[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 244 (Monday, December 21, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 70416]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-33657]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[NV-030-1610-00]
Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement on
the Fallon Range Training Complex Requirements Document for the U.S.
Navy Fallon Range Training Complex, Fallon, Nevada
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Carson City Field Office U.S. Naval
Air Station Fallon, Nevada.
ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an environmental impact statement
(EIS) on the U.S. Navy Fallon Range Training Complex Requirements
Document; and notice of scoping period and public meetings.
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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Carson City Field Office
and the U.S. Navy Fallon Range Training Complex (Navy) will jointly
direct the preparation of an EIS to be produced by a third-party
contractor on the impacts (direct, indirect, and cumulative) from
required Navy training on public and Navy-owned lands in central
Nevada. The BLM and the Navy invite comments on the scope of the
analysis.
EFFECTIVE DATES: Four public scoping meetings will be held in January,
1999 to allow the public an opportunity to identify issues and concerns
to be addressed in the EIS. Representatives of the BLM and the Navy
will be available to answer questions about the Fallon Range Training
Complex Requirements Document and the EIS process. Comments will be
accepted until February 5, 1999.
The scheduled public meetings are:
Eureka, NV (7:00-9:00 p.m.)--January 20, 1999, Eureka Opera House
Austin, NV (7:00-9:00 p.m.)--January 21, 1999, Austin High School
Fallon, NV (7:00-9:00 p.m.)--January 27, 1999, Fallon Convention
Center, 100 Campus Way, Fallon, NV
Reno, NV (7:00-9:00 p.m.)--January 28, 1999, BLM Nevada State Office,
1340 Financial Blvd., Reno, NV
A Draft EIS (DEIS) is expected to be completed by April, 1999 and
made available for public review and comment. At that time a Notice of
Availablity (NOA) of the DEIS will be published in the Federal
Register. The comment period on the DEIS will be 60 days from the date
the NOA is published.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Scoping comments may be sent to: Field
Manager, Bureau of Land Management, 5665 Morgan Mill Road, Carson City,
NV 89701. ATTN: Navy EIS Project Manager.
For additional information, write to the above address or call
Terri Knutson (BLM) at (702) 885-6156 or Sam Dennis (Navy) at (650)
244-3007.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Navy has submitted the Fallon Range
Training Complex Requirements Document for the update, consolidation,
and analysis of all Navy training requirements on public and Navy-owned
lands in central Nevada. The Navy requirements document includes:
Electronic Warfare, Airspace, Target Complex (Bravo-17, Bravo-19,
Bravo-20), Tracking/Communications, and Land Training.
The EIS will address issues brought forth through scoping comments
and will be evaluated by an interdisciplinary team of specialists. A
range of alternatives and mitigating measures will be considered to
evaluate and minimize environmental impacts and to assure that the
proposed action does not result in undue or unnecessary degradation of
public lands.
Federal, state, and local agencies and other individuals or
organizations who may be interested in or affected by the BLM/Navy
decision on the Fallon Range Training Complex Requirements Document are
invited to participate in the scoping process with respect to this
environmental analysis. These entities and individuals are also invited
to submit comments on the DEIS.
It is important that those interested in the Navy activities
participate in the scoping and commenting processes. To be most
helpful, comments should be as specific as possible.
The project schedule is as follows:
Begin Public Comment Period--December, 1999
Issue Draft EIS--April, 1999
Issue Final EIS--July, 1999
Issue Record of Decision--September, 1999
End 30-day Appeal Period/Implementation--October, 1999
The BLM/Navy's scoping process for the EIS will include: (1)
Identification of issues to be addressed; (2) Identification of viable
alternatives; (3) Notification of interested groups, individuals, and
agencies so that additional information concerning these issues, or
other issues, can be obtained.
Dated: December 10, 1998.
Karl Kipping,
Associate Manager, Carson City Field Office.
[FR Doc. 98-33657 Filed 12-18-98; 8:45 am]
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