Notice of Intent To Prepare a Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for Improving Homeport Facilities for Three NIMITZ-Class Aircraft Carriers in Support of the U.S. Pacific Fleet, and To Announce Public Scoping Meetings, 37870-37871 [2023-12228]
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considered for adverse environmental
impacts.
Copies of the Draft EIS are available
for public review on the project website,
at local repositories, and by request (see
ADDRESSES). The DoD invites public and
agency input on the Draft EIS. Please
submit comments and materials during
the 45-day public review period to
allow sufficient time for consideration
in development of the Final EIS (see
DATES).
The DoD will consider all comments
received and then prepare the Final EIS.
As with the Draft EIS, DoD will
announce the availability of the Final
EIS.
Dated: June 2, 2023.
Aaron T. Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison
Officer, Department of Defense.
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Office of the Secretary
Scoping Comment Period Extension
for the Notice of Intent To Prepare an
Environmental Impact Statement for an
Enhanced Integrated Air and Missile
Defense System on Guam
Missile Defense Agency (MDA),
Department of Defense (DoD).
ACTION: Notice of intent; extension of
comment period.
AGENCY:
The MDA is extending the
scoping comment period for the notice
of intent entitled ‘‘Notice of Intent to
Prepare an Environmental Impact
Statement for an Enhanced Integrated
Air and Missile Defense System on
Guam,’’ published in the Federal
Register on May 5, 2023. The MDA is
extending the scoping period to August
11, 2023, in response to Typhoon
Mawar-related damage and recovery
efforts on Guam. In addition, the MDA
will reschedule the in-person open
house scoping meetings on Guam to the
summer of 2023.
DATES: The scoping comment period for
the notice of intent published in the
Federal Register on May 5, 2023 (88 FR
29104) is extended. Comments must be
postmarked or received on or before
August 11, 2023, to ensure
consideration in the Draft
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS).
ADDRESSES: Written comments should
be sent via email to info@EIAMDEIS.com; via the website comment
submission form on www.EIAMDEIS.com; or by United States (U.S.)
Postal Service to: ManTech
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International Corporation, Attention:
EIAMD EIS Project Support, PMB 403,
1270 N Marine Corps Drive, Suite 101,
Tamuning, Guam 96913–4331. Written
comments will also be accepted at the
public scoping meetings. All comments,
including names and addresses, will be
included in the administrative record,
but personal information will be kept
confidential unless release is required
by law.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
Mark Wright, MDA Public Affairs, at
571–231–8212 or by email to mda.info@
mda.mil. Additional information on the
Proposed Action can be found at the
MDA website: https://www.mda.mil/
system/eiamd.html.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On May 5,
2023, the MDA published notice of
intent entitled ‘‘Notice of Intent to
Prepare an Environmental Impact
Statement for an Enhanced Integrated
Air and Missile Defense System on
Guam’’ (88 FR 29104). The EIS will
evaluate the potential environmental
impacts from the proposed deployment
and operation of missile defense radars,
sensors, missile interceptors, missile
launchers, and command and control
systems; construction and operation of
associated support facilities and
infrastructure; and management of
associated airspace on Guam (hereafter
called ‘‘Proposed Action’’). The MDA
invited comments on the scope of the
EIS including identification of potential
alternatives, information, and analyses
relevant to the Proposed Action, and the
Proposed Action’s potential to affect
historic properties pursuant to Section
106 of the National Historic
Preservation Act of 1966. The original
scoping comment period was scheduled
to close on June 27, 2023, with three inperson open house scoping meetings
planned on Guam in June 2023.
With this notice, the MDA is
extending the scoping comment period
to August 11, 2023, in response to
Typhoon Mawar-related damage and
recovery efforts on Guam.
In addition, the MDA will reschedule
the in-person open house scoping
meetings on Guam to the summer of
2023. Notification for the meeting
locations, dates, and times will be
published and announced in local news
media to encourage public participation.
Access to meeting information can also
be found on the MDA website at https://
www.mda.mil/system/eiamd.html.
Dated: June 2, 2023.
Aaron T. Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison
Officer, Department of Defense.
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Navy
Notice of Intent To Prepare a
Supplemental Environmental Impact
Statement for Improving Homeport
Facilities for Three NIMITZ-Class
Aircraft Carriers in Support of the U.S.
