[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 8 (Friday, January 11, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2378-2379]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-00427]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Navy
Reopening of Public Comment Period for the Draft Environmental
Impact Statement/Legislative Environmental Impact Statement for Renewal
of Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake Public Land Withdrawal,
California
AGENCY: Department of the Navy, DoD.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: Pursuant to Section 102(2)(c) of the National Environmental
Policy Act of 1969 and regulations implemented by the Council on
Environmental Quality (40 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) parts 1500-
1508), and in accordance with the requirements of the California
Military Lands Withdrawal and Overflights Act of 1994 (Pub. L. 103-433,
part of the California Desert Protection Act), the Department of the
Navy (DoN) prepared and filed with the U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)/Legislative
Environmental Impact Statement (LEIS) for renewal of the Naval Air
Weapons Station China Lake public land withdrawal. A Notice of
Availability for the Draft EIS/LEIS was published in the Federal
Register on August 10, 2012 (77 FR 47839). The public review period for
the Draft EIS/LEIS ended on November 8, 2012. This notice announces the
availability of additional reference materials and the
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reopening of the public comment period until February 11, 2013.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: With the publication of a Notice of Public
Meetings in the Federal Register on August 17, 2012 (77 FR 49784), the
DoN and its cooperating agency, the Bureau of Land Management,
initiated a 90-day public comment period and held three public open
house meetings to receive oral and written comments on the Draft EIS/
LEIS and the proposed renewal of the public land withdrawal. The 90-day
public comment period ended on November 8, 2012. Public comments
received by the DoN during the public comment period indicated that
certain key reference materials supporting the environmental impact
analysis within the Draft EIS/LEIS were not made available to the
public. This notice announces the reopening of the public comment
period until February 11, 2013. During this re-opened public comment
period, the Draft EIS/LEIS and the additional key reference materials
are available for public review at the following libraries:
1. Ridgecrest Public Library, 131 East Las Flores Avenue,
Ridgecrest, California 93555.
2. Trona Branch Library, 82805 Mount View, Trona, California 93562.
3. Lone Pine Branch Library, 127 Bush Street, Lone Pine, California
93545.
4. Barstow Branch Library, 304 East Buena Vista Street, Barstow,
California 92311.
5. Mojave Public Library, 16916-1/2 State Highway 14, Space D2,
Mojave, California 93501.
6. Lancaster Public Library, 601 West Lancaster Boulevard,
Lancaster, California 93534.
A paper copy of the Executive Summary or a single compact disc of
the Draft EIS/LEIS and additional key reference materials will be made
available upon written request.
Federal, state and local agencies and officials, and interested
groups and individuals are encouraged to review the key reference
documents and provide written comments to the mailing address or
through the project web site, both identified immediately below. All
comments, whether written or submitted through the project web site
during the re-opened public comment period, will become part of the
public record on the Draft EIS/LEIS and be considered in preparing the
Final EIS/LEIS.
ADDRESSES: Comments may be submitted in writing anytime during the re-
opened public comment period to: Naval Facilities Engineering Command,
Southwest, ATTN: NAWSCL Land Withdrawal Renewal EIS/LEIS Project
Manager (Mr. Gene Beale), 1220 Pacific Highway, San Diego, California
92132-5190; [email protected]. In addition, comments may be submitted
through the project Web site: http://www.chinalakeleis.com.
Dated: January 8, 2013.
C.K. Chiappetta,
Lieutenant Commander, Office of the Judge Advocate General, U.S. Navy,
Federal Register Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 2013-00427 Filed 1-10-13; 8:45 am]
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