95-10893. Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) for the Joint Primary Aircraft Training System

[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 85 (Wednesday, May 3, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 21793]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-10893]



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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Air Force


Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) for the Joint Primary 
Aircraft Training System

    Pursuant to the Council on Environmental Quality regulations (40 
CFR 1500-1508) implementing the procedural provisions of the National 
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and Department of Defense Instruction 
5000.2, Defense Acquisition Management Policy and Procedures, the U.S. 
Air Force gives notice that an Environmental Assessment (EA) and draft 
FONSI has been prepared to support the decision to proceed to 
Manufacturing Development of the Joint Primary Aircraft Training System 
(JPATS) and is available for review.
    The JPATS is proposed to replace the two primary training aircraft 
and ground-based training systems used by the U.S. air Force (USAF) and 
the U.S. Navy (USN) with one commercial-derivative aircraft. The 
proposed action includes the missionization, testing, and low-rate 
production of 55 aircraft meeting the technical requirements of the 
USAF and the USN over the next four years. The aircraft procured 
aircraft would more closely resemble the more advanced training and 
fighter aircraft used by the USAF and the USN with respect to design 
and equipment. The aircraft would also offer better performance and 
improvements in safety, reliability, and maintainability compared to 
the current aircraft over a 20-year life of the program.
    This assessment analyzes the potential environmental impacts of the 
decision to proceed with JPATS into the Manufacturing Development 
phase. Additionally, the EA provides an initial overview of impacts 
associated with future decisions which could lead to the production of 
656 additional aircraft, beddown and operations at 9 Air Force Bases 
and Naval Air Stations, and eventual system disposal.
    For further information and/or a copy of the EA and draft FONSI, 
please contact: Lt Col Frank Szalejko, JPATS Program Manager, ASC/YT, 
Wright Patterson AFB, OH 45430, Phone: [phone].
Patsy J. Conner,
Air Force Federal Register Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 95-10893 Filed 5-2-95; 8:45 am]
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