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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Navy
Notice of Public Meetings for the Draft
Environmental Impact Statement/
Overseas Environmental Impact
Statement for Navy Atlantic Fleet
Training and Testing
Department of the Navy, DoD.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
Pursuant to the National
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of
1969 and regulations implemented by
the Council on Environmental Quality,
the Department of the Navy (DoN) has
prepared and filed with the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency a
Draft Environmental Impact Statement
(EIS)/Overseas EIS (OEIS) for public
release on June 30, 2017, to evaluate the
potential environmental effects from
training and testing activities conducted
within the Navy’s Atlantic Fleet
Training and Testing (AFTT) Study
Area.
The Study Area is in the western
Atlantic Ocean and encompasses the
waters along the east coast of North
America, the Gulf of Mexico, portions of
the Caribbean Sea, Navy pierside
locations and port transit channels,
waters near civilian ports, and inland
waters (e.g., lower Chesapeake Bay). The
Study Area covers approximately 2.6
million square nautical miles of ocean
area and includes designated Navy
operating areas and special use airspace.
The National Marine Fisheries Service
(NMFS) is a Cooperating Agency for the
EIS/OEIS.
With the filing of the Draft EIS/OEIS,
the DoN is initiating a 60-day public
comment period and has scheduled five
public meetings to receive oral and
written comments on the Draft EIS/
OEIS. This notice announces the dates
and locations of the public meetings for
this Draft EIS/OEIS and provides
supplementary information about the
environmental planning effort.
Dates and Addresses: The Draft EIS/
OEIS public review period will begin
June 30, 2017, and end on August 29,
2017. The Navy will hold five public
meetings to inform the public about the
Proposed Action and the alternatives
under consideration, and to provide an
opportunity for the public to comment
on the Proposed Action, alternatives,
and the adequacy and accuracy of the
analysis in the Draft EIS/OEIS. Each of
the public meetings will be conducted
in an open-house format with
informational stations staffed by DoN
representatives. These representatives
will be available during the public
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meeting to clarify information related to
the Draft EIS/OEIS. Federal, state, and
local agencies and officials, and
interested groups and individuals are
encouraged to provide comments in
person at any of the public meetings or
in writing during the public comment
period.
The public meetings will be held
between 4 p.m. and 8 p.m. on the
following dates and at the following
locations:
1. Wednesday, July 19, 2017, Hotel
Providence, 139 Mathewson Street,
Providence, RI 02903.
2. Tuesday, July 25, 2017, UNC
Institute of Marine Sciences, 3431
Arendell Street, Morehead City, NC
28557.
3. Wednesday, July 26, 2017,
Nauticus, 1 Waterside Drive, Norfolk,
VA 23510.
4. Tuesday, August 1, 2017, Prime F.
Osborn III Convention Center, 1000
Water Street, Jacksonville, FL 32204.
5. Thursday, August 3, 2017, Gulf
Coast State College Conference Center,
5230 W. Highway 98, Panama City, FL
32401.
Attendees will be able to submit
comments in writing or orally using a
voice recorder at the public meetings.
Equal weight will be given to oral and
written statements. Comments may also
be submitted by U.S. postal mail or
electronically via the project Web site
provided below. Written comments may
be submitted by mail to Naval Facilities
Engineering Command Atlantic, Attn:
Code EV22KP (AFTT EIS Project
Managers), 6506 Hampton Boulevard,
Norfolk, VA 23508–1278 and through
the project Web site; all written
comments must be post marked or
received by August 29, 2017. All
statements, oral or written, submitted
during the public review period will
become part of the public record on the
Draft EIS/OEIS and will be considered
in preparation of the Final EIS/OEIS.
Public meeting details will also be
announced in local newspapers and on
the project Web site:
www.AFTTEIS.com.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Naval Facilities Engineering Command
Atlantic, Attn: Code EV22KP (AFTT EIS
Project Managers), 6506 Hampton
Boulevard, Norfolk, VA 23508–1278.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A Notice
of Intent (NOI) to prepare this DEIS/
OEIS was published in the Federal
Register on November 12, 2015, (Vol.
