Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement and To Announce Public Scoping Meetings for the Fallon Range Training Complex Modernization: Expansion of Land Ranges, Airspace Modifications, and Public Land Withdrawal Renewal, 58919-58920 [2016-20502]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Navy
Notice of Intent To Prepare an
Environmental Impact Statement and
To Announce Public Scoping Meetings
for the Fallon Range Training Complex
Modernization: Expansion of Land
Ranges, Airspace Modifications, and
Public Land Withdrawal Renewal
Department of the Navy, DoD.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
Pursuant to Section 102(2)(c)
of the National Environmental Policy
Act of 1969, as implemented by the
Council on Environmental Quality
Regulations (40 Code of Federal
Regulations parts 1500–1508), the
Department of the Navy (DoN)
announces its intent to prepare an
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)
to assess the potential environmental
consequences of maintaining and
modernizing the Fallon Range Training
Complex (FRTC) in Nevada, which
would include land range expansion
through additional land withdrawal and
land acquisition, airspace modifications,
and public land withdrawal renewal.
The Navy’s action proponent for this
proposal is Commander, United States
Pacific Fleet (PACFLT). The Bureau of
Land Management, the Federal Aviation
Administration, and the United States
Fish and Wildlife Service will
participate as cooperating agencies in
the preparation of the EIS.
DATES AND ADDRESSES: See
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section for
public scoping meeting dates, times,
and addresses.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Naval Facilities Engineering Command
Southwest; Attention: Amy P. Kelley,
Code EV21.AK; 1220 Pacific Highway;
Building 1, 5th Floor; San Diego,
California 92132.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Since the
initial operation of Naval Air Station
Fallon in the 1940s and the formal
establishment of the FRTC in 1977, the
ranges and airspace of the FRTC have
been extensively used by the DoN and
other Services to conduct air warfare
and ground training, including live-fire
training activities. The FRTC is the
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DoN’s premier integrated strike warfare
training complex, supporting combat
elements of PACFLT, United State (U.S.)
Fleet Forces Command, U.S. Marine
Corps, Naval Special Warfare
Command, and others. It is located in
the high desert of northern Nevada, 65
miles east of the city of Reno, Nevada,
and is comprised of: Special Use
Airspace (SUA), including restricted
areas, Military Operations Areas
(MOAs), and Air Traffic Control
Assigned Airspace (ATCAAs); land
training ranges; fixed and mobile land
targets, and control facilities; threat
electronic warfare, early warning radars,
and surface-to-air missile systems; and
instrumentation facilities.
The current FRTC bombing ranges (B–
16, B–17, B–19, and B–20) have not
changed substantially in size or
configuration since the 1990s. However,
warfare technology, to include dynamic
improvements to stand-off weapons,
platform sensors, threat systems, and
strike tactics, and the accuracy of
applications that produce and manage
safety footprints for air-to-ground
weapons training, have continued to
evolve. In response to these changes,
and to formalize FRTC training
requirements, the Naval Aviation
Warfighting Development Center (the
DoN’s primary authority on naval
aviation training and tactics
development), together with subject
matter training experts from the Naval
Special Warfare Command, conducted a
training capabilities study. This study
analyzed the capabilities that should be
provided at the FRTC to meet evolving
DoN training needs in air warfare, strike
warfare, and Naval special warfare. It
concluded that training capabilities
currently available at the FRTC do not,
and will not, meet the real-world
training needs identified by Fleet and
Unified Commanders. Therefore, to
minimize the identified shortcomings
and provide the responsive and realistic
training capabilities needed to meet
evolving aviation and ground training
requirements, PACFLT proposes to
maintain and modernize the capabilities
of the FRTC, including its land ranges,
airspace, and infrastructure. The
proposed modernization would have the
benefit of maintaining and enhancing
the safety and security of local and
regional populations and infrastructure.
PACFLT’s proposed action includes
the renewal of the existing 202,859-acre
public land withdrawal that expires on
November 6, 2021; the withdrawal and
reservation for military use of
approximately 604,744 acres of
additional public land to expand
existing land ranges; acquisition of
approximately 65,160 acres of non-
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federal land to expand existing land
ranges; expansion of associated SUA, as
well as reconfiguration of existing
airspace; and modification of range
infrastructure to support expansion and
modernization. The aviation and ground
training to be conducted in the
modernized FRTC would be of the same
general types and at the same tempos as
analyzed by PACFLT in Alternative 2 of
the Final EIS for Military Readiness
Activities at Fallon Range Training
Complex, Nevada (December 2015).
