Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement/Overseas Environmental Impact Statement for Hawaii-Southern California Training and Testing and Notice of Public Scoping Meetings, 69952-69953 [2015-28748]
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Proposed Action is to conduct military
readiness activities in the AFTT Study
Area. These training and testing
activities are generally consistent with
those analyzed in the AFTT EIS/OEIS
completed in August 2013 and are
representative of training and testing
that the Navy has been conducting in
the AFTT Study Area for decades.
The following range complexes fall
within the AFTT Study Area: Northeast
Range Complexes, Virginia Capes Range
Complex, Navy Cherry Point Range
Complex, Jacksonville Range Complex,
Key West Range Complex, and Gulf of
Mexico Range Complex. The testing
ranges in the AFTT Study Area include:
Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division
Newport, Newport, Rhode Island; Naval
Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Panama
City Division, Panama City, Florida; and
NSWC Carderock Division South
Florida Ocean Measurement Facility,
Dania, Florida. While most Navy
military readiness activities take place
in operating and warning areas in the
AFTT Study Area, some activities, such
as sonar maintenance and gunnery
exercises, are conducted concurrent
with normal transits and occur outside
of these areas, but still within the Study
Area. The pierside testing locations and
associated port transit channels are
located at the following Navy ports and
naval shipyards: Portsmouth Naval
Shipyard, Kittery, Maine; Naval
Submarine Base New London, Groton,
Connecticut; Naval Station Norfolk,
Norfolk, Virginia; Joint Expeditionary
Base Little Creek-Fort Story, Virginia
Beach, Virginia; Naval Submarine Base
Kings Bay, Kings Bay, Georgia; Naval
Station Mayport, Jacksonville, Florida;
Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth,
Virginia; and Port Canaveral, Cape
Canaveral, Florida. Additional AFTT
Study Area pierside testing locations
and associated port transit channels are
located in Bath, Maine; Groton,
Connecticut; Newport News, Virginia;
and Pascagoula, Mississippi.
Pursuant to 40 CFR 1501.6, the Navy
will invite the National Marine
Fisheries Service to be a cooperating
agency in preparation of the EIS/OEIS.
The purpose of the Proposed Action
is to maintain a ready force, which is
needed to ensure that the Navy can meet
its mission to maintain, train, and equip
combat-ready naval forces capable of
winning wars, deterring aggression, and
maintaining freedom of the seas, as
consistent with Congressional direction
Section 5062, of Title 10 U.S. Code.
The AFTT Phase III EIS/OEIS will
consider a No Action Alternative and
action alternatives that account for types
and tempo of training and testing
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activities beginning in 2018 as necessary
to meet future readiness requirements.
Resource areas that will be addressed
include, but are not limited to:
Biological resources (including marine
mammals and threatened and
endangered species), sediments and
water quality, air quality, noise, cultural
resources, socioeconomic resources, and
public health and safety.
The scoping process will be used to
identify community concerns and local
issues to be addressed in the EIS/OEIS.
Federal agencies, state agencies, local
agencies, Native American Indian Tribes
and Nations, the public, and interested
persons are encouraged to identify
specific issues or topics of
environmental concern that the Navy
should consider. Written comments
must be postmarked no later than
January 12, 2016 to ensure they are
considered in the development of the
EIS/OEIS and mailed to: Naval Facilities
Engineering Command, Atlantic, Code:
EV22LDN (AFTT EIS/OEIS Project
Manager), 6506 Hampton Boulevard,
Norfolk, Virginia, 23508–1278.
Comments also can be submitted
electronically by January 12, 2016 via
the project Web site at https://
www.AFTTEIS.com.
consist of training activities and
research, development, testing, and
evaluation (hereinafter referred to as
‘‘testing’’) activities in the HawaiiSouthern California Training and
Testing (HSTT) Study Area. The Study
Area consists of the in-water areas of the
Southern California (SOCAL) Range
Complex (including San Diego Bay); inwater areas of Silver Strand Training
Complex (SSTC); the Hawaii Range
Complex (HRC); areas on the high seas
where training and sonar testing and
maintenance may occur during vessel
transit between the Hawaii and
Southern California Range Complexes;
the Temporary Operating Area north
and west of the Hawaii Range Complex;
and specific Navy pierside, port, and
harbor locations.
In order to achieve and maintain
military readiness, the Navy proposes
to:
• Conduct training and testing
activities at levels required to support
Navy military readiness requirements
beginning in December 2018 into the
reasonably foreseeable future; and
• Accommodate evolving mission
requirements associated with force
structure changes, including those
resulting from the development, testing,
and ultimate introduction of new
Dated: November 5, 2015.
platforms (vessels, aircraft, and weapon
N.A. Hagerty-Ford,
systems) into the fleet; thereby ensuring
Commander, Judge Advocate General's Corps, critical Navy requirements are met.
