Environmental Impact Statement for the Implementation of Energy, Water, and Solid Waste Sustainability Initiatives at Fort Bliss, TX, 6548-6549 [2012-2844]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Army
Environmental Impact Statement for
the Implementation of Energy, Water,
and Solid Waste Sustainability
Initiatives at Fort Bliss, TX
Department of the Army, DoD.
Notice of intent.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Department of the Army
advises interested parties of its intent to
conduct public scoping under the
National Environmental Policy Act to
gather information to prepare an
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)
that will evaluate the environmental
impacts associated with the
implementation of the Energy, Water,
and Solid Waste Initiatives at Fort Bliss.
These initiatives will work to enhance
the energy and water security of Fort
Bliss, Texas, which is operationally
necessary, financially prudent and
essential to the installation’s mission.
Elements of the implementation of the
initiative would occur in Texas and
New Mexico. By implementing these
initiatives at Fort Bliss, the installation
can help ensure that it has access to
energy from renewable sources and
ample water supplies now and into the
future.
The decision maker at Fort Bliss will
use the analysis in the EIS to determine
which alternative(s) to implement.
Actions to be evaluated in the EIS
include: (1) The aggressive
implementation of waste reduction, and
energy and water conservation policies
and practices; (2) the construction of a
new pipeline to transport reclaimed
water for best uses on Fort Bliss; (3) the
construction of a Waste-to-Energy plant
with adjacent landfill in the Southern
Training Area of Fort Bliss, or on land
to be exchanged with the Texas General
Land Office; (4) the development and
construction of dry-cooled
concentrating solar thermal arrays in
Fort Bliss Southern Training Area; (5)
the development of geothermal
resources on Fort Bliss in New Mexico
for power generation and heating; (6)
the development of existing wind
energy resources on the eastern central
and northern portions of Fort Bliss in
New Mexico; and (7) the development
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of up to 20 MW of natural gas powered
turbines as a complementary source of
back-up power to renewable energy
facilities to provide for Fort Bliss energy
security. The EIS will also analyze a
long-term program that considers the
implementation of energy technologies
on previously disturbed land, existing
infrastructure, or other Army owned
lands that would be compatible with
Army mission and sustainability
criteria. Alternatives include
implementation of a combination of
these projects and the no action
alternative that will allow for a
comparison of each of the possible
actions to existing baseline
environmental conditions. Other
reasonable alternatives that are raised
during the scoping process and capable
of meeting the project purpose and need
and criteria will be considered and
included for evaluation in the EIS.
Environmental impacts associated
with the implementation of the
proposed action at Fort Bliss could
include significant impacts to airspace,
biological resources and migratory
birds, soils and vegetation, noise
impacts, increased traffic impacts,
cultural resources, air quality, and
surface and ground water.
ADDRESSES: Written comments should
be forwarded to Dr. John Kipp, Fort
Bliss Directorate of Public Works,
Attention: IMBL–PWE (Kipp), Building
624 Pleasonton Road, Fort Bliss, Texas
79916; email:
john.m.kipp6.civ@mail.mil; fax: (915)
568–3548.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Please contact Ms. Jean Offutt, Fort Bliss
Public Affairs Office, ATTN: IMBL–PA
(Offutt), Building 15 Slater Road, Fort
Bliss, Texas 79916; phone: (915) 568–
4505; email:
thelma.g.offutt.civ@mail.mil.
The
decisions to be made by the installation
and cooperating agencies will be to
determine whether and how best to
implement energy, water, and solid
waste technologies at Fort Bliss in both
Texas and New Mexico. The EIS would
assess the direct, indirect, and
cumulative environmental impacts
associated with various proposed
alternatives. Alternatives evaluated in
the EIS include different sitings and
technologies that will be evaluated.
Cooperating Agencies: Some of the
proposed projects considered in the
alternatives being evaluated could occur
on Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
military-withdrawn lands in New
Mexico. The BLM Las Cruces District
Office and the US Air Force Holloman
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Air Force Base will be invited as
cooperating agencies for this proposal.
Scoping And Public Comments:
Native Americans, federal, state, and
local agencies, organizations, and the
public are invited to be involved in the
scoping process for the preparation of
this EIS by participating in scoping
meetings and/or submitting written
comments. Written comments will be
accepted within 30 days of publication
of the NOI in the Federal Register. The
scoping process will help identify
possible alternatives, potential
environmental impacts, and key issues
of concern to be analyzed in the EIS.