Specific details concerning the
proposed land expansion and SUA
reconfiguration may be found on the
project Web site at
www.FRTCModernization.com.
The EIS will also assess the potential
environmental effects of the no action
alternative. Under the no action
alternative, there would be no renewal
of the existing land withdrawal, which
expires on November 6, 2021, and there
would be no range expansion, airspace
changes, or modification of range
infrastructure. As a result, the DoN
would reassess the military mission of
NAS Fallon and the FRTC.
In addition to the proposed action and
the no action alternative, the EIS will
also assess the potential environmental
effects of other action alternatives.
Public comments submitted during the
scoping process will inform PACFLT’s
development of other action alternatives
for analysis in the EIS.
Federal agencies, state agencies, local
agencies, Native American Tribes and
Nations, and interested persons are
encouraged to provide comments to
PACFLT to identify specific community
interests, issues, or topics of
environmental concern that PACFLT
should consider in the EIS. Resource
areas to be addressed in the EIS will
include soils; air quality/climate; water
quality; airborne noise; biological
resources; land use and recreation;
socioeconomics, environmental justice,
and the protection of children;
transportation; cultural resources;
Native American traditional resources;
and public health and safety.
The public scoping process starts with
the publication of this Notice of Intent.
Seven open house information sessions
are scheduled to receive oral or written
comments on issues to be addressed in
the EIS:
1. Monday, October 3, 2016, 3:00 p.m.
to 7:00 p.m., Fallon Convention Center,
100 Campus Way, Fallon, NV 89406.
2. Tuesday, October 4, 2016, 11:00
a.m. to 1:00 p.m., Pershing County
Community Center, 820 6th Street,
Lovelock, NV 89419.
3. Tuesday, October 4, 2016, 5:00 p.m.
to 7:00 p.m., Evelyn Mount Northeast
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Community Center, 1301 Valley Road,
Reno, NV 89512.
4. Wednesday, October 5, 2016, 5:00
p.m. to 7:00 p.m., Emma Nevada Town
Hall, 135 Court Street, Austin, NV
89310.
5. Thursday, October 6, 2016, 5:00
p.m. to 7:00 p.m., Eureka Elementary
School Multi-Purpose Room, 431
McCoy Street, Eureka, NV 89316.
6. Friday, October 7, 2016, 11:00 a.m.
to 1:00 p.m., Hawthorne Convention
Center, 950 E Street, Hawthorne, NV
89415.
7. Friday, October 7, 2016, 5:00 p.m.
to 7:00 p.m., Gabbs School Gymnasium,
511 E Avenue, Gabbs, NV 89409.
Each of the seven information
sessions will begin with a brief
presentation about the project, followed
by an open house with information
stations staffed by PACFLT and DoN
representatives. Additional information
concerning each open house, as well as
further project information, is available
on the EIS Web page: https://
www.FRTCModernization.com.
All comments, provided orally or in
writing at the scoping meetings, or
submitted via the project Web site or the
U.S. Postal Service will be taken into
consideration during EIS preparation.
All comments must be postmarked or
received online no later than November
25, 2016. Comments should be mailed
to: Naval Facilities Engineering
Command Southwest; Attention: Amy
P. Kelley, Code EV21.AK; 1220 Pacific
Highway; Building 1, 5th Floor; San
Diego, California 92132.
Dated: August 18, 2016.
C. Pan,
Lieutenant, Judge Advocate General’s Corps,
U.S. Navy, Alternate Federal Register Liaison
Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Navy
Notice of Availability of a Draft
Supplemental Environmental Impact
Statement/Supplemental Overseas
Environmental Impact Statement for
Surveillance Towed Array Sensor
System Low Frequency Active
(SURTASS LFA) Sonar
Department of the Navy, DoD.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
Pursuant to the National
Environmental Policy Act as
implemented by the Council on
Environmental Quality regulations (40
CFR parts 1500–1508) and Executive
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Order 12114, the United States
Department of the Navy (Navy) has
prepared and filed with the United
States Environmental Protection Agency
(USEPA) a Draft Supplemental
Environmental Impact Statement/
Supplemental Overseas Environmental
Impact Statement (Draft SEIS/SOEIS) for
employment of SURTASS LFA sonar.