U.S. Navy, Administrative Law Division,
As part of this process the Navy will
Federal Register Liaison Officer.
seek to obtain authorization and
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permitting, as required under the
Marine Mammal Protection Act and
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Endangered Species Act, respectively.
The Navy invites comments on the
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
scope and content of the EIS/OEIS from
all interested parties. Comments may be
Department of the Navy
provided by mail and through the EIS/
OEIS Web site at: https://
Notice of Intent To Prepare an
www.hstteis.com. Mailed comments
Environmental Impact Statement/
must be postmarked no later than
Overseas Environmental Impact
January 16, 2016 and mailed to the
Statement for Hawaii-Southern
address below to ensure they are
California Training and Testing and
considered.
Notice of Public Scoping Meetings
In addition, the Navy will conduct
public scoping meetings to obtain
AGENCY: Department of the Navy, DoD.
comments on the scope of the EIS/OEIS
ACTION: Notice.
and to identify specific environmental
concerns or topics for consideration in
SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 102(2)(c)
the document.
of the National Environmental Policy
Act (NEPA) of 1969, as implemented by DATES: Dates and Addresses: Three
the Council on Environmental Quality
public scoping meetings will be held on:
Regulations (40 Code of Federal
1. Tuesday, December 1, 2015, 5:00–
Regulations [CFR] parts 1500–1508),
8:00 p.m., Marina Village Conference
and Executive Order (EO) 12114, the
Center Starboard Room, 1936 Quivira
Department of the Navy (Navy)
Way, San Diego, CA 92109
announces its intent to prepare an
2. Thursday, December 3, 2015, 5:00–
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)/
8:00 p.m., Island School Main Hall, 3–
Overseas EIS (OEIS) to evaluate the
1901 Kaumuali’i Highway Lihue,
potential environmental effects
Kauai, HI 96766
3. Saturday, December 5, 2015, 11:00–
associated with continuing to conduct
2:00 p.m., Ke’ehi Lagoon Memorial,
military readiness activities, which
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2685 N. Nimitz Highway, Honolulu,
HI 96819
The scoping meetings will consist of
an informal, open-house session with
informational stations staffed by Navy
representatives. Meeting details will be
announced in local newspapers.
Additional information on the public
scoping meetings will be available on
the EIS/OEIS Web page located at:
https://www.hstteis.com.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Nora Macariola-See, Naval Facilities
Engineering Command, Pacific.
Attention: HSTT EIS/OEIS, 258
Makalapa Drive, Suite 100, Pearl
Harbor, HI 96860–3134. 808–472–1402.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Navy’s lead action proponent is
Commander, United States Pacific Fleet.
Additional action proponents include
Naval Sea Systems Command
(NAVSEA), Naval Air Systems
Command (NAVAIR), Space and Naval
Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR),
and the Office of Naval Research (ONR).
The Proposed Action is to conduct
military readiness activities in the HSTT
Study Area. These training and testing
activities are generally consistent with
those analyzed in the HSTT EIS/OEIS
completed in August 2013 and are
representative of training and testing
that the Navy has been conducting in
the HSTT Study Area for decades.
The HSTT EIS/OEIS Study Area
includes the HRC, the SOCAL Range
Complex, in-water areas of SSTC, and
San Diego Bay. It also includes the
transit corridor between the HRC and
the SOCAL Range Complex, as well as
the Temporary Operating Area north
and west of the HRC. Analysis will
include in-water areas and activities,
including pierside locations and
harbors.
Pursuant to 40 CFR 1501.6, the Navy
will invite the National Marine
Fisheries Service to be a cooperating
agency in preparation of the EIS/OEIS.
The purpose of the Proposed Action
is to maintain a ready force, which is
needed to ensure that the Navy can meet
its mission to maintain, train, and equip
combat-ready naval forces capable of
winning wars, deterring aggression, and
maintaining freedom of the seas,
consistent with Congressional direction
in section 5062 of Title 10 of the U.S.
Code.
The HSTT Phase III EIS/OEIS will
consider a No Action Alternative and
action alternatives that account for
levels of training and testing activities
beginning in December 2018 as
necessary to meet future readiness
requirements. Refurbishment of existing
VerDate Sep<11>2014
18:15 Nov 10, 2015
Jkt 238001
undersea instrumented ranges is also
being considered.
Resource areas that will be addressed
include, but are not limited to,
biological resources (including marine
mammals and threatened and
endangered species), sediments and
water quality, air quality, noise, cultural
resources, socioeconomic resources, and
public health and safety.
The scoping process will be used to
identify community concerns and local
issues to be addressed in the EIS/OEIS.
Federal agencies, state agencies, local
agencies, Native American Indian Tribes
and Nations, Native Hawaiian
Organizations, the public, and
interested persons are encouraged to
provide comments to the Navy to
identify specific issues or topics of
environmental concern that the
commenter believes the Navy should
consider. All comments provided orally
or in writing at the scoping meetings
will receive the same consideration
during EIS/OEIS preparation.
