Notice of Intent To Prepare a Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement/Overseas Environmental Impact Statement for Northwest Training and Testing, 39779-39780 [2017-17618]
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Dated: August 16, 2017.
Aaron Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison
Officer, Department of Defense.
To
request more information on this
proposed information collection or to
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associated collection instruments,
please write to the DSS Office of
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Notice of Intent To Prepare a
Supplemental Environmental Impact
Statement/Overseas Environmental
Impact Statement for Northwest
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)
announces its intent to prepare a
supplement to the 2015 Final Northwest
Training and Testing (NWTT)
Environmental Impact Statement/
Overseas Environmental Impact
Statement (EIS/OEIS).
DATES: Public comments will be
accepted during the 30-day scoping
period from August 22, 2017 to
September 21, 2017. Public scoping
meetings will not be held. However,
public meetings are planned to occur
following the release of the Draft
Supplemental EIS/OEIS in early 2019.
ADDRESSES: The DoN invites scoping
comments on the NWTT Supplemental
EIS/OEIS from all interested parties.
Substantive comments may be provided
by mail to the address below and
through the project Web site at https://
nwtteis.com/. Comments must be
postmarked or received online by
September 21, 2017 for consideration
during the development of the Draft
Supplemental EIS/OEIS.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John
Mosher, (360) 257–3234,
john.g.mosher@navy.mil. Naval
Facilities Engineering Command
Northwest, Attention: NWTT
Supplemental EIS/OEIS Project
Manager, 3730 North Charles Porter
Avenue, Building 385, Oak Harbor,
Washington 98278–3500.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The DoN
will assess the potential environmental
effects associated with ongoing and
future at-sea military readiness activities
conducted within the NWTT EIS/OEIS
Study Area (hereafter known as the
‘‘Study Area’’) beyond 2020. Military
readiness activities include training and
research, development, testing, and
SUMMARY:
Title; Associated Form; and OMB
Number: National Industrial Security
System (NISS); OMB Control Number
0704–XXXX.
Needs and Uses: The information
collection requirement is necessary for
DSS to oversee the National Industrial
Security Program (NISP) pursuant to
Executive Order 12829. The National
Industrial Security System (NISS) will
become the repository of records related
to the maintenance of information
pertaining to contractor facility security
clearances (FCL) and contractor
capabilities to protect classified
information in its possession.
Affected Public: Cleared contractor
companies participating in the NISP.
Annual Burden Hours: 11,671.
Number of Respondents: 11,671.
Responses per Respondent: 1.
Annual Responses: 11,671.
Average Burden per Response: 60
minutes.
Frequency: On occasion.
Respondents are security
professionals who provide information
to DSS in order to process facility
security clearances (FCL), report
changes of the facility that may affect
the FCL, and managing incident
response. In addition to this standard
processing, NISS will enable security
staff to communicate with their DSS
representative pursuant to requirement
DoD 5220.22–M, National Industrial
Security Program Operating Manual.
The NISS will be an integrated
automated solution that will facilitate
efficient execution of the Agency’s core
mission. NISS will allow users to
manage large amounts of information
through increased automated workflows
to ensure accuracy, create linkages in
data, and close the gap of missing data
elements.
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evaluation (hereafter known as
‘‘testing’’). The Supplemental EIS/OEIS
will include an analysis of training and
testing activities using new information
available after the release of the 2015
Final EIS/OEIS. New information
includes an updated acoustic effects
model, updated marine mammal density
data, and evolving and emergent best
available science. Proposed activities
are generally consistent with those
analyzed in the 2015 Final EIS/OEIS
and are representative of training and
testing activities the DoN has been
conducting in the Study Area for
decades.
The Study Area remains unchanged
since the 2015 Final EIS/OEIS. The
Study Area is comprised of established
maritime operating areas and warning
areas in the northeastern Pacific Ocean,
including areas within the Strait of Juan
de Fuca, Puget Sound, and the Western
Behm Canal in southeastern Alaska. The
Study Area includes air and water space
within and outside Washington state
waters, air and water space outside state
waters of Oregon and Northern
California, and DoN pierside locations
where sound navigation and ranging
(sonar) maintenance and testing occur.
