[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 26 (Tuesday, February 9, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6843-6844]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-02512]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Navy


Notice of Availability of Record of Decision for the Final 
Environmental Impact Statement/Legislative Environmental Impact 
Statement for Renewal of the Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake 
Public Land Withdrawal, California

AGENCY: Department of the Navy, DoD.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Department of the Navy (DoN), after carefully weighing the 
strategic, operational, and environmental consequences of the proposed 
action, announces its decision to both accommodate future military 
operational increases and implement

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and complete a revised Comprehensive Land Use Management Plan (CLUMP) 
at Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake (NAWSCL), California as set out 
in Alternative 1 of the Final Environmental Impact Statement/
Legislative Environmental Impact Statement (Final EIS/LEIS) for Renewal 
of Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake Public Land Withdrawal. 
Implementation of this alternative includes Congressional renewal of 
the public land withdrawal (25-year renewal), accommodation of an 
increase in Research, Development, Acquisition, Test, and Evaluation 
and training tempo (up to 25 percent) within current land use areas 
approved for designated uses, expansion of unmanned aerial and surface 
systems, and expansion of existing and introduction of evolving 
directed energy weapons development. Nonmilitary activities would 
continue according to current patterns of use. Proposed land use 
changes would be accommodated in accordance with the CLUMP and 
applicable NAWSCL approval processes. Natural and cultural resources 
would continue to be conserved with implementation of the CLUMP 
management process.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The complete text of the Record of Decision 
is available at http://www.chinalakeeis.com. Single copies of the 
Record of Decision are available upon request by contacting: Naval 
Facilities Engineering Command Southwest, Attn: Teresa Bresler, 1220 
Pacific Highway, San Diego, CA 92132.

    Dated: February 3, 2016.
N.A. Hagerty-Ford,
Commander, Judge Advocate General's Corps, U.S. Navy, Federal Register 
Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 2016-02512 Filed 2-8-16; 8:45 am]
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