Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for Proposed Mortar and Artillery Training at Richardson Training Area, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, AK, 14928 [2020-05265]
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14, 2020, from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m., Eagle
River Town Center Community Meeting
Room, 12001 Business Blvd., Suite 170,
Eagle River, Alaska.
The dates and times of scoping
meetings will also be posted on the
project website and will be announced
in local newspapers of general
circulation no less than 15 days prior to
the meetings.
ADDRESSES: The project website (https://
JBER-PMART-EIS.com) provides more
information on the EIS and can be used
to submit scoping comments. Scoping
comments may also be submitted to:
JBER Public Affairs, JBER.PA@
US.AF.MIl, (907) 552–8151; (U.S. Post
Office) JBER Public Affairs c/o Matthew
Beattie, 10480 Sijan Ave., Suite 123,
Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, AK
99506. Comments will be accepted at
any time during the EIS process. To
ensure the USAF has sufficient time to
consider public input in the preparation
of the Draft EIS, scoping comments
should be submitted to the website or
the address listed above by April 26,
2020.
The EIS
will evaluate the potential impacts
associated with the proposed action,
which includes indirect live-fire
training during all-seasons at the Eagle
River Flats (ERF) Impact Area on JBER,
a military base in Alaska, in order to
fully meet Army training standards. The
proposed action also includes
expansion of the ERF impact area by
approximately 585 acres. In addition,
the EIS will evaluate an action
alternative that would marginally meet
Army training standards, and would not
include expansion of the ERF impact
area. The no action alternative will also
be evaluated in the EIS, under which
the Army would continue to train with
the existing seasonal restrictions and
which would require JBER home station
units to deploy to other Armycontrolled training lands to conduct
required training. The USAF is the
National Environmental Policy Act
(NEPA) lead agency and the U.S. Army
is a cooperating agency for this EIS
process.
A Notice of Intent for a similar action
was issued in 2007; however, this
Notice of Intent supersedes the Notice of
Intent that was issued in 2007.
Additional review and consultation
which will be incorporated into the
preparation of the Draft EIS will
include, but are not necessarily limited
to consultation under Section 7 of the
Endangered Species Act and
consultation under Section 106 of the
National Historic Preservation Act.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Air Force
Notice of Intent To Prepare an
Environmental Impact Statement for
Proposed Mortar and Artillery Training
at Richardson Training Area, Joint
Base Elmendorf-Richardson, AK
AGENCY:
Department of the Air Force,
DoD.
ACTION:
Notice of Intent.
The U.S. Air Force (USAF)
and the U.S. Army, acting as a
Cooperating Agency, are issuing this
Notice of Intent to prepare an
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)
to assess the potential social, economic,
and environmental impacts associated
with modifying the conditions under
which indirect live-fire weapons
training can be conducted at Joint Base
Elmendorf-Richardson (JBER), in order
to meet Army training standards at
home station.
DATES: The USAF will conduct formal
scoping meetings for the public to learn
more about the proposed action, and to
provide comments. Scoping meetings
will occur in Anchorage and Eagle River
on the following dates and times:
Monday, April 13, 2020, from 6 p.m. to
9 p.m., at Z.J. Loussac Library
(Anchorage Public library) Learning
Commons, 3600 Denali Street,
Anchorage, Alaska and Tuesday, April
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The proposed actions at JBER have
the potential to be located in a
floodplain and/or wetland. Consistent
with the requirements and objectives of
Executive Order (E.O.) 11990,
‘‘Protection of Wetlands,’’ and E.O.
11988, ‘‘Floodplain Management,’’ state
and federal regulatory agencies with
special expertise in wetlands and
floodplains will be contacted to request
comment. Consistent with E.O. 11988
and E.O. 11990, this Notice of Intent
initiates early public review of the
proposed actions and alternatives,
which have the potential to be located
in a floodplain and/or wetland.
Scoping and Agency Coordination: To
effectively define the full range of issues
to be evaluated in the EIS, the Air Force
will determine the scope of the analysis
by soliciting comments from interested
local, state, and federal elected officials
and agencies, Alaska Native
organizations, as well as interested
members of the public and others. This
is being done by providing a website
where the public can submit comments
and/or by having comments mailed to
the mailing address provided above.
