Collection Requests
Federal Student Aid
Department of Education.
SUMMARY: The Director, Information
Collection Clearance Division,
Regulatory Information Management
Services, Office of Management, invites
comments on the proposed information
collection requests as required by the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before
September 22, 2009.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section
3506 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35) requires
that the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) provide interested
Federal agencies and the public an early
opportunity to comment on information
collection requests. OMB may amend or
waive the requirement for public
consultation to the extent that public
participation in the approval process
would defeat the purpose of the
information collection, violate State or
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statutory obligations. The Director,
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Type of Review: New.
Title: Notice Inviting Proposals for
Experimental Sites.
Frequency: Annually.
Affected Public: Not-for-profit
institutions.
Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour
Burden:
Responses: 50.
Burden Hours: 250.
Abstract: With this notice, the
Secretary invites proposals to reinvent
the administration of Federal student
assistance programs through the use of
the experimental sites authority (Section
487A(d) of the Higher Education Act of
1965, as amended). The program is
intended to encourage institutions to
develop innovative strategies to improve
Title IV program administration.
Requests for copies of the proposed
information collection request may be
accessed from https://edicsweb.ed.gov,
by selecting the ‘‘Browse Pending
Collections’’ link and by clicking on
link number 4091. When you access the
information collection, click on
‘‘Download Attachments’’ to view.
Written requests for information should
be addressed to U.S. Department of
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Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW.,
LBJ, Washington, DC 20202–4537.
Requests may also be electronically
mailed to ICDocketMgr@ed.gov or faxed
to 202–401–0920. Please specify the
complete title of the information
collection when making your request.
Comments regarding burden and/or
the collection activity requirements
should be electronically mailed to
ICDocketMgr@ed.gov. Individuals who
use a telecommunications device for the
deaf (TDD) may call the Federal
Information Relay Service (FIRS) at
1–800–877–8339.
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Army
Record of Decision (ROD) for Military Training Activities at
Makua Military Reservation (MMR), Hawaii
AGENCY: Department of the Army, DoD.
ACTION: Notice of Availability (NOA).
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SUMMARY: Senior Commander, US Army Hawaii, has reviewed the Final
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for Military Training Activities
at MMR and has made the decision to proceed with a variation of
Alternative 2 to recommence live-fire training at MMR. Alternative 2 in
the Final EIS analyzes up to 50 combined-arms live-fire exercises
(CALFEX) and 200 convoy live-fire exercises (LFX). The variation of
Alternative 2 allows up to 32 CALFEXs and 150 convoy LFXs, and allows
squad- and platoon-level LFXs that lead up to the company-level CALFEX.
This decision also reconfirms that the Army will not use MMR for live-
fire training at night until all relevant fire suppression measures are
met and approved in accordance with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
2007 and 2008 Biological Opinions. The Army has decided not to use the
following weapon systems at MMR in order to further protect the
environmental and cultural resources of the valley: Tracer ammunition;
Javelin and inert, tube-launched, optically tracked, wire-guided (TOW)
missiles; anti-tank (AT-4) and 2.75-inch rockets; the shoulder-launched
multipurpose assault weapon (SMAW); and illumination munitions. This
decision also eliminates the use of Ka'ena Point and C-Ridge for
training, due to the risk of wildfire and the potential impacts to
threatened and endangered species. This Alternative 2 variation
represents a proper balance for meeting the training requirements of
the units of the 25th Infantry Division (ID), U.S. Army Reserve, Hawaii
Army National Guard, and other users of the range at MMR, while
ensuring the Army meets its responsibilities to preserve the land and
resources at MMR, and continues to be a good neighbor to the community
along the Wai'anae coast.
ADDRESSES: Address requests for a copy of the ROD to the U.S. Army
Garrison, Hawaii, Attention: Public Affairs Office, 742 Santos Dumont,
WAAF, Schofield Barracks, HI 96857, or download a copy from the
following Web site: https://www.garison.hawaii.army.mil/makuaeis.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: U.S. Army Garrison, Hawaii Public
Affairs Office at (808) 656-3152; facsimile at (808) 656-3162 during
normal business hours Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. HST.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Final EIS assessed four alternatives to
accomplish combined-arms live-fire training on Hawaii: MMR Alternative
1 (Reduced Capacity Use with Some Weapons Restrictions), MMR
Alternative 2 (Full Capacity Use with Some Weapons Restrictions), MMR
Alternative 3 (Full Capacity Use with Fewer Weapons Restrictions), and
Pohakuloa Training Area (PTA) Alternative 4 (Full Capacity Use with
Fewer Weapons Restrictions). A No Action Alternative, under which non
live-fire military training would continue to be conducted at MMR, was
also evaluated.
Implementation of the Alternative 2 variation may result in several
major impacts to: Recreational resources, noise from training, soils,
natural resources (including threatened and endangered species),
cultural resources, surface water quality from erosion, wildfires, and
to public safety from the transport of munitions through the Wai'anae
community.
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The Army has adopted all practicable mitigation measures to avoid
or minimize environmental harm. Mitigation measures are summarized in
the ROD and are described in greater detail in Chapter 4 of the Final
EIS.
Recommencing live-fire military training activities at MMR was
selected because it best meets the military's collective training
requirements. The decision to proceed with a variation of Alternative 2
incorporates analyses in the Final EIS, involvement from the public,
consideration of the cumulative impacts associated with all the
alternatives evaluated, and the training requirements of the 25th ID.
The EIS considered construction of facilities at Pohakuloa Training
Area on the island of Hawaii (Alternative 4). This alternative did not
meet the purpose and need of the proposed action as well as the
selected action. A fuller rationale for the decision can be found in
the ROD.
Dated: July 16, 2009.
Addison D. Davis, IV,
Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army, (Environment, Safety and
Occupational Health).
[FR Doc. E9-17372 Filed 7-23-09; 8:45 am]
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