Environmental Impact Statement for Training and Public Land Withdrawal Extension, Fort Irwin, California, 48512-48513 [2020-17528]
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Environmental Impact Statement for
Training and Public Land Withdrawal
Extension, Fort Irwin, California
Department of the Army,
Defense (DOD).
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ACTION:
Notice of Intent.
The Department of the Army
intends to prepare an Environmental
Impact Statement (EIS) to analyze the
environmental impacts resulting from
modernization of training activities and
improvement of training facilities at the
National Training Center at Fort Irwin,
California. The Army is also issuing this
notice to inform the public that the EIS
will serve as a Legislative
Environmental Impact Statement (LEIS)
to support extension of public land
withdrawal for portions of Fort Irwin.
DATES: Comments must be sent by
September 10, 2020.
ADDRESSES: Written comments should
be forwarded to Dr. David Housman,
NEPA Planner, Fort Irwin Directorate of
Public Works, Environmental Division,
Building 602, Fifth Street, Fort Irwin,
CA 92310–5085 email:
david.c.housman.civ@mail.mil
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
Muhammad Bari, Director, Directorate
of Public Works, telephone (760) 380–
3543; email: muhammad.a.bari.civ@
mail.mil.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Fort Irwin
consists of approximately 753,537 acres
in the Mojave Desert in San Bernardino
County in southern California. The U.S.
Army National Training Center (NTC) at
Fort Irwin provides combined arms
training for maneuver Brigade Combat
Teams (BCTs), including the Army’s
Stryker BCTs (SBCTs) and Armored
BCTs (ABCTs). Training is also
provided for joint military branches
(Marine Corps, Navy, and Air Force),
Army Reserve, National Guard units,
and regular and transitional law
enforcement units, as well as home
station units. Due to its size, design, and
terrain, Fort Irwin is one of the few
places in the world that brigade-size
units (5,000+ soldiers) can test their
combat readiness.
Fort Irwin’s mission is to train
rotational training units (RTUs), joint,
interagency, and multinational partners
in order to fight and win in a complex
world, while taking care of soldiers,
civilians, and family members. To
achieve this mission, NTC designs and
executes training exercises that prepare
brigade-level units for operational
deployments. Up to 12 BCT rotations
are executed per year.
The Army intends to prepare an EIS
at Fort Irwin to analyze potential
impacts from modernization of training
and improvement of training
infrastructure. Training changes are
required to support new training
doctrine that focuses on large Army
formations operating against near-peer
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adversaries. In order to reflect weapon
systems capabilities and evolving
mission requirements, improvements
need to be made to weapons ranges,
urban operations training facilities, and
communication infrastructure.
Approximately 110,000 acres of Fort
Irwin training land areas are public
lands withdrawn from all types of
appropriation and reserved for military
purposes under Public Law 107–107
(2001). This public land withdrawal
terminates on December 28, 2026. The
Army has identified a continuing
military need for the land beyond the
termination date and intends to request
Congress to extend the withdrawal and
reservation for military purposes for at
least 25 years, or in the alternative, for
an indefinite period until there is no
longer a military need for the land.
Upon a separate application by the
Army, the Bureau of Land Management
will file in the Federal Register a
separate notice of withdrawal extension
application. This EIS will be submitted
to Congress to support the legislative
request for extension of this withdrawal
and reservation. The document will also
serve as the EIS that will analyze
training changes proposed for the
withdrawn land.
The EIS will analyze alternatives,
which consist of different magnitudes of
implementation, and the No Action
Alternative, under which there would
be no modernization or improvement to
training activities conducted at Fort
Irwin. The no action alternative would
also include the possibility that public
land withdrawal extension would not
occur and that portions of the
installation would return to public
domain. The proposed action includes
an increase in training activities that
reflects new mission requirements and
improvement of training infrastructure.
For Fort Irwin’s Western Training Area,
the EIS will consider a range of medium
to heavy intensity training alternatives.
In terms of withdrawal, the alternatives
include extension of the current
withdrawal and reservation for 25 years
or indefinitely until there is no longer
a military need for the land. All military
activities under consideration would be
conducted within the boundaries of the
installation. Resource areas that may be
impacted include air quality, airspace,
traffic, noise, water resources, biological
resources, cultural resources,
socioeconomics, utilities, land use, and
solid and hazardous materials and
waste. Impacts to these resources may
occur from changing the scope or
magnitude of military training activities
within the current Fort Irwin
boundaries. The analysis will also
consider the potential for cumulative
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environmental effects. Significant
impacts could occur to biological and
cultural resources.