Scoping meetings will be held in El
Paso, Texas, and Alamogordo and Las
Cruces, New Mexico. Notification of the
times and locations for the scoping
meetings will be locally announced and
published.
Brenda S. Bowen,
Army Federal Register Liaison Officer.
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DoD market is greater than five percent.
DATES: Effective Date: February 8, 2012.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
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Section 827 of the National Defense
Authorization Act of Fiscal Year 2008,
Public Law 110–181, amended DoD’s
competition requirements for
acquisition of products from Federal
Prison Industries (FPI). On November
19, 2009, a final rule was published at
74 FR 59914, which amended the
Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation
Supplement (DFARS) at subpart 208.6
to implement section 827.
Among other things, section 827
required DoD to publish a list of product
categories for which FPI’s share of the
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DoD market was greater than five
percent, based on the most recent fiscal
year data available. Section 827 also
provides for modification of the
published list if DoD subsequently
determines that new data require adding
or omitting a product category from the
list.
This notification provides a modified
list of FPI product categories exceeding
five percent of the DoD market, based on
Fiscal Year 2011 data obtained from the
Federal Procurement Data System. An
identical list is also found in the
Director, Defense Procurement and
Acquisition Policy (DPAP)
memorandum dated January 12, 2012.
(The DPAP memorandum with the
updated list of product categories for
which FPI has a significant market share
is posted at: https://www.acq.osd.mil/
dpap/policy/policyvault/USA007288–
11–DPAP.pdf.)
Accordingly, the updated product
categories for which FPI’s share of the
DOD market is greater than five percent
are:
• 3625 (Textile Industries
Machinery);
• 3990 (Miscellaneous Materials
Handling Equipment);
• 6020 (Fiber Optic Cable Assemblies
and Harnesses);
• 7110 (Office Furniture);
• 7230 (Draperies, Awnings, and
Shades);
• 8420 (Underwear and Nightwear,
Men’s); and
• 8465 (Individual Equipment).
Product categories on the updated list,
and the products within each identified
product category, must be procured
using competitive or fair opportunity
procedures in accordance with DFARS
208.602–70(c)(1). FPI must be included
in the solicitation process and will be
considered in accordance with the
policy set forth in 8.602(a)(4)(ii) through
(v) of the Federal Acquisition
Regulation.
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Studies Prepared for the Proposed
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Notice of availability for public
comment of Interconnection Facilities
Studies.
ACTION:
Sempra Generation applied to
the Department of Energy (DOE), on
behalf of Energia Sierra Juarez U.S.
Transmission, LLC, for a Presidential
permit to construct, operate, maintain,
and connect an electric transmission
line across the U.S. border with Mexico,
currently referred to as the Energia
Sierra Juarez Transmission Project (ESJ
Project). The ESJ Project would connect
a wind energy project to be built in the
vicinity of La Rumorosa, Baja California,
Mexico, to San Diego Gas and Electric
Company’s (SDG&E) existing Southwest
Powerlink (SWPL) 500-kV transmission
line. DOE hereby announces the
availability for public comment of the
Interconnection Studies prepared for the
ESJ Project.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on
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ADDRESSES: Comments should be
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Reliability, OE–20, U.S. Department of
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SW., Washington, DC 20585–0001.
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conventional mail, it is recommended
that documents be transmitted by
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facsimile to (202) 318–7761.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr.
Jerry Pell (Program Office) at (202) 586–
3362, or by email to
Jerry.Pell@hq.doe.gov, or contact Brian
Mills at 2(02) 586–8267, or by email to
Brian.Mills@hq.doe.gov.
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construction, operation, maintenance,
and connection of facilities at the
international border of the United States
for the transmission of electric energy
between the United States and a foreign
country is prohibited in the absence of
a Presidential permit issued pursuant to
Executive Order (EO) 10485, as
amended by EO 12038.
On December 20, 2007, Sempra
Generation, on behalf of Energia Sierra
Juarez U.S. Transmission, LLC, filed an
application with the Office of Electricity
Delivery and Energy Reliability of DOE
for a Presidential permit. That
application was originally noticed in the
Federal Register for public comment on
February 22, 2008 (73 FR 9782). The
proposed transmission line project
would connect up to 1,250 megawatts of
electric power produced from wind
turbines to be located in the vicinity of
La Rumorosa, Baja California, Mexico,
to SDG&E’s existing Southwest
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Army
Environmental Impact Statement for the Implementation of Energy,
Water, and Solid Waste Sustainability Initiatives at Fort Bliss, TX
AGENCY: Department of the Army, DoD.