80, No. 218, p. 69951). A correction to
the Notice of Intent was issued on
December 1, 2015 and published in the
Federal Register (Vol. 80, No. 230, p.
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The DoN’s Proposed Action is to
conduct military readiness training
activities, and research, development,
testing, and evaluation activities in the
AFTT Study Area. These military
readiness activities include the use of
active sonar and explosives within
existing range complexes and testing
ranges and additional areas located in
the Atlantic Ocean along the eastern
coast of North America, in portions of
the Caribbean Sea, the Gulf of Mexico,
at Navy pierside locations and port
transit channels, near civilian ports, and
in bays, harbors, and inland waterways
(e.g., the lower Chesapeake Bay). These
military readiness activities are
generally consistent with those analyzed
in the AFTT EIS/OEIS completed in
December 2013 and are representative of
training and testing that the Navy has
been conducting in the AFTT Study
Area for decades.
Potential direct, indirect, cumulative,
short-term, long-term, irreversible, and
irretrievable impacts to the environment
from two action alternatives and a No
Action Alternative are evaluated in the
Draft EIS/OEIS. Resources evaluated
include air quality, sediments and water
quality, vegetation, invertebrates,
marine habitats, fish, marine mammals,
sea turtles and other marine reptiles,
birds and bats, cultural resources,
socioeconomic resources, and public
health and safety.
Based on the results of the analysis,
the Navy has requested from NMFS a
Letter of Authorization (LOA) in
accordance with the MMPA to authorize
the incidental take of marine mammals
that may result from the implementation
of the activities analyzed in the AFTT
Draft EIS/OEIS. In accordance with
Section 7 of the Endangered Species
Act, the Navy is consulting with NMFS
and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
(USFWS) for potential impacts to
federally listed species. The Navy will
complete all required consultations and
comply with other applicable laws and
regulations.
The Draft EIS/OEIS addresses
mitigation measures designed to help
reduce or avoid potential impacts to
marine resources, including new
mitigation measures that include
expanded geographic mitigation areas,
and updates to procedural mitigation
measures. In addition, the Draft EIS/
OEIS addresses marine species
monitoring efforts designed to track
compliance with authorizations and to
investigate the effectiveness of
mitigation measures implemented as
part of the Proposed Action. The
proposed mitigation measures,
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including new mitigation measures,
would be implemented under either
alternative in order to maximize the
mitigation benefits to the environment.
Mitigation measures are being
coordinated through the consultation
and permitting processes. The DoN will
also consider public comments on
proposed mitigation measures described
in this Draft EIS/OEIS.
Notice of the availability of the draft
EIS/OEIS was distributed to federal,
state, and local agencies, elected
officials, and other interested
individuals and organizations. Copies of
the Draft EIS/OEIS are available for
public review at the following libraries:
1. Anne Arundel County Public
Library, 5 Harry S. Truman Parkway,
Annapolis, MD 21401.
2. Bay County Public Library, 898
West 11th Street, Panama City, FL
32401.
3. Ben May Main Library, 701
Government Street, Mobile, AL 36602.
4. Boston Public Library, Central
Library, 700 Boylston Street, Boston,
MA 02116.
5. Camden County Public Library,
1410 Highway 40 E, Kingsland, GA
31548.
6. Carteret County Public Library,
1702 Live Oak Street, Suite 100,
Beaufort, NC 28516.
7. Charleston County Public Library,
Main Library, 68 Calhoun Street,
Charleston, SC 29401.
8. Corpus Christi Public Library, La
Retama Central Library, 805 Comanche,
Corpus Christi, TX 78401.
9. East Bank Regional Library, 4747
West Napoleon Avenue, Metairie, LA
70001.
10. Dare County Library, Manteo, 700
Highway 64/264, Manteo, NC 27954.
11. Havelock-Craven County Public
Library, 301 Cunningham Boulevard,
Havelock, NC 28532.
12. Jacksonville Public Library, 303
North Laura Street, Jacksonville, FL
32202.