DATES AND ADDRESSES: The public
comment period for the SURTASS LFA
sonar Draft SEIS/SOEIS will be open for
45 days, from August 26 to October 11,
2016. The Final SEIS/SOEIS is expected
to be completed by June 2017. Written
comments on the SURTASS LFA sonar
Draft SEIS/SOEIS may be submitted by
mail to: SURTASS LFA sonar SEIS/
SOEIS Program Manager, 4350 Fairfax
Drive, Suite 600, Arlington, VA 22203–
1632, or by Email: eisteam@surtass-lfaeis.com. The Draft SEIS/SOEIS is
available for download via the project
Web site: https://www.surtass-lfaeis.com. Comments must be postmarked
or received by October 11, 2016, to
ensure they are considered in the Final
SEIS/SOEIS.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
SURTASS LFA sonar SEIS/SOEIS
Program Manager, 4350 Fairfax Drive,
Suite 600, Arlington, VA 22203–1632,
Email: eisteam@surtass-lfa-eis.com.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In
continuance of the Navy’s commitment
to responsible stewardship of the
marine environment and building upon
analyses and information included in
the Navy’s 2001 Final Overseas
Environmental Impact Statement/
Environmental Impact Statement (OEIS/
EIS) published in the Federal Register
on January 26, 2001 (66 FR 8788), 2007
Final Supplemental EIS (SEIS)
published in the Federal Register on
May 4, 2007 (72 FR 25302), 2012 Final
SEIS/SOEIS published in the Federal
Register on June 8, 2012 (77 FR 34041),
and 2015 Final SEIS/SOEIS published
in the Federal Register on January 30,
2015 (80 FR 5109), the Navy has
prepared a comprehensive assessment
of the potential environmental impacts
associated with continued employment
of SURTASS LFA sonar systems.
Hereafter, ‘‘SURTASS LFA sonar
systems’’ is inclusive of both the LFA
and Compact LFA sonar systems, each
having similar acoustic transmission
characteristics.
The Navy proposes to continue
employing up to four SURTASS LFA
sonar systems onboard up to four Navy
surveillance ships for routine training,
testing, and military operations in the
Pacific, Atlantic, and Indian oceans and
the Mediterranean Sea, including
certain geographic limitations on
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Navy
Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement and
To Announce Public Scoping Meetings for the Fallon Range Training
Complex Modernization: Expansion of Land Ranges, Airspace
Modifications, and Public Land Withdrawal Renewal
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 of 1969, as implemented by the Council on Environmental
Quality Regulations (40 Code of Federal Regulations parts 1500-1508),
the Department of the Navy (DoN) announces its intent to prepare an
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) to assess the potential
environmental consequences of maintaining and modernizing the Fallon
Range Training Complex (FRTC) in Nevada, which would include land range
expansion through additional land withdrawal and land acquisition,
airspace modifications, and public land withdrawal renewal. The Navy's
action proponent for this proposal is Commander, United States Pacific
Fleet (PACFLT). The Bureau of Land Management, the Federal Aviation
Administration, and the United States Fish and Wildlife Service will
participate as cooperating agencies in the preparation of the EIS.
DATES AND ADDRESSES: See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section for public
scoping meeting dates, times, and addresses.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Naval Facilities Engineering Command
Southwest; Attention: Amy P. Kelley, Code EV21.AK; 1220 Pacific
Highway; Building 1, 5th Floor; San Diego, California 92132.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Since the initial operation of Naval Air
Station Fallon in the 1940s and the formal establishment of the FRTC in
1977, the ranges and airspace of the FRTC have been extensively used by
the DoN and other Services to conduct air warfare and ground training,
including live-fire training activities. The FRTC is the DoN's premier
integrated strike warfare training complex, supporting combat elements
of PACFLT, United State (U.S.) Fleet Forces Command, U.S. Marine Corps,
Naval Special Warfare Command, and others. It is located in the high
desert of northern Nevada, 65 miles east of the city of Reno, Nevada,
and is comprised of: Special Use Airspace (SUA), including restricted
areas, Military Operations Areas (MOAs), and Air Traffic Control
Assigned Airspace (ATCAAs); land training ranges; fixed and mobile land
targets, and control facilities; threat electronic warfare, early
warning radars, and surface-to-air missile systems; and instrumentation
facilities.
The current FRTC bombing ranges (B-16, B-17, B-19, and B-20) have
not changed substantially in size or configuration since the 1990s.