Federal, state, and local agencies,
Native Americans, Native American
organizations, and the public are invited
to be involved in the scoping process for
the preparation of this EIS by
participating in a scoping meeting or
submitting written comments. Written
comments must be sent within 30 days
of publication of this Notice of Intent in
the Federal Register. In response to the
coronavirus (COVID–19) pandemic in
the United States and the Center for
Disease Control and Prevention
recommendations for social distancing
and avoiding large public gatherings,
the Army will not hold in-person public
scoping meetings for this action. Due to
the COVID–19 pandemic and the need
to maintain social distancing, Fort Irwin
will host the public scoping meetings by
telephone. Specific details of the
telephone meetings will be announced
in local media and on the Fort Irwin EIS
website: https://aec.army.mil/
index.php/irwin-nepa-meeting.
For those who do not have ready
access to a computer or the internet, the
scoping-related materials posted to the
website will be made available upon
request by mail. Inquiries, requests for
scoping-related materials, and
comments regarding the proposed
action may be submitted by mail to Dr.
David Housman, NEPA Planner, Fort
Irwin Directorate of Public Works,
Environmental Division, Building 602,
Fifth Street, Fort Irwin, CA 92310–5085.
Written scoping comments will be
accepted at any time during process up
until the public release of the Draft EIS.
To ensure the Army 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
no later than thirty days after the date
of this notice.
The public will also be invited to
review and comment on the Draft EIS
when it is released. Comments from the
public will be considered before any
decision is made regarding
implementing the Proposed Action. The
Bureau of Land Management will also
organize public participation following
publication of its notice of application
for extension of the public land
withdrawal.
Brenda S. Bowen,
Army Federal Register Liaison Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Electricity Advisory Committee
Office of Electricity,
Department of Energy.
ACTION: Notice of open meeting.
AGENCY:
This notice announces a
meeting of the Electricity Advisory
Committee. The Federal Advisory
Committee Act requires that public
notice of these meetings be announced
in the Federal Register.
DATES: Wednesday, August 26, 2020;
1:45 p.m.–3:00 p.m. EST.
ADDRESSES: This meeting of the EAC
will be held via WebEx video and
teleconference. In order to track all
participants, the Department is
requiring that those wishing to attend
register for the meeting here: https://
www.energy.gov/oe/august-26-2020meeting-electricity-advisory-committee.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Christopher Lawrence, Designated
Federal Officer, Office of Electricity,
U.S. Department of Energy, Washington,
DC 20585; Telephone: (202) 586–5260
or email: Christopher.lawrence@
hq.doe.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Purpose of
the Committee: The Electricity Advisory
Committee (EAC) was established in
accordance with the provisions of the
Federal Advisory Committee Act
(FACA), to provide advice to the U.S.
Department of Energy (DOE) in
implementing the Energy Policy Act of
2005, executing certain sections of the
Energy Independence and Security Act
of 2007, and modernizing the nation’s
electricity delivery infrastructure. The
EAC is composed of individuals of
diverse backgrounds selected for their
technical expertise and experience,
established records of distinguished
professional service, and their
knowledge of issues that pertain to the
electric sector.
Tentative Agenda: This meeting of the
EAC is expected to include discussion
of the EAC’s response to a Request for
Information (RFI) that the Department of
Energy released concerning the Energy
Storage Grand Challenge. The RFI can
be found here: https://www.energy.gov/
sites/prod/files/2020/07/f77/
ESGC%20RFI_Web%20Version%20%20Aug%2031%2C%202020_0.pdf.
During the meeting, the full EAC
membership will vote on whether to
approve the response to the RFI.
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Army
Environmental Impact Statement for Training and Public Land
Withdrawal Extension, Fort Irwin, California
AGENCY: Department of the Army, Defense (DOD).
ACTION: Notice of Intent.
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SUMMARY: The Department of the Army intends to prepare an Environmental
Impact Statement (EIS) to analyze the environmental impacts resulting
from modernization of training activities and improvement of training
facilities at the National Training Center at Fort Irwin, California.
The Army is also issuing this notice to inform the public that the EIS
will serve as a Legislative Environmental Impact Statement (LEIS) to
support extension of public land withdrawal for portions of Fort Irwin.
DATES: Comments must be sent by September 10, 2020.