In the supplement to the 2015 Final EIS/
OEIS, the DoN will only analyze those
training and testing activities conducted
at sea within the Study Area.
As part of this process, the DoN will
seek the issuance of federal regulatory
permits and authorizations under the
Marine Mammal Protection Act and
Endangered Species Act to support ongoing and future at-sea military
readiness activities within the Study
Area beyond 2020.
Pursuant to 40 CFR 1501.6, the DoN
will invite the National Marine
Fisheries Service and the U.S. Coast
Guard to be cooperating agencies in
preparation of the Supplemental EIS/
OEIS.
The DoN’s lead action proponent is
Commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet.
Additional action proponents include
Naval Sea Systems Command and Naval
Air Systems Command.
The DoN’s Proposed Action is to
conduct at-sea training and testing
activities within the Study Area.
Activities include the use of active
sonar and explosives while employing
marine species protective mitigation
measures. The Proposed Action does
not alter the DoN’s original purpose and
need as discussed in the 2015 Final EIS/
OEIS.
The purpose of the Proposed Action
is to maintain a ready force, which is
needed to ensure the DoN can
accomplish its mission to maintain,
train, and equip combat-ready naval
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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. A
Supplemental EIS/OEIS is considered
the appropriate document, as there is
recent scientific information including
revised acoustic criteria to consider, in
furtherance of NEPA, relevant to the
environmental effects of the DoN’s
Proposed Action. The analysis will
support Marine Mammal Protection Act
authorization requests.
Proposed training and testing
activities are generally consistent with
those analyzed in the 2015 Final EIS/
OEIS. In the Supplemental EIS/OEIS,
the DoN will analyze the proposed
changes to the tempo and types of
training and testing activities,
accounting for the introduction of new
technologies, the evolving nature of
international events, advances in
warfighting doctrine and procedures,
and changes in the organization of
vessels, aircraft, weapons systems, and
DoN personnel. In the NWTT
Supplemental EIS/OEIS, the DoN will
reflect the compilation of training and
testing activities required to fulfill the
DoN’s military readiness requirements
beyond 2020, and therefore includes the
analysis of newly proposed activities
and changes to previously analyzed
activities.
In the Supplemental EIS/OEIS, the
DoN will evaluate the potential
environmental effects of a no action
alternative and action alternatives.
Resources to be evaluated include, but
are not limited to, marine mammals, sea
turtles, essential fish habitat, threatened
and endangered species, and American
Indian and Alaska Native Traditional
Resources.
The scoping process is used to
identify public concerns and local
issues to be considered during the
development of the Draft Supplemental
EIS/OEIS. Federal agencies, state
agencies, local agencies, the public, and
interested persons are encouraged to
provide substantive comments to the
DoN on environmental resources and
issue areas of concern the commenter
believes the DoN should consider.
Comments must be postmarked or
received online by September 21, 2017
for consideration during the
development of the Draft Supplemental
EIS/OEIS. Comments can be mailed to:
Naval Facilities Engineering Command
Northwest, Attention: NWTT
Supplemental EIS/OEIS Project
Manager, 3730 North Charles Porter
Avenue, Building 385, Oak Harbor,
Washington 98278–3500. Comments can
be submitted online via the project Web
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site at https://www.nwtteis.com/. Also at
this Web site, those interested in
receiving electronic project updates can
subscribe to receive notifications via
email for key milestones throughout the
environmental planning process.
Dated: August 16, 2017.
A.M. Nichols,
Lieutenant Commander, Judge Advocate
General’s Corps, U.S. Navy, Federal Register
Liaison Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Office of Energy Efficiency and
Renewable Energy
[EERE–2017–BT–CRT–0054]
Proposed Agency Information
Collection Extension
Office of Energy Efficiency and
Renewable Energy, U.S. Department of
Energy.
ACTION: Information collection
extension, with changes; notice and
request for comment.