Pacific Fleet, and To Announce Public
Scoping Meetings
Department of the Navy (DoN),
Department of Defense (DoD).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
Pursuant to the National
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of
1969, as implemented by the Council on
Environmental Quality, the Department
of the Navy (DoN) announces its intent
to prepare a Supplemental
Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS)
to update its analysis in the 1999 Final
Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS)
for Developing Home Port Facilities for
Three Nimitz-Class Aircraft Carriers in
Support of the U.S. Pacific Fleet and its
2008 Final SEIS. The new SEIS will
address current mission objectives,
routine pier-side maintenance activities
and proposed electrical shoreside power
infrastructure, which may result in three
CVNs being simultaneously in port at
Naval Air Station North Island (NASNI)
for more intermittent, nonconsecutive
days per year than analyzed in prior
NEPA documents. The DON is initiating
a 45-day public scoping process to
receive comments on the scope of the
SEIS, including identification of
potential alternatives, information, and
analyses relevant to the Proposed
Action, identification of environmental
concerns, issues the public would like
to see addressed in the SEIS, and the
project’s potential to affect historic
properties pursuant to section 106 of the
National Historic Preservation Act
(NHPA) of 1966.
DATES: The 45-day public scoping
period begins June 9, 2023 and ends
July 24, 2023. Comments must be
postmarked or submitted electronically
via the website no later than 11:59 p.m.
PDT on July 24, 2023, for consideration
in the Draft SEIS. The DoN will hold
three public scoping meetings in the
local area during the evenings of June
27–29, 2023. The scoping meetings will
consist of informal, open house sessions
with informational poster stations
staffed by DoN representatives. The
information presented at the public
meetings will also be available on the
project website. The DoN will also
publish the public scoping meeting
announcements in local newspapers
and in press releases. Meeting
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announcements will also be published
in local Spanish-language newspapers,
and Spanish speakers will be present at
the meetings.
ADDRESSES: The DoN invites all
interested parties to submit scoping
comments on the Improving Home Port
Facilities for Three Nimitz-Class
Aircraft Carriers in Support of the U.S.
Pacific Fleet SEIS. Information
regarding the project, the public
meetings and how to submit comments
is available at the DoN project website
address, https://www.nepa.navy.mil/
northislandCVNs. The public scoping
meetings will be held at the following
locations:
1. June 27, 2023, 6:30 p.m. to 9:00
p.m., Logan Memorial Educational
Campus, Building K101, MPR Room,
2875 Ocean View Blvd., San Diego, CA
92113.
2. June 28, 2023, 5:00 p.m. to 7:30
p.m., Coronado Community Center,
Nautilus Room, 1845 Strand Way,
Coronado, CA 92118.
3. June 29, 2023, 5:00 p.m. to 7:30
p.m., Burress Auditorium, South Bay
Union School District, 601 Elm Ave.,
Imperial Beach, CA 91932.
Comments may be received:
• In person at the public meetings,
• Electronically via the project
website, https://www.nepa.navy.mil/
northislandCVNs by 11:59 PDT, July 24,
2023,
• By mail, postmarked no later than
July 24, 2023 to the following address:
Naval Facilities Engineering Systems
Command, Atlantic 6506 Hampton
Blvd., Building A, Norfolk, VA 23508
ATTN: EV21, CVN SEIS Project
Manager
U.S.
Fleet Forces Command, 1562 Mitscher
Avenue, Suite 250, Norfolk, VA 23551–
2487, Attn: Mr. Theodore Brown,
Installations and Environment Public
Affairs Officer, 757–836–4427, or visit
the project website: https://www.nepa.
navy.mil/northislandCVNs.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: U.S. Fleet
Forces Command is the DoN’s action
proponent for the SEIS. NASNI, which
is part of Naval Base Coronado, is
located in Coronado approximately 1.5
kilometers (1 mile) west, and across San
Diego Bay from, downtown San Diego,
California. NASNI is a major port for
CVNs and a key support location for the
West Coast fleet. NASNI and its CVN
berthings are critical to the DoN’s
presence and military readiness in the
Pacific Ocean.
The SEIS is being prepared for the
limited purpose of supplementing the
1999 FEIS, and subsequent 2008 SEIS,
with current circumstances and
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information. The Proposed Action will
address modernization of shoreside
electrical infrastructure, CVN routine
pier-side maintenance actions, and
update the environmental effects
associated with current mission
objectives, which may result in three
CVNs being simultaneously in port at
Naval Air Station North Island (NASNI)
for more intermittent, nonconsecutive
days per year than analyzed in prior
NEPA documents. The 1999 FEIS
estimated that, once homeported, three
CVNs would be in port simultaneously
for an average of 13 intermittent,
nonconsecutive days per year. By the
time of the 2008 SEIS, that estimate had
changed to an average of 29
intermittent, nonconsecutive days per
year. That estimate has again changed to
address current maintenance, training,
and deployment requirements and a
SEIS is required to update the
environmental analysis based on this
updated estimate. Because of the
number of variables involved with
predicting CVN berthing requirements,
the DoN plans to analyze the impacts of
an anticipated need for three CVNs to be
in port simultaneously for an average of
180 intermittent, nonconsecutive days
per year. Although it is considered
unlikely that this 180-day scenario
would ever occur, the DoN has chosen
a conservative average number of
intermittent, nonconsecutive days per
year in order to ensure a ‘‘hard look’’ at
the potential impacts of this ongoing
project.
