Draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement for Activities and Operations at Yuma Proving Ground, Arizona, 50049-50050 [2013-19827]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Office of the Secretary
Meeting of the Uniform Formulary
Beneficiary Advisory Panel
Assistant Secretary of Defense
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ACTION: Notice of meeting.
AGENCY:
Under the provisions of the
Federal Advisory Committee Act of
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amended) the Department of Defense
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advisory committee meeting of the
Uniform Formulary Beneficiary
Advisory Panel (‘‘the Panel’’).
DATES: Thursday, September 19, 2013,
from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
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the Pharmacy and Therapeutics
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Dated: August 13, 2013.
Aaron Siegel,
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Officer, Department of Defense.
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Army
Draft Programmatic Environmental
Impact Statement for Activities and
Operations at Yuma Proving Ground,
Arizona
Department of the Army, DoD.
Notice of Availability.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Department of the Army
announces the availability of the Draft
Programmatic Environmental Impact
Statement (DPEIS) for implementation
of activities and operations at Yuma
Proving Ground (YPG). This document
SUMMARY:
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analyzes and evaluates potential
environmental impacts associated with
short-term and long-term proposed
construction projects and proposed
changes to YPG’s testing and training
mission. YPG consists of approximately
840,000 acres of DoD-managed land in
the Sonoran Desert in southwestern
Arizona.
The public comment period will
end 45 days after publication of an NOA
in the Federal Register by the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency.
ADDRESSES: For questions concerning
the DPEIS, please contact Mr. Sergio
Obregon, U.S. Army Garrison Yuma
Proving Ground, National
Environmental Policy Act Coordinator,
IMYM–PWE, Yuma, AZ 85365–9498.
Written comments may be mailed to
that address or emailed to
ypgnepa@conus.army.mil.
DATES:
Mr.
Chuck Wullenjohn, Yuma Proving
Ground Public Affairs Office, at (928)
328–6189 Monday through Thursday
from 6:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Mountain
Standard Time.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Department of the Army prepared a
DPEIS to analyze potential impacts from
new construction, changes in testing
and training, and activities conducted
under private industry partnerships.
Potential renewable energy initiatives
are also discussed in the DPEIS, but
project-specific National Environmental
Policy Act (NEPA) analysis separate
from the DPEIS will be required prior to
implementing any specific renewable
energy initiatives.
There are two alternatives analyzed in
this DPEIS: (1) No Action which
describes the conditions under which
no new actions would occur. There
would be no changes in testing and
training activities conducted at YPG,
and (2) the Proposed Action which
includes new construction and
associated demolition, testing and
training activities occurring on YPG,
and new testing and training proposed
by tenants to meet anticipated testing or
training needs. The programmatic
components of the DPEIS consist of a
detailed analysis of well defined shortterm projects and long-term projects
with unspecified locations. These are
analyzed to identify the maximum
potential impact on a broad scale. These
activities would be subjected to sitespecific NEPA analysis prior to
implementation and could include
analysis of other reasonable alternatives
to the identified action. Six other
alternatives were considered but
eliminated from further analysis.
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The PEIS will be used to develop a
future Real Property Master Plan
(RPMP) at YPG. This analysis will
support the future planning to ensure
that YPG considers environmental
impacts as it seeks to improve facilities
and capabilities for the future. The
analysis in the PEIS will also support
the alternatives analysis for the RPMP.
The DPEIS will also address cumulative
impacts for existing, proposed, and
reasonably foreseeable projects.
For the Proposed Action, the analysis
is structured to allow the Army to select
a subset of the proposed activities or, for
certain activities, to select from among
a range of options with regard to
magnitude, frequency, or duration. The
Army is not seeking to expand the
boundaries of YPG and all proposed
activities would be conducted within
the boundaries of the installation or its
currently authorized airspace. No
changes are proposed to ongoing
activities conducted at off-post areas in
Arizona and California that are used for
specific testing activities under
conditions not found at YPG. Therefore,
activities conducted in these areas are
not included in the analysis in the
DPEIS.
The potential for environmental
impacts is greatest for the following
resource areas: soils, air quality, solid
and hazardous materials/waste,
vegetation, and wildlife. Impacts to
these resources may occur as a result of
converting existing land use to support
military testing and training or from
increasing the scope or magnitude of
testing activities.
All governmental agencies, interest
groups, and individuals are invited to
participate in public meetings and/or
submit comments in writing.
Information on the time and location of
two public meetings will be published
locally. In addition, YPG is engaged in
consultation with federally recognized
Native American tribes regarding the
Proposed Action. YPG will meet the
obligation to consult under Section 106
of the National Historic Preservation Act
concurrently with this NEPA process
through a Programmatic Agreement.
At this time, a Preferred Alternative
has not been selected. The Army will
select a Preferred Alternative after
consideration of input from government
agencies, Native American tribes, nongovernmental organizations, and
members of the public.
Copies of the DPEIS are available at
the Yuma County Library, Main Branch,
2951 S. 21st Drive and the Yuma
Proving Ground Post Library. The DPEIS
can also be viewed at the following Web
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Brenda S. Bowen,
Army Federal Register Liaison Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Army
Record of Decision for the
Construction and Operation of an
Infantry Platoon Battle Course at
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Pohakuloa Training Area, Hawai‘i
Department of the Army, DoD.
