Education Mission to Central America; March 16-19, 2015, 12985 [2015-05595]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
Education Mission to Central America;
March 16–19, 2015
International Trade
Administration, Department of
Commerce.
ACTION: Amendment.
AGENCY:
The United States Department
of Commerce, International Trade
Administration is amending the Notice
published at 79 FR 34287, June 16,
2014, for the education mission to El
Salvador and Honduras, with an
optional stop in Nicaragua, from March
16–19, 2015 to revise the mission
description from executive-led to nonexecutive led.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
U.S. Export Assistance Center Silicon
Valley, Gabriela Zelaya, International
Trade Specialist, Tel: 408–535–2757,
ext. 107, Email: gabriela.zelaya@
trade.gov.
Laura Gimenez, Commercial Officer, El
Salvador, Tel: (011–503) 2501–3221,
Email: laura.gimenez@trade.gov.
Aileen Nandi, Commercial Officer, El
Salvador, Tel: (408) 535–2757, ext.
102, Email: aileen.nandi@trade.gov.
U.S. Export Assistance Center
Lexington, Sara Moreno, International
Trade Specialist, Tel: 859–225–7001,
Email: sara.moreno@trade.gov.
SUMMARY:
Frank Spector,
International Trade Specialist.
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Office of the Secretary
Guantanamo Bay to Dania Beach
Submarine Fiber Optic Cable System
(GTMO SFOC); Environmental
Assessment (EA)/Finding of No
Significant Impact (FONSI)
U.S. Defense Information
Systems Agency, DoD.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
AGENCY:
The Defense Information
Systems Agency (DISA) is announcing
that it has prepared an Environmental
Assessment (EA) and issued a Finding
of No Significant Impact (FONSI)
relating to DISA’s evaluation of the
Proposed Action and Alternatives to
installing Submarine Fiber Optic Cable
(SFOC) for communication purposes
between the DISN Facilities at Miami FL
and U.S. Naval Station Guantanamo
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Bay, Cuba (GTMO) in order to supply
high Bandwidth to DoD activities at
GTMO. This SFOC will improve longhaul communications between the
continental U.S. (CONUS) and GTMO.
The FONSI reports the studies that
prove that there will be no significant
environmental impact from the
installation of this SFOC. This notice
announces the availability of the final
EA and FONSI to concerned agencies
and the public.
ADDRESSES: Requests to receive a copy
of the EA or FONSI should be mailed to
Defense Information Systems Agency,
Public Affairs Officer, P.O. Box 549, Ft.
Meade, MD 20755–0549. Arrangements
must be made in advance to pick the
documents, due to facility security
requirements.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
DISA Public Affairs at 301–225–8100 or
disa.meade.SPI.mbx.disa-pao or DISA,
P.O. box 549, Ft. Meade, MD 20755–
0549.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background: Pursuant to the Council
on Environmental Quality (CEQ)
regulations for implementing the
procedural provisions of the National
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA; 40
Code of Federal Regulations [CFR] parts
1500–1508) and 32 CFR part 188,
Environmental Effects in the United
States of DoD Actions, the U.S. Defense
Information Systems Agency (DISA)
prepared an Environmental Assessment
(EA) to analyze the installation of a
submarine fiber optic cable connecting
the Defense Information System
Network (DISN) node located at
Guantanamo Bay (GTMO), Cuba to the
DISN node located in Miami, FL. The
DISA is a Department of Defense (DoD)
combat support agency under the
direction, authority and control of the
Assistant Secretary of Defense for
Command, Control, Communications,
and Intelligence (ASD [C31]).
The Guantanamo Bay to Dania Beach
Submarine Fiber Optic Cable System
involves two existing, shore-based U.S.
naval facilities where the GTMO SFOC
will be landed end-to-end. On the
CONUS end, the cable will be landed at
the U.S. Navy’s South Florida Ocean
Measurement Facility (SFOMF) at Dania
Beach, Florida; from there, the GTMO
SFOC will span the entirety of Florida’s
Territorial Waters (3 nautical miles
[nm]), extending through the U.S.
