[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 110 (Wednesday, June 8, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33270-33271]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-14066]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Navy
Cancellation of the Notice of Intent To Prepare a Programmatic
Environmental Impact Statement for the Proposed Geothermal Development
Program, Naval Air Facility El Centro, Imperial County, CA
AGENCY: Department of the Navy, DoD.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Department of the Navy (DoN) announces the cancellation of
its Notice of Intent to prepare a Programmatic Environmental Impact
Statement (PEIS) for the proposed Geothermal Development Program, Naval
Air Facility El Centro, Imperial County, CA, as published in the
Federal Register, May 5, 2008 (73 FR 87). It has been determined that
preparation of a PEIS is not appropriate at this time when considering
the current project scale and stage of geothermal energy development at
Superstition Mountain on Naval Air Facility El Centro. The DoN will
develop an internal document known as an environmental and operational
feasibility study. This internal document will analyze the
environmental and operational framework within which a geothermal
development may proceed and will provide the DoN with information
required to determine the DoN's geothermal energy program needs at
Naval Air Facility El Centro. Should geothermal development be
indicated as feasible and a project to be developed, the appropriate
level of National Environmental Policy Act analysis and process will be
performed.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Steven Bjornstad, United States Navy
Geothermal Program Office (PW-8), Naval Air Weapons Station, 429 East
Bowen Road, Mail Stop 4011, China Lake, CA 93555-6108, telephone: 760-
939-4048, e-mail: [email protected].
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Dated: June 1, 2011.
D. J. Werner,
Lieutenant Commander, Judge Advocate General's Corps, U.S. Navy,
Federal Register Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 2011-14066 Filed 6-7-11; 8:45 am]
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