AGENCY:
The U.S. Department of
Energy (DOE) intends to extend with
changes for three years with the Office
of Management and Budget (OMB), the
Certification Reports, Compliance
Statements, Application for a Test
Procedure Waiver, and Recordkeeping
for Consumer Products and
Commercial/Industrial Equipment
subject to Energy or Water Conservation
Standards Package under OMB No.
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1910–1400. Comments are invited on:
(a) Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
agency, including whether the
information shall have practical utility;
(b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate
of the burden of the proposed collection
of information, including the validity of
the methodology and assumptions used;
(c) ways to enhance the quality, utility,
and clarity of the information to be
collected; and (d) ways to minimize the
burden of the collection of information
on respondents, including through the
use of automated collection techniques
or other forms of information
technology.
Written comments and
information are requested and will be
accepted on or before October 23, 2017.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are
encouraged to submit comments using
the Federal eRulemaking Portal at
https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
Alternatively, interested persons may
submit comments, identified by docket
number EERE–2017–BT–CRT–0054, by
any of the following methods:
1. Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
2. Email: to
InfoCollection2017CRT0054@
ee.doe.gov. Include docket number
EERE–2017–BT–CRT–0054 in the
subject line of the message.
3. Postal Mail: Appliance and
Equipment Standards Program, U.S.
Department of Energy, Building
Technologies Office, Mailstop EE–5B,
1000 Independence Avenue SW.,
Washington, DC 20585–0121.
Telephone: (202) 287–1445. If possible,
please submit all items on a compact
disc (‘‘CD’’), in which case it is not
necessary to include printed copies.
4. Hand Delivery/Courier: Appliance
and Equipment Standards Program, U.S.
Department of Energy, Building
Technologies Office, 950 L’Enfant Plaza
SW., Suite 600, Washington, DC 20024.
Telephone: (202) 287–1445. If possible,
please submit all items on a CD, in
which case it is not necessary to include
printed copies.
No telefacsimilies (faxes) will be
accepted.
Docket: The docket for this activity,
which includes Federal Register
notices, comments, and other
supporting documents/materials, is
available for review at https://
www.regulations.gov. All documents in
the docket are listed in the https://
www.regulations.gov index. However,
some documents listed in the index,
DATES:
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Navy
Notice of Intent To Prepare a Supplemental Environmental Impact
Statement/Overseas Environmental Impact Statement for Northwest
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) announces its intent to
prepare a supplement to the 2015 Final Northwest Training and Testing
(NWTT) Environmental Impact Statement/Overseas Environmental Impact
Statement (EIS/OEIS).
DATES: Public comments will be accepted during the 30-day scoping
period from August 22, 2017 to September 21, 2017. Public scoping
meetings will not be held. However, public meetings are planned to
occur following the release of the Draft Supplemental EIS/OEIS in early
2019.
ADDRESSES: The DoN invites scoping comments on the NWTT Supplemental
EIS/OEIS from all interested parties. Substantive comments may be
provided by mail to the address below and through the project Web site
at https://nwtteis.com/. Comments must be postmarked or received online
by September 21, 2017 for consideration during the development of the
Draft Supplemental EIS/OEIS.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Mosher, (360) 257-3234,
john.g.mosher@navy.mil. Naval Facilities Engineering Command Northwest,
Attention: NWTT Supplemental EIS/OEIS Project Manager, 3730 North
Charles Porter Avenue, Building 385, Oak Harbor, Washington 98278-3500.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The DoN will assess the potential
environmental effects associated with ongoing and future at-sea
military readiness activities conducted within the NWTT EIS/OEIS Study
Area (hereafter known as the ``Study Area'') beyond 2020. Military
readiness activities include training and research, development,
testing, and evaluation (hereafter known as ``testing''). The
Supplemental EIS/OEIS will include an analysis of training and testing
activities using new information available after the release of the
2015 Final EIS/OEIS. New information includes an updated acoustic
effects model, updated marine mammal density data, and evolving and
emergent best available science. Proposed activities are generally
consistent with those analyzed in the 2015 Final EIS/OEIS and are
representative of training and testing activities the DoN has been
conducting in the Study Area for decades.
