Record of Decision for Land Acquisition and Airspace Establishment To Support Large-Scale Marine Air Ground Task Force Live-Fire and Maneuver Training at the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, CA, 11632 [2013-03692]
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Department of the Navy, DoD.
Notice of Record of Decision.
Pursuant to Section 102(2)(c)
of the National Environmental Policy
Act (NEPA) of 1969, 42 United States
Code 4321–4370h, as implemented by
the Council on Environmental Quality
regulations, 40 Code of Federal
Regulations (CFR) parts 1500–1508, the
Department of Navy (DoN) NEPA
regulations (32 CFR part 775), and
Marine Corps Order P5090.2A (with
Changes 1, 2) Marine Corps
Environmental Compliance and
Protection Manual, Chapter 12, the DoN,
after carefully weighing the operational
and environmental consequences of the
proposed action in an Environmental
Impact Statement (EIS), announces its
decision to establish a large-scale
Marine Air Ground Task Force
(MAGTF) training facility at the Marine
Corps Air Ground Combat Center in
Twentynine Palms, California (‘‘the
Combat Center’’) to accommodate a
required new program of sustained,
combined-arms, live-fire, and maneuver
training for all elements of a Marine
Expeditionary Brigade (MEB)-sized
MAGTF, including full-scale MEB
Exercises and associated MEB Building
Block training. To accommodate the
required MEB training activities, DoN,
acting through the Combat Center, will:
Purchase additional private and state
lands adjacent to the Combat Center;
request withdrawal by Act of Congress
of additional public lands adjacent to
the Combat Center; pursue through the
Federal Aviation Administration the
establishment and modification of
military Special Use Airspace for
proposed MEB-sized training range; and
conduct the specified MEB training.
Land withdrawal of more than 5,000
acres for the purposes of national
defense may only be made by an Act of
Congress. The DoN has selected
Alternative 6, the Preferred Alternative,
(with additional mitigation developed
in consultation with the Bureau of Land
Management [BLM]), for
implementation and recommendation to
Congress. Alternative 6 includes the
withdrawal of public land and purchase
of private and state lands collectively
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Record of Decision for Land
Acquisition and Airspace
Establishment To Support Large-Scale
Marine Air Ground Task Force LiveFire and Maneuver Training at the
Marine Corps Air Ground Combat
Center, Twentynine Palms, CA
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totaling approximately 167,971 acres
west and south of the existing Combat
Center. All practical means to avoid or
minimize environmental harm from the
Preferred Alternative that were
identified in the Final EIS have been
adopted.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
complete text of the Record of Decision
is available for public viewing on the
project Web site at
www.29palms.marines.mil/Staff/
G4InstallationsandLogistics/
LandAcquisition.aspx along with the
EIS. For further information, contact the
29Palms Land Acquisition/Airspace
Establishment Project Manager, Marine
Air Ground Task Force Training
Command, Marine Corps Air Ground
Combat Center, Bldg. 1554, Box 788104,
Twentynine Palms, CA 92278–8104.
Telephone: 760 830–3764.
Dated: February 12, 2013.
C.K. Chiappetta,
Lieutenant Commander, Office of the Judge
Advocate General, U.S. Navy, Federal
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Navy
Record of Decision for Land Acquisition and Airspace
Establishment To Support Large-Scale Marine Air Ground Task Force Live-
Fire and Maneuver Training at the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat
Center, Twentynine Palms, CA
AGENCY: Department of the Navy, DoD.
ACTION: Notice of Record of Decision.
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SUMMARY: Pursuant to Section 102(2)(c) of the National Environmental
Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969, 42 United States Code 4321-4370h, as
implemented by the Council on Environmental Quality regulations, 40
Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) parts 1500-1508, the Department of
Navy (DoN) NEPA regulations (32 CFR part 775), and Marine Corps Order
P5090.2A (with Changes 1, 2) Marine Corps Environmental Compliance and
Protection Manual, Chapter 12, the DoN, after carefully weighing the
operational and environmental consequences of the proposed action in an
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS), announces its decision to
establish a large-scale Marine Air Ground Task Force (MAGTF) training
facility at the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center in Twentynine
Palms, California (``the Combat Center'') to accommodate a required new
program of sustained, combined-arms, live-fire, and maneuver training
for all elements of a Marine Expeditionary Brigade (MEB)-sized MAGTF,
including full-scale MEB Exercises and associated MEB Building Block
training. To accommodate the required MEB training activities, DoN,
acting through the Combat Center, will: Purchase additional private and
state lands adjacent to the Combat Center; request withdrawal by Act of
Congress of additional public lands adjacent to the Combat Center;
pursue through the Federal Aviation Administration the establishment
and modification of military Special Use Airspace for proposed MEB-
sized training range; and conduct the specified MEB training. Land
withdrawal of more than 5,000 acres for the purposes of national
defense may only be made by an Act of Congress. The DoN has selected
Alternative 6, the Preferred Alternative, (with additional mitigation
developed in consultation with the Bureau of Land Management [BLM]),
for implementation and recommendation to Congress. Alternative 6
includes the withdrawal of public land and purchase of private and
state lands collectively totaling approximately 167,971 acres west and
south of the existing Combat Center. All practical means to avoid or
minimize environmental harm from the Preferred Alternative that were
identified in the Final EIS have been adopted.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The complete text of the Record of Decision
is available for public viewing on the project Web site at
www.29palms.marines.mil/Staff/G4InstallationsandLogistics/LandAcquisition.aspx along with the EIS. For further information,
contact the 29Palms Land Acquisition/Airspace Establishment Project
Manager, Marine Air Ground Task Force Training Command, Marine Corps
Air Ground Combat Center, Bldg. 1554, Box 788104, Twentynine Palms, CA
92278-8104. Telephone: 760 830-3764.
Dated: February 12, 2013.
C.K. Chiappetta,
Lieutenant Commander, Office of the Judge Advocate General, U.S. Navy,
Federal Register Liaison Officer.
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