Notice of availability.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The U.S. Army Pacific
(USARPAC) and U.S. Army Garrison,
Hawai‘i, (USAG–HI) announce the
decision to construct and operate a new
Infantry Platoon Battle Course (IPBC)
and associated infrastructure at
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Pohakuloa Training Area (PTA),
Hawai‘i. This decision allows the Army
to construct and operate an IPBC that
will meet Army training requirements
and will support the live-fire collective
training needs of the Army, Army
Reserve, and Hawai‘i Army National
Guard, as well as other Service
components that are stationed or train
in Hawai‘i.
To comply with the National
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), the
Department of the Army prepared an
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)
that evaluated the potential
environmental and socioeconomic
effects associated with alternatives to
construct and operate the IPBC. In the
Final EIS published in the Federal
Register on April 26, 2013 (78 FR
24734), the Army identified the Western
Range Alternative as the preferred
alternative. The Army has selected the
preferred alternative in the Record of
Decision (ROD). The Western Range
Area Alternative is located in an underutilized portion of the PTA impact area
where no ranges currently exist. The
location has been exposed to indirect
munitions fire and constructing the
IPBC here will reclaim a portion of the
impact area. A copy of the ROD can be
found at www.garrison.hawaii.army.mil/
pta_peis/default.htm.
ADDRESSES: Email requests to obtain a
copy of the ROD can be addressed to
USARMY.JBSA.AEC.MBX@mail.mil.
SUMMARY:
US
Army Environmental Command Public
Affairs Office, at 1–855–846–3940 (toll
free).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Army
Draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement for Activities
and Operations at Yuma Proving Ground, Arizona
AGENCY: Department of the Army, DoD.
ACTION: Notice of Availability.
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SUMMARY: The Department of the Army announces the availability of the
Draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (DPEIS) for
implementation of activities and operations at Yuma Proving Ground
(YPG). This document
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analyzes and evaluates potential environmental impacts associated with
short-term and long-term proposed construction projects and proposed
changes to YPG's testing and training mission. YPG consists of
approximately 840,000 acres of DoD-managed land in the Sonoran Desert
in southwestern Arizona.
DATES: The public comment period will end 45 days after publication of
an NOA in the Federal Register by the U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency.
ADDRESSES: For questions concerning the DPEIS, please contact Mr.
Sergio Obregon, U.S. Army Garrison Yuma Proving Ground, National
Environmental Policy Act Coordinator, IMYM-PWE, Yuma, AZ 85365-9498.
Written comments may be mailed to that address or emailed to
ypgnepa@conus.army.mil.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Chuck Wullenjohn, Yuma Proving
Ground Public Affairs Office, at (928) 328-6189 Monday through Thursday
from 6:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Mountain Standard Time.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department of the Army prepared a DPEIS
to analyze potential impacts from new construction, changes in testing
and training, and activities conducted under private industry
partnerships. Potential renewable energy initiatives are also discussed
in the DPEIS, but project-specific National Environmental Policy Act
(NEPA) analysis separate from the DPEIS will be required prior to
implementing any specific renewable energy initiatives.
There are two alternatives analyzed in this DPEIS: (1) No Action
which describes the conditions under which no new actions would occur.
There would be no changes in testing and training activities conducted
at YPG, and (2) the Proposed Action which includes new construction and
associated demolition, testing and training activities occurring on
YPG, and new testing and training proposed by tenants to meet
anticipated testing or training needs. The programmatic components of
the DPEIS consist of a detailed analysis of well defined short-term
projects and long-term projects with unspecified locations. These are
analyzed to identify the maximum potential impact on a broad scale.
These activities would be subjected to site-specific NEPA analysis
prior to implementation and could include analysis of other reasonable
alternatives to the identified action. Six other alternatives were
considered but eliminated from further analysis.
The PEIS will be used to develop a future Real Property Master Plan
(RPMP) at YPG. This analysis will support the future planning to ensure
that YPG considers environmental impacts as it seeks to improve
facilities and capabilities for the future. The analysis in the PEIS
will also support the alternatives analysis for the RPMP. The DPEIS
will also address cumulative impacts for existing, proposed, and
reasonably foreseeable projects.
For the Proposed Action, the analysis is structured to allow the
Army to select a subset of the proposed activities or, for certain
activities, to select from among a range of options with regard to
magnitude, frequency, or duration. The Army is not seeking to expand
the boundaries of YPG and all proposed activities would be conducted
within the boundaries of the installation or its currently authorized
airspace. No changes are proposed to ongoing activities conducted at
off-post areas in Arizona and California that are used for specific
testing activities under conditions not found at YPG. Therefore,
activities conducted in these areas are not included in the analysis in
the DPEIS.
The potential for environmental impacts is greatest for the
following resource areas: soils, air quality, solid and hazardous
materials/waste, vegetation, and wildlife. Impacts to these resources
may occur as a result of converting existing land use to support
military testing and training or from increasing the scope or magnitude
of testing activities.
All governmental agencies, interest groups, and individuals are
invited to participate in public meetings and/or submit comments in
writing. Information on the time and location of two public meetings
will be published locally. In addition, YPG is engaged in consultation
with federally recognized Native American tribes regarding the Proposed
Action. YPG will meet the obligation to consult under Section 106 of
the National Historic Preservation Act concurrently with this NEPA
process through a Programmatic Agreement.
At this time, a Preferred Alternative has not been selected. The
Army will select a Preferred Alternative after consideration of input
from government agencies, Native American tribes, non-governmental
organizations, and members of the public.
Copies of the DPEIS are available at the Yuma County Library, Main
Branch, 2951 S. 21st Drive and the Yuma Proving Ground Post Library.
The DPEIS can also be viewed at the following Web site: https://www.yuma.army.mil/mhub_documents.shtml.
Brenda S. Bowen,
Army Federal Register Liaison Officer.
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