Written comments must be
postmarked no later than January 12,
2016 to ensure they are considered in
the development of the EIS/OEIS and be
mailed to: Naval Facilities Engineering
Command, Pacific, 258 Makalapa Drive,
Suite 100, Pearl Harbor, HI 96860–3134,
Attention: HSTT EIS/OEIS Project
Manager. Comments also can be
submitted electronically by January 12,
2016 via the project Web site at
https://www.hstteis.com.
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of Schools and Colleges, Accrediting
Commission for Community Colleges
and Junior Colleges (WASC ACCJC), and
clarifies the scope of review to be
conducted at the meeting for the
Northwest Commission on Colleges and
Universities (MWCCU) and WASC
ACCJC. Further, this notice adds an item
to the agenda. The notice of this meeting
is required under Section 10(a)(2) of the
Federal Advisory Committee Act
(FACA) and Section 114(d)(1)(B) of the
Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA), as
amended.
DATES: The NACIQI meeting will be
held on December 16, 17, and 18, 2015,
from 8:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., at the Hilton
Alexandria Old Town, 1767 King Street,
Alexandria, VA 22314.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jennifer Hong, Executive Director/
Designated Federal Official, NACIQI,
U.S. Department of Education, 1990 K
Street NW., Room 8073, Washington,
DC 20006–8129, telephone: (202) 502–
7696; fax: (202) 502–7874, or email:
Jennifer.Hong@ed.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Meeting Agenda Correction: A
correction to current and requested
scopes of recognition for the Western
Association of Schools and Colleges,
Accrediting Commission for Community
and Junior Colleges (WASC ACCJC);
clarification regarding the scope of
review at the meeting for the Northwest
Commission on Colleges and
Dated: November 5, 2015.
Universities (NWCCU) and WASC
N.A. Hagerty-Ford,
ACCJC; and addition of an agenda item.
Commander, Judge Advocate General's Corps,
Below is the requested and current
U.S. Navy, Federal Register Liaison Officer.
scopes of recognition for WASC ACCJC,
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scheduled for review during the
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December 2015 meeting:
Compliance Report
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
National Advisory Committee on
Institutional Quality and Integrity
Meeting; Update and Correction
National Advisory Committee
on Institutional Quality and Integrity
(NACIQI), U.S. Department of
Education.
ACTION: Announcement of the time and
location of the NACIQI meeting; and a
correction to the agenda.
AGENCY:
This meeting notice is an
update to the previous notice published
in the Federal Register (176 FR 54774)
on September 11, 2015, and sets forth
the time and location for the December
16, 17, and 18, 2015 NACIQI meeting.
This notice also provides a correction to
the current and requested scopes of
recognition for the Western Association
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Current Scope of Recognition: The
accreditation and preaccreditation
(‘‘Candidate for Accreditation’’) of
community and other colleges with a
primarily pre-baccalaureate mission
located in California, Hawaii, the United
States territories of Guam and American
Samoa, the Republic of Palau, the
Federated States of Micronesia, the
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana
Islands, and the Republic of the
Marshall Islands, which offer
certificates, associate degrees, and the
first baccalaureate degree by means of a
substantive change review offered by
institutions that are already accredited
by the agency, and such programs
offered via distance education and
correspondence education at these
colleges. This recognition also extends
to the Committee on Substantive Change
of the Commission, for decisions on
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Navy
Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement/
Overseas Environmental Impact Statement for Hawaii-Southern California
Training and Testing and Notice of Public Scoping Meetings
AGENCY: Department of the Navy, DoD.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 102(2)(c) of the National Environmental
Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969, as implemented by the Council on
Environmental Quality Regulations (40 Code of Federal Regulations [CFR]
parts 1500-1508), and Executive Order (EO) 12114, the Department of the
Navy (Navy) announces its intent to prepare an Environmental Impact
Statement (EIS)/Overseas EIS (OEIS) to evaluate the potential
environmental effects associated with continuing to conduct military
readiness activities, which consist of training activities and
research, development, testing, and evaluation (hereinafter referred to
as ``testing'') activities in the Hawaii-Southern California Training
and Testing (HSTT) Study Area. The Study Area consists of the in-water
areas of the Southern California (SOCAL) Range Complex (including San
Diego Bay); in-water areas of Silver Strand Training Complex (SSTC);
the Hawaii Range Complex (HRC); areas on the high seas where training
and sonar testing and maintenance may occur during vessel transit
between the Hawaii and Southern California Range Complexes; the
Temporary Operating Area north and west of the Hawaii Range Complex;
and specific Navy pierside, port, and harbor locations.