ADDRESSES: Written comments should be forwarded to Dr. David Housman,
NEPA Planner, Fort Irwin Directorate of Public Works, Environmental
Division, Building 602, Fifth Street, Fort Irwin, CA 92310-5085 email:
[email protected]
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Muhammad Bari, Director,
Directorate of Public Works, telephone (760) 380-3543; email:
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Fort Irwin consists of approximately 753,537
acres in the Mojave Desert in San Bernardino County in southern
California. The U.S. Army National Training Center (NTC) at Fort Irwin
provides combined arms training for maneuver Brigade Combat Teams
(BCTs), including the Army's Stryker BCTs (SBCTs) and Armored BCTs
(ABCTs). Training is also provided for joint military branches (Marine
Corps, Navy, and Air Force), Army Reserve, National Guard units, and
regular and transitional law enforcement units, as well as home station
units. Due to its size, design, and terrain, Fort Irwin is one of the
few places in the world that brigade-size units (5,000+ soldiers) can
test their combat readiness.
Fort Irwin's mission is to train rotational training units (RTUs),
joint, interagency, and multinational partners in order to fight and
win in a complex world, while taking care of soldiers, civilians, and
family members. To achieve this mission, NTC designs and executes
training exercises that prepare brigade-level units for operational
deployments. Up to 12 BCT rotations are executed per year.
The Army intends to prepare an EIS at Fort Irwin to analyze
potential impacts from modernization of training and improvement of
training infrastructure. Training changes are required to support new
training doctrine that focuses on large Army formations operating
against near-peer
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adversaries. In order to reflect weapon systems capabilities and
evolving mission requirements, improvements need to be made to weapons
ranges, urban operations training facilities, and communication
infrastructure.
Approximately 110,000 acres of Fort Irwin training land areas are
public lands withdrawn from all types of appropriation and reserved for
military purposes under Public Law 107-107 (2001). This public land
withdrawal terminates on December 28, 2026. The Army has identified a
continuing military need for the land beyond the termination date and
intends to request Congress to extend the withdrawal and reservation
for military purposes for at least 25 years, or in the alternative, for
an indefinite period until there is no longer a military need for the
land. Upon a separate application by the Army, the Bureau of Land
Management will file in the Federal Register a separate notice of
withdrawal extension application. This EIS will be submitted to
Congress to support the legislative request for extension of this
withdrawal and reservation. The document will also serve as the EIS
that will analyze training changes proposed for the withdrawn land.
The EIS will analyze alternatives, which consist of different
magnitudes of implementation, and the No Action Alternative, under
which there would be no modernization or improvement to training
activities conducted at Fort Irwin. The no action alternative would
also include the possibility that public land withdrawal extension
would not occur and that portions of the installation would return to
public domain. The proposed action includes an increase in training
activities that reflects new mission requirements and improvement of
training infrastructure. For Fort Irwin's Western Training Area, the
EIS will consider a range of medium to heavy intensity training
alternatives. In terms of withdrawal, the alternatives include
extension of the current withdrawal and reservation for 25 years or
indefinitely until there is no longer a military need for the land. All
military activities under consideration would be conducted within the
boundaries of the installation. Resource areas that may be impacted
include air quality, airspace, traffic, noise, water resources,
biological resources, cultural resources, socioeconomics, utilities,
land use, and solid and hazardous materials and waste. Impacts to these
resources may occur from changing the scope or magnitude of military
training activities within the current Fort Irwin boundaries. The
analysis will also consider the potential for cumulative environmental
effects. Significant impacts could occur to biological and cultural
resources.
Federal, state, and local agencies, Native Americans, Native
American organizations, and the public are invited to be involved in
the scoping process for the preparation of this EIS by participating in
a scoping meeting or submitting written comments. Written comments must
be sent within 30 days of publication of this Notice of Intent in the
Federal Register. In response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in
the United States and the Center for Disease Control and Prevention
recommendations for social distancing and avoiding large public
gatherings, the Army will not hold in-person public scoping meetings
for this action. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the need to maintain
social distancing, Fort Irwin will host the public scoping meetings by
telephone. Specific details of the telephone meetings will be announced
in local media and on the Fort Irwin EIS website: https://aec.army.mil/index.php/irwin-nepa-meeting.
For those who do not have ready access to a computer or the
internet, the scoping-related materials posted to the website will be
made available upon request by mail. Inquiries, requests for scoping-
related materials, and comments regarding the proposed action may be
submitted by mail to Dr. David Housman, NEPA Planner, Fort Irwin
Directorate of Public Works, Environmental Division, Building 602,
Fifth Street, Fort Irwin, CA 92310-5085. Written scoping comments will
be accepted at any time during process up until the public release of
the Draft EIS. To ensure the Army 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 no
later than thirty days after the date of this notice.
The public will also be invited to review and comment on the Draft
EIS when it is released. Comments from the public will be considered
before any decision is made regarding implementing the Proposed Action.
The Bureau of Land Management will also organize public participation
following publication of its notice of application for extension of the
public land withdrawal.
Brenda S. Bowen,
Army Federal Register Liaison Officer.
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