13. Dare County Library, Kill Devil
Hills, 400 Mustian Street, Kill Devil
Hills, NC 27948.
14. Houston Public Library, 500
McKinney Street, Houston, TX 77002.
15. New Hanover County Public
Library, 201 Chestnut Street,
Wilmington, NC 28401.
16. New Orleans Public Library, Main
Library, 219 Loyola Avenue, New
Orleans, LA 70112.
17. Onslow County Public Library, 58
Doris Avenue East, Jacksonville, NC
28540.
18. Pascagoula Public Library, 3214
Pascagoula Street, Pascagoula, MS
39567.
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19. West Florida Public Library,
Pensacola Library, 239 North Spring
Street, Pensacola, FL 32502.
20. Portland Public Library, 5
Monument Square, Portland, ME 04101.
21. Providence Public Library, 150
Empire Street, Providence, RI 02903.
22. Public Library of New London, 63
Huntington Street, New London, CT
06320.
23. Slover Memorial Main Library,
235 East Plume Street, Norfolk, VA
23510.
24. Walton County Library, Coastal
Branch Library, 437 Greenway Trail,
Santa Rosa Beach, FL 32459.
25. Webb Memorial Library and Civic
Center, 812 Evans Street, Morehead
City, NC 28557.
26. West Florida Public Library,
Southwest Branch, 12248 Gulf Beach
Highway, Pensacola, FL 32507.
27. Mandel Public Library of West
Palm Beach, 411 Clematis Street, West
Palm Beach, FL 33401.
Copies of the AFTT Draft EIS/OEIS
are available for electronic viewing at
www.AFTTEIS.com. A paper copy of the
Executive Summary and a single
compact disc (CD) of the Draft EIS/OEIS
will be made available upon written
request by contacting: Naval Facilities
Engineering Command Atlantic, Attn:
Code EV22KP (AFTT EIS Project
Managers), 6506 Hampton Boulevard,
Norfolk, VA 23508–1278.
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 4332, E.O. 12114, and
40 CFR 1500–1508.
Dated: June 27, 2017.
A.M. Nichols,
Lieutenant Commander, Judge Advocate
General’s Corps, U.S. Navy, Federal Register
Liaison Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Navy
Notice of Public Meetings for the Draft Environmental Impact
Statement/Overseas Environmental Impact Statement for Navy Atlantic
Fleet Training and Testing
AGENCY: Department of the Navy, DoD.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of
1969 and regulations implemented by the Council on Environmental
Quality, the Department of the Navy (DoN) has prepared and filed with
the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency a Draft Environmental Impact
Statement (EIS)/Overseas EIS (OEIS) for public release on June 30,
2017, to evaluate the potential environmental effects from training and
testing activities conducted within the Navy's Atlantic Fleet Training
and Testing (AFTT) Study Area.
The Study Area is in the western Atlantic Ocean and encompasses the
waters along the east coast of North America, the Gulf of Mexico,
portions of the Caribbean Sea, Navy pierside locations and port transit
channels, waters near civilian ports, and inland waters (e.g., lower
Chesapeake Bay). The Study Area covers approximately 2.6 million square
nautical miles of ocean area and includes designated Navy operating
areas and special use airspace.
The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) is a Cooperating
Agency for the EIS/OEIS.
With the filing of the Draft EIS/OEIS, the DoN is initiating a 60-
day public comment period and has scheduled five public meetings to
receive oral and written comments on the Draft EIS/OEIS. This notice
announces the dates and locations of the public meetings for this Draft
EIS/OEIS and provides supplementary information about the environmental
planning effort.
Dates and Addresses: The Draft EIS/OEIS public review period will
begin June 30, 2017, and end on August 29, 2017. The Navy will hold
five public meetings to inform the public about the Proposed Action and
the alternatives under consideration, and to provide an opportunity for
the public to comment on the Proposed Action, alternatives, and the
adequacy and accuracy of the analysis in the Draft EIS/OEIS. Each of
the public meetings will be conducted in an open-house format with
informational stations staffed by DoN representatives. These
representatives will be available during the public meeting to clarify
information related to the Draft EIS/OEIS. Federal, state, and local
agencies and officials, and interested groups and individuals are
encouraged to provide comments in person at any of the public meetings
or in writing during the public comment period.