Territorial Sea (12 nm) and Contiguous
Zone (24 nm), with the majority of the
cable system passing through a
combination of the U.S. Exclusive
Economic Zone (EEZ), the Bahamian
EEZ, and the Cuban EEZ to the
nearshore landing at the American
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Naval Station Guantanamo Bay
(NAVSTAGTMO). The DISA will lease
commercial dark fiber to facilitate the
terrestrial connection between SFOMF
and the Network Access Point (NAP) of
the Americas in Miami, Florida to
provide DISN node-to-node connection.
Purpose and Need: The purpose of the
Proposed Action is to improve long-haul
communications between the
continental U.S. (CONUS) and GTMO.
Long-haul communications
requirements at GTMO are currently
provided by commercial satellite
services. A Submarine Fiber Optic Cable
(SFOC) provides significantly more
bandwidth than satellite services,
exhibits very low latency, and is not
subject to adverse atmospheric
conditions, such as severe weather (for
example, tropical rain storms and
hurricanes). Therefore, the SFOC will
increase the level and reliability of
communication service between
CONUS and GTMO. The attached EA
and this FONSI were prepared in
compliance with the NEPA (42 U.S.C.
4321–4347), CEQ regulations for
implementing the procedural provisions
of the NEPA (40 Code of Federal
Regulations [CFR] parts 1500–1508),
and 32 CFR part 188, Environmental
Effects in the United States of DoD
Actions. The attached EA considers all
potential impacts of the Proposed
Action and Alternatives, including the
No Action Alternative. This Finding of
No Significant Impact (FONSI)
summarizes the DISA’s evaluation of the
Proposed Action and Alternatives.
Alternatives Considered: Dania Beach,
Florida Nearshore Cable Route
Alternatives—Two action alternatives
were analyzed for the nearshore
installation route proposed at Dania
Beach, Florida within the 12 nm limit
of NEPA applicability. Of these two
alternatives, Alternative 2 (Preferred)
involving the bundling of the GTMO
SFOC to the existing CS–125 cable that
has been installed through the nearshore
coral reef tracks was selected. This
alternative provides the greatest degree
of natural resource protection as it is colocated through a corridor that has
previously received environmental
agency clearances.
Guantanamo Bay, Cuba Nearshore
Cable Route Alternatives—Of the three
alternatives considered, Alternative 3
(Glass Beach) was selected as the
preferred landing site which contains an
existing concrete landing station
supporting two subaqueous utility lines
and communication infrastructure
coming ashore at this location. Colocating the GTMO SFOC cable within
this existing corridor provides the
greatest degree of environmental impact
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
Education Mission to Central America; March 16-19, 2015
AGENCY: International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Amendment.
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SUMMARY: The United States Department of Commerce, International Trade
Administration is amending the Notice published at 79 FR 34287, June
16, 2014, for the education mission to El Salvador and Honduras, with
an optional stop in Nicaragua, from March 16-19, 2015 to revise the
mission description from executive-led to non-executive led.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
U.S. Export Assistance Center Silicon Valley, Gabriela Zelaya,
International Trade Specialist, Tel: 408-535-2757, ext. 107, Email:
gabriela.zelaya@trade.gov.
Laura Gimenez, Commercial Officer, El Salvador, Tel: (011-503) 2501-
3221, Email: laura.gimenez@trade.gov.
Aileen Nandi, Commercial Officer, El Salvador, Tel: (408) 535-2757,
ext. 102, Email: aileen.nandi@trade.gov.
U.S. Export Assistance Center Lexington, Sara Moreno, International
Trade Specialist, Tel: 859-225-7001, Email: sara.moreno@trade.gov.
Frank Spector,
International Trade Specialist.
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