ACTION: Notice of intent.
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SUMMARY: The Department of the Army advises interested parties of its
intent to conduct public scoping under the National Environmental
Policy Act to gather information to prepare an Environmental Impact
Statement (EIS) that will evaluate the environmental impacts associated
with the implementation of the Energy, Water, and Solid Waste
Initiatives at Fort Bliss. These initiatives will work to enhance the
energy and water security of Fort Bliss, Texas, which is operationally
necessary, financially prudent and essential to the installation's
mission. Elements of the implementation of the initiative would occur
in Texas and New Mexico. By implementing these initiatives at Fort
Bliss, the installation can help ensure that it has access to energy
from renewable sources and ample water supplies now and into the
future.
The decision maker at Fort Bliss will use the analysis in the EIS
to determine which alternative(s) to implement. Actions to be evaluated
in the EIS include: (1) The aggressive implementation of waste
reduction, and energy and water conservation policies and practices;
(2) the construction of a new pipeline to transport reclaimed water for
best uses on Fort Bliss; (3) the construction of a Waste-to-Energy
plant with adjacent landfill in the Southern Training Area of Fort
Bliss, or on land to be exchanged with the Texas General Land Office;
(4) the development and construction of dry-cooled concentrating solar
thermal arrays in Fort Bliss Southern Training Area; (5) the
development of geothermal resources on Fort Bliss in New Mexico for
power generation and heating; (6) the development of existing wind
energy resources on the eastern central and northern portions of Fort
Bliss in New Mexico; and (7) the development of up to 20 MW of natural
gas powered turbines as a complementary source of back-up power to
renewable energy facilities to provide for Fort Bliss energy security.
The EIS will also analyze a long-term program that considers the
implementation of energy technologies on previously disturbed land,
existing infrastructure, or other Army owned lands that would be
compatible with Army mission and sustainability criteria. Alternatives
include implementation of a combination of these projects and the no
action alternative that will allow for a comparison of each of the
possible actions to existing baseline environmental conditions. Other
reasonable alternatives that are raised during the scoping process and
capable of meeting the project purpose and need and criteria will be
considered and included for evaluation in the EIS.
Environmental impacts associated with the implementation of the
proposed action at Fort Bliss could include significant impacts to
airspace, biological resources and migratory birds, soils and
vegetation, noise impacts, increased traffic impacts, cultural
resources, air quality, and surface and ground water.
ADDRESSES: Written comments should be forwarded to Dr. John Kipp, Fort
Bliss Directorate of Public Works, Attention: IMBL-PWE (Kipp), Building
624 Pleasonton Road, Fort Bliss, Texas 79916; email:
john.m.kipp6.civ@mail.mil; fax: (915) 568-3548.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Please contact Ms. Jean Offutt, Fort
Bliss Public Affairs Office, ATTN: IMBL-PA (Offutt), Building 15 Slater
Road, Fort Bliss, Texas 79916; phone: (915) 568-4505; email:
thelma.g.offutt.civ@mail.mil.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The decisions to be made by the installation
and cooperating agencies will be to determine whether and how best to
implement energy, water, and solid waste technologies at Fort Bliss in
both Texas and New Mexico. The EIS would assess the direct, indirect,
and cumulative environmental impacts associated with various proposed
alternatives. Alternatives evaluated in the EIS include different
sitings and technologies that will be evaluated.
Cooperating Agencies: Some of the proposed projects considered in
the alternatives being evaluated could occur on Bureau of Land
Management (BLM) military-withdrawn lands in New Mexico. The BLM Las
Cruces District Office and the US Air Force Holloman
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Air Force Base will be invited as cooperating agencies for this
proposal.
Scoping And Public Comments: Native Americans, federal, state, and
local agencies, organizations, and the public are invited to be
involved in the scoping process for the preparation of this EIS by
participating in scoping meetings and/or submitting written comments.
Written comments will be accepted within 30 days of publication of the
NOI in the Federal Register. The scoping process will help identify
possible alternatives, potential environmental impacts, and key issues
of concern to be analyzed in the EIS. Scoping meetings will be held in
El Paso, Texas, and Alamogordo and Las Cruces, New Mexico. Notification
of the times and locations for the scoping meetings will be locally
announced and published.
Brenda S. Bowen,
Army Federal Register Liaison Officer.
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