The purpose of the Proposed Action
is to meet the DoN’s mission
requirement to support its West Coast
fleet and to maintain military readiness
of naval forces for prompt and sustained
combat incident to operations at sea to
meet the needs of war, now and into the
future, consistent with Title 10, Section
8062, of the United States Code.
The Proposed Action is needed
because (1) CVN-capable berths at
NASNI do not currently have the
capability to support the DoN’s next
generation (FORD-Class) of CVNs (2)
current mission objectives (to include
operational, deployment, and
maintenance schedules) may result in
three CVNs in port at NASNI at the
same time for more intermittent,
nonconsecutive days per year than
previously analyzed. The presence of
three CVNs may include all three
NASNI-homeported CVNs or two
NASNI-homeported CVNs and one
transient CVN. Transient FORD-Class
CVNs may berth at NASNI once
deployed on the West Coast.
The DoN will evaluate the potential
environmental impacts to, but not
limited to, the following environmental
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resources: traffic; air quality;
socioeconomics; and environmental
justice.
The scoping process is helpful in
identifying public concerns and local
issues to consider during the
development of the Draft SEIS. Federal,
state, and local agencies; federally
recognized tribes; and interested
persons are encouraged to provide
substantive comments to the DoN on
environmental resources and issue areas
of concern that the commenter believes
the DoN should consider. All
comments, provided in writing at the
scoping meetings, submitted via the
DoN website, or mailed, will be taken
into consideration during the
development of the Draft SEIS.
The project website https://
www.nepa.navy.mil/northislandCVNs
provides information on the Proposed
Action, the NEPA process and project
schedule. Additional opportunities for
public comment will occur after the
release of the Draft SEIS. The DoN
intends to publish the Draft SEIS in
mid-2024, publish the Final SEIS in
spring 2025, and sign a Record of
Decision following the 30-day Final
SEIS wait period.
Dated: June 2, 2023.
A.R. Holt,
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 Intent To Prepare a Supplemental Environmental Impact
Statement for Improving Homeport Facilities for Three NIMITZ-Class
Aircraft Carriers in Support of the U.S. Pacific Fleet, and To Announce
Public Scoping Meetings
AGENCY: Department of the Navy (DoN), Department of Defense (DoD).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of
1969, as implemented by the Council on Environmental Quality, the
Department of the Navy (DoN) announces its intent to prepare a
Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) to update its
analysis in the 1999 Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for
Developing Home Port Facilities for Three Nimitz-Class Aircraft
Carriers in Support of the U.S. Pacific Fleet and its 2008 Final SEIS.
The new SEIS will address current mission objectives, routine pier-side
maintenance activities and proposed electrical shoreside power
infrastructure, which may result in three CVNs being simultaneously in
port at Naval Air Station North Island (NASNI) for more intermittent,
nonconsecutive days per year than analyzed in prior NEPA documents. The
DON is initiating a 45-day public scoping process to receive comments
on the scope of the SEIS, including identification of potential
alternatives, information, and analyses relevant to the Proposed
Action, identification of environmental concerns, issues the public
would like to see addressed in the SEIS, and the project's potential to
affect historic properties pursuant to section 106 of the National
Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) of 1966.
DATES: The 45-day public scoping period begins June 9, 2023 and ends
July 24, 2023. Comments must be postmarked or submitted electronically
via the website no later than 11:59 p.m. PDT on July 24, 2023, for
consideration in the Draft SEIS. The DoN will hold three public scoping
meetings in the local area during the evenings of June 27-29, 2023. The
scoping meetings will consist of informal, open house sessions with
informational poster stations staffed by DoN representatives. The
information presented at the public meetings will also be available on
the project website. The DoN will also publish the public scoping
meeting announcements in local newspapers and in press releases.
Meeting
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announcements will also be published in local Spanish-language
newspapers, and Spanish speakers will be present at the meetings.
ADDRESSES: The DoN invites all interested parties to submit scoping
comments on the Improving Home Port Facilities for Three Nimitz-Class
Aircraft Carriers in Support of the U.S. Pacific Fleet SEIS.
Information regarding the project, the public meetings and how to
submit comments is available at the DoN project website address,
https://www.nepa.navy.mil/northislandCVNs. The public scoping meetings
will be held at the following locations:
1. June 27, 2023, 6:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m., Logan Memorial
Educational Campus, Building K101, MPR Room, 2875 Ocean View Blvd., San
Diego, CA 92113.
