[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 161 (Tuesday, August 20, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 51176]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-20232]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Air Force


Record of Decision for the Modernization and Enhancement of 
Ranges, Airspace, and Training Areas in the Joint Pacific Alaska Range 
Complex in Alaska

ACTION: Notice of availability (NOA).

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Modernization 
and Enhancement of Ranges, Airspace, and Training Areas in the Joint 
Pacific Alaska Range Complex (JPARC) in Alaska Record of Decision (ROD) 
was signed by the United States Army (Army) on 30 July 2013 and the 
United States Air Force (Air Force) on 6 August 2013.
    The ROD states the Air Force and Army decision on the six 
definitive proposals analyzed in the EIS. These decisions include (1) 
Fox 3 Military Operating Area (MOA) Expansion and Paxon MOA Addition 
(Air Force), (2) Realistic Live Ordnance Delivery (Air Force), (3) 
Battle Area Complex (BAX) Restricted Area Addition (Army), (4) Expand 
Restricted Area R-2205, including the Digital Multi-Purpose Training 
Range (DMPTR) (Army), (5) Night Joint Training (Air Force), and (6) 
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Access (Army).
    The decision was based on relevant factors discussed in the EIS, 
including technical considerations, public review and Tribal and agency 
input. The Final EIS was made available to the public on June 28, 2013 
through a NOA in the Federal Register (Volume 78, Number 125, Page 
38975) with a wait period that ended on July 29, 2013. The ROD 
documents only the six definitive decisions of the Air Force and Army 
with respect to the proposed Air Force and Army actions analyzed in the 
EIS. Decision on programmatic actions analyzed in the EIS could be made 
at a future date.
    Authority: This NOA is published pursuant to the regulations (40 
CFR Part 1506.6) implementing the provisions of the NEPA of 1969 (42 
USC. 4321, et seq.) and the Air Force's Environmental Impact Analysis 
Process (EIAP) (32 CFR 989.21(b) and 989.24(b)(7)) and the Army's 
Environmental Analysis of Army Actions (32 CFR 651.26 and 
651.45(j)(vi)(3)).
    The ROD will be available for download at http://www.jber.af.mil/jparc.asp.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Captain Tania Bryan, Alaskan Command 
Public Affairs, 9480 Pease Avenue, Suite 120, JBER, AK 99506, (907) 
552-2341, [email protected].

Henry Williams Jr,
Acting Air Force Federal Register Officer.
[FR Doc. 2013-20232 Filed 8-19-13; 8:45 am]
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