In order to achieve and maintain military readiness, the Navy
proposes to:
Conduct training and testing activities at levels required
to support Navy military readiness requirements beginning in December
2018 into the reasonably foreseeable future; and
Accommodate evolving mission requirements associated with
force structure changes, including those resulting from the
development, testing, and ultimate introduction of new platforms
(vessels, aircraft, and weapon systems) into the fleet; thereby
ensuring critical Navy requirements are met.
As part of this process the Navy will seek to obtain authorization
and permitting, as required under the Marine Mammal Protection Act and
Endangered Species Act, respectively.
The Navy invites comments on the scope and content of the EIS/OEIS
from all interested parties. Comments may be provided by mail and
through the EIS/OEIS Web site at: https://www.hstteis.com. Mailed
comments must be postmarked no later than January 16, 2016 and mailed
to the address below to ensure they are considered.
In addition, the Navy will conduct public scoping meetings to
obtain comments on the scope of the EIS/OEIS and to identify specific
environmental concerns or topics for consideration in the document.
DATES: Dates and Addresses: Three public scoping meetings will be held
on:
1. Tuesday, December 1, 2015, 5:00-8:00 p.m., Marina Village Conference
Center Starboard Room, 1936 Quivira Way, San Diego, CA 92109
2. Thursday, December 3, 2015, 5:00-8:00 p.m., Island School Main Hall,
3-1901 Kaumuali'i Highway Lihue, Kauai, HI 96766
3. Saturday, December 5, 2015, 11:00-2:00 p.m., Ke'ehi Lagoon Memorial,
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2685 N. Nimitz Highway, Honolulu, HI 96819
The scoping meetings will consist of an informal, open-house
session with informational stations staffed by Navy representatives.
Meeting details will be announced in local newspapers. Additional
information on the public scoping meetings will be available on the
EIS/OEIS Web page located at: https://www.hstteis.com.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nora Macariola-See, Naval Facilities
Engineering Command, Pacific. Attention: HSTT EIS/OEIS, 258 Makalapa
Drive, Suite 100, Pearl Harbor, HI 96860-3134. 808-472-1402.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Navy's lead action proponent is
Commander, United States Pacific Fleet. Additional action proponents
include Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA), Naval Air Systems Command
(NAVAIR), Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR), and the
Office of Naval Research (ONR). The Proposed Action is to conduct
military readiness activities in the HSTT Study Area. These training
and testing activities are generally consistent with those analyzed in
the HSTT EIS/OEIS completed in August 2013 and are representative of
training and testing that the Navy has been conducting in the HSTT
Study Area for decades.
The HSTT EIS/OEIS Study Area includes the HRC, the SOCAL Range
Complex, in-water areas of SSTC, and San Diego Bay. It also includes
the transit corridor between the HRC and the SOCAL Range Complex, as
well as the Temporary Operating Area north and west of the HRC.
Analysis will include in-water areas and activities, including pierside
locations and harbors.
Pursuant to 40 CFR 1501.6, the Navy will invite the National Marine
Fisheries Service to be a cooperating agency in preparation of the EIS/
OEIS.
The purpose of the Proposed Action is to maintain a ready force,
which is needed to ensure that the Navy can meet its mission to
maintain, train, and equip combat-ready naval forces capable of winning
wars, deterring aggression, and maintaining freedom of the seas,
consistent with Congressional direction in section 5062 of Title 10 of
the U.S. Code.
The HSTT Phase III EIS/OEIS will consider a No Action Alternative
and action alternatives that account for levels of training and testing
activities beginning in December 2018 as necessary to meet future
readiness requirements. Refurbishment of existing undersea instrumented
ranges is also being considered.
Resource areas that will be addressed include, but are not limited
to, biological resources (including marine mammals and threatened and
endangered species), sediments and water quality, air quality, noise,
cultural resources, socioeconomic resources, and public health and
safety.
The scoping process will be used to identify community concerns and
local issues to be addressed in the EIS/OEIS. Federal agencies, state
agencies, local agencies, Native American Indian Tribes and Nations,
Native Hawaiian Organizations, the public, and interested persons are
encouraged to provide comments to the Navy to identify specific issues
or topics of environmental concern that the commenter believes the Navy
should consider. All comments provided orally or in writing at the
scoping meetings will receive the same consideration during EIS/OEIS
preparation.
Written comments must be postmarked no later than January 12, 2016
to ensure they are considered in the development of the EIS/OEIS and be
mailed to: Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Pacific, 258 Makalapa
Drive, Suite 100, Pearl Harbor, HI 96860-3134, Attention: HSTT EIS/OEIS
Project Manager. Comments also can be submitted electronically by
January 12, 2016 via the project Web site at https://www.hstteis.com.
Dated: November 5, 2015.
N.A. Hagerty-Ford,
Commander, Judge Advocate General's Corps, U.S. Navy, Federal Register
Liaison Officer.
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