2. June 28, 2023, 5:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., Coronado Community
Center, Nautilus Room, 1845 Strand Way, Coronado, CA 92118.
3. June 29, 2023, 5:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., Burress Auditorium, South
Bay Union School District, 601 Elm Ave., Imperial Beach, CA 91932.
Comments may be received:
In person at the public meetings,
Electronically via the project website, https://www.nepa.navy.mil/northislandCVNs by 11:59 PDT, July 24, 2023,
By mail, postmarked no later than July 24, 2023 to the
following address: Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command,
Atlantic 6506 Hampton Blvd., Building A, Norfolk, VA 23508 ATTN: EV21,
CVN SEIS Project Manager
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: U.S. Fleet Forces Command, 1562
Mitscher Avenue, Suite 250, Norfolk, VA 23551-2487, Attn: Mr. Theodore
Brown, Installations and Environment Public Affairs Officer, 757-836-
4427, or visit the project website: https://www.nepa.navy.mil/northislandCVNs.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: U.S. Fleet Forces Command is the DoN's
action proponent for the SEIS. NASNI, which is part of Naval Base
Coronado, is located in Coronado approximately 1.5 kilometers (1 mile)
west, and across San Diego Bay from, downtown San Diego, California.
NASNI is a major port for CVNs and a key support location for the West
Coast fleet. NASNI and its CVN berthings are critical to the DoN's
presence and military readiness in the Pacific Ocean.
The SEIS is being prepared for the limited purpose of supplementing
the 1999 FEIS, and subsequent 2008 SEIS, with current circumstances and
information. The Proposed Action will address modernization of
shoreside electrical infrastructure, CVN routine pier-side maintenance
actions, and update the environmental effects associated with current
mission objectives, which may result in three CVNs being simultaneously
in port at Naval Air Station North Island (NASNI) for more
intermittent, nonconsecutive days per year than analyzed in prior NEPA
documents. The 1999 FEIS estimated that, once homeported, three CVNs
would be in port simultaneously for an average of 13 intermittent,
nonconsecutive days per year. By the time of the 2008 SEIS, that
estimate had changed to an average of 29 intermittent, nonconsecutive
days per year. That estimate has again changed to address current
maintenance, training, and deployment requirements and a SEIS is
required to update the environmental analysis based on this updated
estimate. Because of the number of variables involved with predicting
CVN berthing requirements, the DoN plans to analyze the impacts of an
anticipated need for three CVNs to be in port simultaneously for an
average of 180 intermittent, nonconsecutive days per year. Although it
is considered unlikely that this 180-day scenario would ever occur, the
DoN has chosen a conservative average number of intermittent,
nonconsecutive days per year in order to ensure a ``hard look'' at the
potential impacts of this ongoing project.
The purpose of the Proposed Action is to meet the DoN's mission
requirement to support its West Coast fleet and to maintain military
readiness of naval forces for prompt and sustained combat incident to
operations at sea to meet the needs of war, now and into the future,
consistent with Title 10, Section 8062, of the United States Code.
The Proposed Action is needed because (1) CVN-capable berths at
NASNI do not currently have the capability to support the DoN's next
generation (FORD-Class) of CVNs (2) current mission objectives (to
include operational, deployment, and maintenance schedules) may result
in three CVNs in port at NASNI at the same time for more intermittent,
nonconsecutive days per year than previously analyzed. The presence of
three CVNs may include all three NASNI-homeported CVNs or two NASNI-
homeported CVNs and one transient CVN. Transient FORD-Class CVNs may
berth at NASNI once deployed on the West Coast.
The DoN will evaluate the potential environmental impacts to, but
not limited to, the following environmental resources: traffic; air
quality; socioeconomics; and environmental justice.
The scoping process is helpful in identifying public concerns and
local issues to consider during the development of the Draft SEIS.
Federal, state, and local agencies; federally recognized tribes; and
interested persons are encouraged to provide substantive comments to
the DoN on environmental resources and issue areas of concern that the
commenter believes the DoN should consider. All comments, provided in
writing at the scoping meetings, submitted via the DoN website, or
mailed, will be taken into consideration during the development of the
Draft SEIS.
The project website https://www.nepa.navy.mil/northislandCVNs
provides information on the Proposed Action, the NEPA process and
project schedule. Additional opportunities for public comment will
occur after the release of the Draft SEIS. The DoN intends to publish
the Draft SEIS in mid-2024, publish the Final SEIS in spring 2025, and
sign a Record of Decision following the 30-day Final SEIS wait period.
Dated: June 2, 2023.
A.R. Holt,
Lieutenant Commander, Judge Advocate General's Corps, U.S. Navy,
Federal Register Liaison Officer.
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