[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 147 (Friday, July 31, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 45647]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-18858]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Navy
Extension of Public Comment Period for the Draft Environmental
Impact Statement/Overseas Environmental Impact Statement for
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Joint Military Training
AGENCY: Department of the Navy, Department of Defense.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: On April 03, 2015, the Department of Navy (DoN) published a
Notice of Availability and Notice of Public Meetings for the Draft
Environmental Impact Statement/Overseas Environmental Impact Statement
for Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Joint Military
Training. A notice extending the public comment period by 60 days was
published on May 14, 2015. The purpose of this notice is to announce an
additional 14-day extension of the public comment period to August 17,
2015 Eastern Daylight Time (E.D.T.) [August 18, 2015, Chamorro Standard
Time (ChST)]. This extension is made in recognition of the
communications disruptions in the CNMI caused by the damage to the
undersea cable between Guam and Saipan.
DATES: The public comment period for the Draft EIS began on April 03,
2015, EDT [April 04, 2015, ChST) with the publication of the Notice of
Availability in the Federal Register by the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, and with this extension, will end on August 17,
2015, EDT [August 18, 2015, ChST] for a total of 134 days. Mailed
comments should be postmarked no later than August 17, 2015, EDT
[August 18, 2015, ChST] to ensure they are considered.
ADDRESSES: The public may provide comments through the project Web site
at www.CNMIJointMilitaryTrainingEIS.com, or by mail at: Naval
Facilities Engineering Command, Pacific, Attn: 09PA, Public Affairs
Office, 258 Makalapa Drive, Suite 100, JBPHH, HI 96860-3134.
The Draft EIS/OEIS was distributed to federal and local agencies,
elected officials, and other interested individuals and organizations.
The Draft EIS/OEIS is available for public review at
www.CNMIJointMilitaryTrainingEIS.com, and at the following libraries:
(1) Joeten Kiyu Public Library, Saipan; (2) Northern Marianas
College Olympio T. Borja Memorial Library, Saipan; (3) Tinian Public
Library, Tinian; (4) Antonio C. Atalig Memorial Rota Public Library,
Rota; (5) University of Guam Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Library, Guam;
(6) Nieves M. Flores Memorial Library, Guam.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On April 03, 2015, the Department of Navy
(DoN) published a Notice of Availability and Notice of Public Meetings
for the Draft Environmental Impact Statement/Overseas Environmental
Impact Statement for Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Joint
Military Training (80 FR 18385, April 03, 2015). A notice extending the
public comment period by 60 days was published on May 14, 2015 (80 FR
27678). The purpose of this notice is to announce an additional 14-day
extension of the public comment period to August 17, 2015 Eastern
Daylight Time (E.D.T.) [August 18, 2015, Chamorro Standard Time
(ChST)]. This extension is made in recognition of the communications
disruptions in the CNMI caused by the damage to the undersea cable
between Guam and Saipan.
The DoN's proposed action is to establish live-fire Range Training
Areas (RTAs) within the CNMI to address the U.S. Pacific Command
Service Components' unfilled unit level and combined level training
requirements in the Western Pacific. The DoN recognizes that public
comments are an essential part of the National Environmental Policy Act
(NEPA) process. Accordingly, the DoN established a 60-day public
comment period in lieu of the minimum 45-day period required by NEPA
implementing regulations. A notice extending the public comment period
by 60 days was published on May 14, 2015 (80 FR 27678). Due to a break
in an undersea cable and associated communications disruptions in the
CNMI, the DoN is further extending the Draft EIS public comment period
by 14 days to August 17, 2015, EDT [August 18, 2015, ChST] for a total
of 134 days.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: CNMI Joint Military Training EIS/OEIS
Project Manager by email via the project Web site
(www.CNMIJointMilitaryTrainingEIS.com).
Dated: July 27, 2015.
N.A. Hagerty-Ford,
Commander, Judge Advocate General's Corps, U.S. Navy, Federal Register
Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 2015-18858 Filed 7-30-15; 8:45 am]
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