However, warfare technology, to include dynamic improvements to stand-
off weapons, platform sensors, threat systems, and strike tactics, and
the accuracy of applications that produce and manage safety footprints
for air-to-ground weapons training, have continued to evolve. In
response to these changes, and to formalize FRTC training requirements,
the Naval Aviation Warfighting Development Center (the DoN's primary
authority on naval aviation training and tactics development), together
with subject matter training experts from the Naval Special Warfare
Command, conducted a training capabilities study. This study analyzed
the capabilities that should be provided at the FRTC to meet evolving
DoN training needs in air warfare, strike warfare, and Naval special
warfare. It concluded that training capabilities currently available at
the FRTC do not, and will not, meet the real-world training needs
identified by Fleet and Unified Commanders. Therefore, to minimize the
identified shortcomings and provide the responsive and realistic
training capabilities needed to meet evolving aviation and ground
training requirements, PACFLT proposes to maintain and modernize the
capabilities of the FRTC, including its land ranges, airspace, and
infrastructure. The proposed modernization would have the benefit of
maintaining and enhancing the safety and security of local and regional
populations and infrastructure.
PACFLT's proposed action includes the renewal of the existing
202,859-acre public land withdrawal that expires on November 6, 2021;
the withdrawal and reservation for military use of approximately
604,744 acres of additional public land to expand existing land ranges;
acquisition of approximately 65,160 acres of non-
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federal land to expand existing land ranges; expansion of associated
SUA, as well as reconfiguration of existing airspace; and modification
of range infrastructure to support expansion and modernization. The
aviation and ground training to be conducted in the modernized FRTC
would be of the same general types and at the same tempos as analyzed
by PACFLT in Alternative 2 of the Final EIS for Military Readiness
Activities at Fallon Range Training Complex, Nevada (December 2015).
Specific details concerning the proposed land expansion and SUA
reconfiguration may be found on the project Web site at
www.FRTCModernization.com.
The EIS will also assess the potential environmental effects of the
no action alternative. Under the no action alternative, there would be
no renewal of the existing land withdrawal, which expires on November
6, 2021, and there would be no range expansion, airspace changes, or
modification of range infrastructure. As a result, the DoN would
reassess the military mission of NAS Fallon and the FRTC.
In addition to the proposed action and the no action alternative,
the EIS will also assess the potential environmental effects of other
action alternatives. Public comments submitted during the scoping
process will inform PACFLT's development of other action alternatives
for analysis in the EIS.
Federal agencies, state agencies, local agencies, Native American
Tribes and Nations, and interested persons are encouraged to provide
comments to PACFLT to identify specific community interests, issues, or
topics of environmental concern that PACFLT should consider in the EIS.
Resource areas to be addressed in the EIS will include soils; air
quality/climate; water quality; airborne noise; biological resources;
land use and recreation; socioeconomics, environmental justice, and the
protection of children; transportation; cultural resources; Native
American traditional resources; and public health and safety.
The public scoping process starts with the publication of this
Notice of Intent. Seven open house information sessions are scheduled
to receive oral or written comments on issues to be addressed in the
EIS:
1. Monday, October 3, 2016, 3:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., Fallon
Convention Center, 100 Campus Way, Fallon, NV 89406.
2. Tuesday, October 4, 2016, 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., Pershing
County Community Center, 820 6th Street, Lovelock, NV 89419.
3. Tuesday, October 4, 2016, 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., Evelyn Mount
Northeast Community Center, 1301 Valley Road, Reno, NV 89512.
4. Wednesday, October 5, 2016, 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., Emma Nevada
Town Hall, 135 Court Street, Austin, NV 89310.
5. Thursday, October 6, 2016, 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., Eureka
Elementary School Multi-Purpose Room, 431 McCoy Street, Eureka, NV
89316.
6. Friday, October 7, 2016, 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., Hawthorne
Convention Center, 950 E Street, Hawthorne, NV 89415.
7. Friday, October 7, 2016, 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., Gabbs School
Gymnasium, 511 E Avenue, Gabbs, NV 89409.
Each of the seven information sessions will begin with a brief
presentation about the project, followed by an open house with
information stations staffed by PACFLT and DoN representatives.
Additional information concerning each open house, as well as further
project information, is available on the EIS Web page: https://www.FRTCModernization.com.
All comments, provided orally or in writing at the scoping
meetings, or submitted via the project Web site or the U.S. Postal
Service will be taken into consideration during EIS preparation. All
comments must be postmarked or received online no later than November
25, 2016. Comments should be mailed to: Naval Facilities Engineering
Command Southwest; Attention: Amy P. Kelley, Code EV21.AK; 1220 Pacific
Highway; Building 1, 5th Floor; San Diego, California 92132.
Dated: August 18, 2016.
C. Pan,
Lieutenant, Judge Advocate General's Corps, U.S. Navy, Alternate
Federal Register Liaison Officer.
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