Department of the Army November 14, 2014 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

The Department of the Army announces the availability of the Finding of No Significant Impact (FNSI) for implementation of force structure realignment to reduce the Army active duty end-strength from 562,000 at the end of Fiscal Year (FY) 2012 to 420,000 by FY 2020. The Supplemental Programmatic Environmental Assessment for Army 2020 Force Structure Realignment (SPEA) supplements the 2013 Programmatic Environmental Assessment (PEA). After reviewing the SPEA and comments received during the public review period, the Deputy Chief of Staff of the Army, G-3/5/7 has signed the FNSI that concluded there will be no significant environmental impacts, other than socioeconomic impacts, likely to result from the implementation of the Proposed Action under the alternative analyzed. Although there could be significant socioeconomic impacts, these alone do not require the preparation of an Environmental Impact Statement; therefore, one will not be prepared. Force restructure decisions reducing the Army active duty end- strength from 562,000 to 490,000 were supported by the 2013 PEA. The SPEA builds on the foundation of the 2013 PEA and assesses the impacts of a potential reduction of an additional 70,000 Soldiers and associated Army civilian employees (Army employees), from the end- strength of 490,000 Soldiers analyzed in the 2013 PEA to an active component end-strength of 420,000. The information in the SPEA will be used to support a series of decisions in the coming years regarding how the force is to be further realigned. An electronic version of the FNSI and SPEA is available for download at: https://aec.army.mil/Services/Support/NEPA/Documents.aspx.