The public meetings will be held between 4 p.m. and 8 p.m. on the
following dates and at the following locations:
1. Wednesday, July 19, 2017, Hotel Providence, 139 Mathewson
Street, Providence, RI 02903.
2. Tuesday, July 25, 2017, UNC Institute of Marine Sciences, 3431
Arendell Street, Morehead City, NC 28557.
3. Wednesday, July 26, 2017, Nauticus, 1 Waterside Drive, Norfolk,
VA 23510.
4. Tuesday, August 1, 2017, Prime F. Osborn III Convention Center,
1000 Water Street, Jacksonville, FL 32204.
5. Thursday, August 3, 2017, Gulf Coast State College Conference
Center, 5230 W. Highway 98, Panama City, FL 32401.
Attendees will be able to submit comments in writing or orally
using a voice recorder at the public meetings. Equal weight will be
given to oral and written statements. Comments may also be submitted by
U.S. postal mail or electronically via the project Web site provided
below. Written comments may be submitted by mail to Naval Facilities
Engineering Command Atlantic, Attn: Code EV22KP (AFTT EIS Project
Managers), 6506 Hampton Boulevard, Norfolk, VA 23508-1278 and through
the project Web site; all written comments must be post marked or
received by August 29, 2017. All statements, oral or written, submitted
during the public review period will become part of the public record
on the Draft EIS/OEIS and will be considered in preparation of the
Final EIS/OEIS.
Public meeting details will also be announced in local newspapers
and on the project Web site: www.AFTTEIS.com.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Naval Facilities Engineering Command
Atlantic, Attn: Code EV22KP (AFTT EIS Project Managers), 6506 Hampton
Boulevard, Norfolk, VA 23508-1278.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A Notice of Intent (NOI) to prepare this
DEIS/OEIS was published in the Federal Register on November 12, 2015,
(Vol. 80, No. 218, p. 69951). A correction to the Notice of Intent was
issued on December 1, 2015 and published in the Federal Register (Vol.
80, No. 230, p.
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75076) to update the deadline for comment submission.
The DoN's Proposed Action is to conduct military readiness training
activities, and research, development, testing, and evaluation
activities in the AFTT Study Area. These military readiness activities
include the use of active sonar and explosives within existing range
complexes and testing ranges and additional areas located in the
Atlantic Ocean along the eastern coast of North America, in portions of
the Caribbean Sea, the Gulf of Mexico, at Navy pierside locations and
port transit channels, near civilian ports, and in bays, harbors, and
inland waterways (e.g., the lower Chesapeake Bay). These military
readiness activities are generally consistent with those analyzed in
the AFTT EIS/OEIS completed in December 2013 and are representative of
training and testing that the Navy has been conducting in the AFTT
Study Area for decades.
Potential direct, indirect, cumulative, short-term, long-term,
irreversible, and irretrievable impacts to the environment from two
action alternatives and a No Action Alternative are evaluated in the
Draft EIS/OEIS. Resources evaluated include air quality, sediments and
water quality, vegetation, invertebrates, marine habitats, fish, marine
mammals, sea turtles and other marine reptiles, birds and bats,
cultural resources, socioeconomic resources, and public health and
safety.
Based on the results of the analysis, the Navy has requested from
NMFS a Letter of Authorization (LOA) in accordance with the MMPA to
authorize the incidental take of marine mammals that may result from
the implementation of the activities analyzed in the AFTT Draft EIS/
OEIS. In accordance with Section 7 of the Endangered Species Act, the
Navy is consulting with NMFS and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS)
for potential impacts to federally listed species. The Navy will
complete all required consultations and comply with other applicable
laws and regulations.