Adriane Paris,
Acting Air Force Federal Register Liaison
Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Air Force
Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for
Proposed Mortar and Artillery Training at Richardson Training Area,
Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, AK
AGENCY: Department of the Air Force, DoD.
ACTION: Notice of Intent.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Air Force (USAF) and the U.S. Army, acting as a
Cooperating Agency, are issuing this Notice of Intent to prepare an
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) to assess the potential social,
economic, and environmental impacts associated with modifying the
conditions under which indirect live-fire weapons training can be
conducted at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson (JBER), in order to meet
Army training standards at home station.
DATES: The USAF will conduct formal scoping meetings for the public to
learn more about the proposed action, and to provide comments. Scoping
meetings will occur in Anchorage and Eagle River on the following dates
and times: Monday, April 13, 2020, from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m., at Z.J.
Loussac Library (Anchorage Public library) Learning Commons, 3600
Denali Street, Anchorage, Alaska and Tuesday, April 14, 2020, from 6
p.m. to 9 p.m., Eagle River Town Center Community Meeting Room, 12001
Business Blvd., Suite 170, Eagle River, Alaska.
The dates and times of scoping meetings will also be posted on the
project website and will be announced in local newspapers of general
circulation no less than 15 days prior to the meetings.
ADDRESSES: The project website (https://JBER-PMART-EIS.com) provides
more information on the EIS and can be used to submit scoping comments.
Scoping comments may also be submitted to: JBER Public Affairs,
[email protected], (907) 552-8151; (U.S. Post Office) JBER Public
Affairs c/o Matthew Beattie, 10480 Sijan Ave., Suite 123, Joint Base
Elmendorf-Richardson, AK 99506. Comments will be accepted at any time
during the EIS process. To ensure the USAF has sufficient time to
consider public input in the preparation of the Draft EIS, scoping
comments should be submitted to the website or the address listed above
by April 26, 2020.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The EIS will evaluate the potential impacts
associated with the proposed action, which includes indirect live-fire
training during all-seasons at the Eagle River Flats (ERF) Impact Area
on JBER, a military base in Alaska, in order to fully meet Army
training standards. The proposed action also includes expansion of the
ERF impact area by approximately 585 acres. In addition, the EIS will
evaluate an action alternative that would marginally meet Army training
standards, and would not include expansion of the ERF impact area. The
no action alternative will also be evaluated in the EIS, under which
the Army would continue to train with the existing seasonal
restrictions and which would require JBER home station units to deploy
to other Army-controlled training lands to conduct required training.
The USAF is the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) lead agency
and the U.S. Army is a cooperating agency for this EIS process.
A Notice of Intent for a similar action was issued in 2007;
however, this Notice of Intent supersedes the Notice of Intent that was
issued in 2007.
Additional review and consultation which will be incorporated into
the preparation of the Draft EIS will include, but are not necessarily
limited to consultation under Section 7 of the Endangered Species Act
and consultation under Section 106 of the National Historic
Preservation Act.
The proposed actions at JBER have the potential to be located in a
floodplain and/or wetland. Consistent with the requirements and
objectives of Executive Order (E.O.) 11990, ``Protection of Wetlands,''
and E.O. 11988, ``Floodplain Management,'' state and federal regulatory
agencies with special expertise in wetlands and floodplains will be
contacted to request comment. Consistent with E.O. 11988 and E.O.
11990, this Notice of Intent initiates early public review of the
proposed actions and alternatives, which have the potential to be
located in a floodplain and/or wetland.
Scoping and Agency Coordination: To effectively define the full
range of issues to be evaluated in the EIS, the Air Force will
determine the scope of the analysis by soliciting comments from
interested local, state, and federal elected officials and agencies,
Alaska Native organizations, as well as interested members of the
public and others. This is being done by providing a website where the
public can submit comments and/or by having comments mailed to the
mailing address provided above.
Adriane Paris,
Acting Air Force Federal Register Liaison Officer.
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