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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Air Force
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)
for Construction and Operation of a
Panoramic Survey Telescope and
Rapid Response System (PanSTARRS) at the Summit of Mauna Kea,
HI
ACTION:
Cancellation of Pan-STARRS
EIS.
Pursuant to the National
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of
1969, as amended (42 United States
Code 4321, et seq.), the Council on
Environmental Quality Regulations for
implementing the procedural provisions
of NEPA (40 Code of Federal Regulation
(CFR) Parts 1500–1508), and U.S. Air
Force (USAF) policy and procedures (32
CFR part 989), the USAF issued a notice
on 10 Jan 07 advising the public of its
intent to prepare an EIS evaluating
potential environmental impacts
associated with construction and
operation of the proposed Panoramic
Survey Telescope and Rapid Response
System (Pan-STARRS) by the University
of Hawaii (UH) Institute for Astronomy
(IfA). Pan-STARRS was to be a USAFfunded, UH IfA research program to
discover, characterize and track NearEarth Objects (NEOs), primarily
asteroids and comets, whose trajectories
pass close enough to Earth that they
may pose a danger of collision.
SUMMARY:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Please direct any written comments or
requests for information to Ms. Connie
Rankin, Office of Public Affairs, 377
ABW/PA, 3550 Aberdeen Ave., SE.,
Kirtland AFB, NM 87117–5776 (Phone:
505–846–4321; e-mail
Connie.Rankin@kirtland.af.mil).
Bao-Anh Trinh,
GS–14, DAF, Air Force Federal Register
Liaison Officer.
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Department of the Air Force and U.S.
Army; Notice of Intent To Prepare an
Environmental Impact Statement for
the Modernization and Enhancement of
Ranges, Airspace, and Training Areas
in the Joint Pacific Alaska Range
Complex in Alaska
ACTION:
Notice of Intent.
The U.S. Air Force and U.S.
Army, on behalf of Alaskan Command
(ALCOM), are issuing this notice to
advise the public of their intent to
prepare an environmental impact
statement (EIS) evaluating potential
environmental impacts associated with
modernizing and enhancing current
military ground and air training assets
in Alaska.
This notice is published pursuant to
the National Environmental Policy Act
(NEPA) of 1969, as amended (42 United
States Code [U.S.C] 4321, et seq.); the
Council on Environmental Quality
Regulations for Implementing the
Procedural Provisions of NEPA (40 Code
of Federal Regulations (CFR) 1500–
1508); Executive Orders 11514 and
11991; the Environmental Quality
Improvement Act of 1970, as amended
(42 U.S.C. 4371 et seq.); the Air Force
Environmental Impact Analysis Process
(32 CFR 989); and the ‘‘Environmental
Analysis of Army Actions’’ (32 CFR
651). This Notice of Intent describes the
Air Force’s and Army’s scoping process
and identifies ALCOM’s point of
contact.
In accordance with the U.S.
Department of Defense (DoD) Directive
1322.18, Military Training, and
Commander U.S. Pacific Command
(PACOM), Joint Training Program of
Excellence, ALCOM as DoD’s regional
joint headquarters in Alaska, has
coordinated with the Services to
develop a joint strategy to identify joint
training opportunities in Alaska,
maximize the utilization of training
resources, and improve joint training.
The JPARC Modernization and
Enhancement EIS will evaluate the
elements of this strategy which are
reasonably foreseeable.
At present, the Joint Pacific Alaska
Range Complex (JPARC) consists of all
land, air, and sea training areas used by
the Army, Navy, and Air Force in
Alaska. The military uses the JPARC to
conduct testing, unit-level training, and
to support various joint exercises and
mission rehearsals. The JPARC was
originally developed to support cold
war weapons, tactics, and techniques.
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Its current configuration cannot fully
meet the training requirement for forces
and exercises located in Alaska. The
proposed JPARC enhancements would
enable realistic, joint training and
testing to support emerging
technologies, respond to recent
battlefield experiences, and train with
tactics and new weapons systems to
meet combat and national security
needs. JPARC enhancements would
enable the Services to train realistically
and jointly so military personnel could
succeed in their mutually supportive
combat roles when exposed to situations
faced in actual combat.
The proposal would modernize
existing military training and testing
capabilities located in the interior of
Alaska through expanding and/or
establishing new Military Operations
Areas, restricted airspace, airspace
corridors, ground maneuver training
areas, and training complexes to provide
adequate airspace and controlled-access
land to test and train under realistic and
varied conditions. The EIS will analyze
the environmental effects of the
proposed changes and their alternatives.
All of the actions proposed in this EIS
are independent of each other and have
stand-alone value for improving training
operations. While full implementation
of all the proposed actions is desired
and would result in the greatest training
benefit for aircrew and ground troop
training, each of the proposals, if
implemented alone, would have a
positive effect on the use and/or
management of JPARC. Depending on
decisions made and the availability of
funding, it is possible that some of the
actions being proposed could be
implemented soon after a Record of
Decision (ROD) is issued, some actions
could be implemented quite some time
after the ROD is issued, some actions
may be deferred until such time as they
are ripe for decision, and some
proposed actions may not be
implemented. The following projects are
those currently proposed to be
addressed in the JPARC Modernization
and Enhancement EIS.
Fox 3 Military Operations Area (MOA)
Expansion and New Paxon MOA: The
Air Force and Army propose to expand
the Fox 3 MOA and establish a new,
adjacent Paxon MOA to provide the
vertical and horizontal airspace
structure needed to better accommodate
low-altitude threat and multiple-axis
mission activities during JPARC training
exercises. The Air Force and Army
intend to consider the following
alternatives, as well as a No Action
Alternative: Alternative A includes the
proposed expanded Fox 3 MOA and the
proposed new Paxon MOA with both
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Air Force
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for Construction and
Operation of a Panoramic Survey Telescope and Rapid Response System
(Pan-STARRS) at the Summit of Mauna Kea, HI
ACTION: Cancellation of Pan-STARRS EIS.
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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of
1969, as amended (42 United States Code 4321, et seq.), the Council on
Environmental Quality Regulations for implementing the procedural
provisions of NEPA (40 Code of Federal Regulation (CFR) Parts 1500-
1508), and U.S. Air Force (USAF) policy and procedures (32 CFR part
989), the USAF issued a notice on 10 Jan 07 advising the public of its
intent to prepare an EIS evaluating potential environmental impacts
associated with construction and operation of the proposed Panoramic
Survey Telescope and Rapid Response System (Pan-STARRS) by the
University of Hawaii (UH) Institute for Astronomy (IfA). Pan-STARRS was
to be a USAF-funded, UH IfA research program to discover, characterize
and track Near-Earth Objects (NEOs), primarily asteroids and comets,
whose trajectories pass close enough to Earth that they may pose a
danger of collision.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Please direct any written comments or
requests for information to Ms. Connie Rankin, Office of Public
Affairs, 377 ABW/PA, 3550 Aberdeen Ave., SE., Kirtland AFB, NM 87117-
5776 (Phone: 505-846-4321; e-mail Connie.Rankin@kirtland.af.mil).
Bao-Anh Trinh,
GS-14, DAF, Air Force Federal Register Liaison Officer.
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