The Study Area remains unchanged since the 2015 Final EIS/OEIS. The
Study Area is comprised of established maritime operating areas and
warning areas in the northeastern Pacific Ocean, including areas within
the Strait of Juan de Fuca, Puget Sound, and the Western Behm Canal in
southeastern Alaska. The Study Area includes air and water space within
and outside Washington state waters, air and water space outside state
waters of Oregon and Northern California, and DoN pierside locations
where sound navigation and ranging (sonar) maintenance and testing
occur. In the supplement to the 2015 Final EIS/OEIS, the DoN will only
analyze those training and testing activities conducted at sea within
the Study Area.
As part of this process, the DoN will seek the issuance of federal
regulatory permits and authorizations under the Marine Mammal
Protection Act and Endangered Species Act to support on-going and
future at-sea military readiness activities within the Study Area
beyond 2020.
Pursuant to 40 CFR 1501.6, the DoN will invite the National Marine
Fisheries Service and the U.S. Coast Guard to be cooperating agencies
in preparation of the Supplemental EIS/OEIS.
The DoN's lead action proponent is Commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet.
Additional action proponents include Naval Sea Systems Command and
Naval Air Systems Command.
The DoN's Proposed Action is to conduct at-sea training and testing
activities within the Study Area. Activities include the use of active
sonar and explosives while employing marine species protective
mitigation measures. The Proposed Action does not alter the DoN's
original purpose and need as discussed in the 2015 Final EIS/OEIS.
The purpose of the Proposed Action is to maintain a ready force,
which is needed to ensure the DoN can accomplish its mission to
maintain, train, and equip combat-ready naval
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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. A Supplemental EIS/OEIS is
considered the appropriate document, as there is recent scientific
information including revised acoustic criteria to consider, in
furtherance of NEPA, relevant to the environmental effects of the DoN's
Proposed Action. The analysis will support Marine Mammal Protection Act
authorization requests.
Proposed training and testing activities are generally consistent
with those analyzed in the 2015 Final EIS/OEIS. In the Supplemental
EIS/OEIS, the DoN will analyze the proposed changes to the tempo and
types of training and testing activities, accounting for the
introduction of new technologies, the evolving nature of international
events, advances in warfighting doctrine and procedures, and changes in
the organization of vessels, aircraft, weapons systems, and DoN
personnel. In the NWTT Supplemental EIS/OEIS, the DoN will reflect the
compilation of training and testing activities required to fulfill the
DoN's military readiness requirements beyond 2020, and therefore
includes the analysis of newly proposed activities and changes to
previously analyzed activities.
In the Supplemental EIS/OEIS, the DoN will evaluate the potential
environmental effects of a no action alternative and action
alternatives. Resources to be evaluated include, but are not limited
to, marine mammals, sea turtles, essential fish habitat, threatened and
endangered species, and American Indian and Alaska Native Traditional
Resources.
The scoping process is used to identify public concerns and local
issues to be considered during the development of the Draft
Supplemental EIS/OEIS. Federal agencies, state agencies, local
agencies, the public, and interested persons are encouraged to provide
substantive comments to the DoN on environmental resources and issue
areas of concern the commenter believes the DoN should consider.
Comments must be postmarked or received online by September 21,
2017 for consideration during the development of the Draft Supplemental
EIS/OEIS. Comments can be mailed to: Naval Facilities Engineering
Command Northwest, Attention: NWTT Supplemental EIS/OEIS Project
Manager, 3730 North Charles Porter Avenue, Building 385, Oak Harbor,
Washington 98278-3500. Comments can be submitted online via the project
Web site at https://www.nwtteis.com/. Also at this Web site, those
interested in receiving electronic project updates can subscribe to
receive notifications via email for key milestones throughout the
environmental planning process.
Dated: August 16, 2017.
A.M. Nichols,
Lieutenant Commander, Judge Advocate General's Corps, U.S. Navy,
Federal Register Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 2017-17618 Filed 8-21-17; 8:45 am]
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