The Draft EIS/OEIS addresses mitigation measures designed to help
reduce or avoid potential impacts to marine resources, including new
mitigation measures that include expanded geographic mitigation areas,
and updates to procedural mitigation measures. In addition, the Draft
EIS/OEIS addresses marine species monitoring efforts designed to track
compliance with authorizations and to investigate the effectiveness of
mitigation measures implemented as part of the Proposed Action. The
proposed mitigation measures, including new mitigation measures, would
be implemented under either alternative in order to maximize the
mitigation benefits to the environment.
Mitigation measures are being coordinated through the consultation
and permitting processes. The DoN will also consider public comments on
proposed mitigation measures described in this Draft EIS/OEIS.
Notice of the availability of the draft EIS/OEIS was distributed to
federal, state, and local agencies, elected officials, and other
interested individuals and organizations. Copies of the Draft EIS/OEIS
are available for public review at the following libraries:
1. Anne Arundel County Public Library, 5 Harry S. Truman Parkway,
Annapolis, MD 21401.
2. Bay County Public Library, 898 West 11th Street, Panama City, FL
32401.
3. Ben May Main Library, 701 Government Street, Mobile, AL 36602.
4. Boston Public Library, Central Library, 700 Boylston Street,
Boston, MA 02116.
5. Camden County Public Library, 1410 Highway 40 E, Kingsland, GA
31548.
6. Carteret County Public Library, 1702 Live Oak Street, Suite 100,
Beaufort, NC 28516.
7. Charleston County Public Library, Main Library, 68 Calhoun
Street, Charleston, SC 29401.
8. Corpus Christi Public Library, La Retama Central Library, 805
Comanche, Corpus Christi, TX 78401.
9. East Bank Regional Library, 4747 West Napoleon Avenue, Metairie,
LA 70001.
10. Dare County Library, Manteo, 700 Highway 64/264, Manteo, NC
27954.
11. Havelock-Craven County Public Library, 301 Cunningham
Boulevard, Havelock, NC 28532.
12. Jacksonville Public Library, 303 North Laura Street,
Jacksonville, FL 32202.
13. Dare County Library, Kill Devil Hills, 400 Mustian Street, Kill
Devil Hills, NC 27948.
14. Houston Public Library, 500 McKinney Street, Houston, TX 77002.
15. New Hanover County Public Library, 201 Chestnut Street,
Wilmington, NC 28401.
16. New Orleans Public Library, Main Library, 219 Loyola Avenue,
New Orleans, LA 70112.
17. Onslow County Public Library, 58 Doris Avenue East,
Jacksonville, NC 28540.
18. Pascagoula Public Library, 3214 Pascagoula Street, Pascagoula,
MS 39567.
19. West Florida Public Library, Pensacola Library, 239 North
Spring Street, Pensacola, FL 32502.
20. Portland Public Library, 5 Monument Square, Portland, ME 04101.
21. Providence Public Library, 150 Empire Street, Providence, RI
02903.
22. Public Library of New London, 63 Huntington Street, New London,
CT 06320.
23. Slover Memorial Main Library, 235 East Plume Street, Norfolk,
VA 23510.
24. Walton County Library, Coastal Branch Library, 437 Greenway
Trail, Santa Rosa Beach, FL 32459.
25. Webb Memorial Library and Civic Center, 812 Evans Street,
Morehead City, NC 28557.
26. West Florida Public Library, Southwest Branch, 12248 Gulf Beach
Highway, Pensacola, FL 32507.
27. Mandel Public Library of West Palm Beach, 411 Clematis Street,
West Palm Beach, FL 33401.
Copies of the AFTT Draft EIS/OEIS are available for electronic
viewing at www.AFTTEIS.com. A paper copy of the Executive Summary and a
single compact disc (CD) of the Draft EIS/OEIS will be made available
upon written request by contacting: Naval Facilities Engineering
Command Atlantic, Attn: Code EV22KP (AFTT EIS Project Managers), 6506
Hampton Boulevard, Norfolk, VA 23508-1278.
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 4332, E.O. 12114, and 40 CFR 1500-1508.
Dated: June 27, 2017.
A.M. Nichols,
Lieutenant Commander, Judge Advocate General's Corps, U.S. Navy,
Federal Register Liaison Officer.
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