Notice2022-13288
Programmatic Environmental Assessment of Multi-Domain Task Force Stationing
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June 22, 2022
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Abstract
The Department of the Army (Army) completed a programmatic environmental assessment (PEA) regarding the impacts of stationing a Multi-Domain Task Force (MDTF) at 13 existing Army garrisons and joint bases, and is encouraging community participation in this process. The Army is making the PEA and a draft finding of no significant impact (FONSI) available for public comment. The PEA determined the environmental and socioeconomic impacts that would result from the Proposed Action would be either less than significant or significant but mitigable at all of the considered locations. The draft FONSI concluded that an environmental impact statement (EIS) is not required. Unless other significant impacts are brought to the Army's attention during public review of the PEA, the Army will finalize the PEA and FONSI and will not prepare an EIS.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 119 (Wednesday, June 22, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37314-37315]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-13288]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Army
Programmatic Environmental Assessment of Multi-Domain Task Force
Stationing
AGENCY: Department of the Army, DoD.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
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SUMMARY: The Department of the Army (Army) completed a programmatic
environmental assessment (PEA) regarding the impacts of stationing a
Multi-Domain Task Force (MDTF) at 13 existing Army garrisons and joint
bases, and is encouraging community participation in this process. The
Army is making the PEA and a draft finding of no significant impact
(FONSI) available for public comment. The PEA determined the
environmental and socioeconomic impacts that would result from the
Proposed Action would be either less than significant or significant
but mitigable at all of the considered locations. The draft FONSI
concluded that an environmental impact statement (EIS) is not required.
Unless other significant impacts are brought to the Army's attention
during public review of the PEA, the Army will
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finalize the PEA and FONSI and will not prepare an EIS.
DATES: Comments must be received by July 22, 2022 to be considered in
the PEA process.
ADDRESSES: Please mail written comments to: U.S. Army Environmental
Command, ATTN: MDTF Public Comments, 2455 Reynolds Road, Mail Stop 112,
JBSA-Fort Sam Houston, TX 78234-7588. You can also email written
comments to: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#67121406150a1e490d051406490e0a04080a4a060204490a051f49090217062706150a1e490a0e0b"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="93e6e0f2e1feeabdf9f1e0f2bdfafef0fcfebef2f6f0bdfef1ebbdfdf6e3f2d3f2e1feeabdfefaff">[email protected]</span></a>, with ``MDTF
Public Comments'' in the subject line.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Cathy Kropp, U.S. Army
Environmental Command Public Affairs Office, by phone at (210) 466-1590
or (210) 488-6061, or by email at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#36434557445b4f185c544557185f5b55595b1b575355185b544e184643545a5f551b5b575f5a54594e7657445b4f185b5f5a"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="d1a4a2b0a3bca8ffbbb3a2b0ffb8bcb2bebcfcb0b4b2ffbcb3a9ffa1a4b3bdb8b2fcbcb0b8bdb3bea991b0a3bca8ffbcb8bd">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Army prepared this PEA in accordance
with: the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) (title 42,
section 4321, U.S. Code); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) NEPA
regulations (title 40, parts 1500 through 1508, Code of Federal
Regulations (CFR)); and the Army regulation implementing NEPA, 32 CFR
part 651.
The purpose of the Proposed Action is to support the Joint Force
(i.e., all U.S. military services)--plus our allies--in the rapid and
continuous integration of all domains of warfare: land, sea, air,
space, and cyberspace. The Army proposes to station MDTFs at Army
garrisons and joint bases so the MDTFs can quickly deploy to any
theater of operations where they are needed.
The PEA and the draft FONSI evaluated the following installations:
Fort Bliss, Texas; Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Fort Campbell, Kentucky;
Fort Carson, Colorado; Fort Drum, New York; Fort Hood, Texas; Fort
Knox, Kentucky; Fort Riley, Kansas; Fort Stewart, Georgia; Joint Base
Lewis-McChord (JBLM), Washington; Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson,
Alaska; U.S. Army Garrison (USAG)-Hawai[revaps]i (Schofield Barracks
and Helemano Military Reservation); and Fort Wainwright, Alaska.
The PEA examined two MDTF alternatives: the full MDTF, which
consists of approximately 3,000 soldiers; and the base MDTF, which
consists of headquarters elements and approximately 400 soldiers. The
PEA looks at only the base MDTF for Garrison (USAG)-Hawai[revaps]i.
The Army initiated temporary MDTF pilot projects at JBLM and at
USAG-Hawai`i. The Army established a temporary, full MDTF configuration
at JBLM and a temporary, base MDTF configuration at USAG-
Hawai[revaps]i.
Although the Army developed MDTF personnel and facility
requirements, MDTF weapon system training doctrine is under development
and is therefore unavailable at this time. The PEA did not analyze any
MDTF training activities. When the Army finalizes its MDTF weapon
system training doctrine, the Army will compare these doctrinal
requirements against other, existing, ongoing training requirements to
determine if a specific installation must conduct additional
environmental analysis before the installation receives an MDTF.
The PEA and the input received during the public comment period
will provide decision-makers with the information necessary to evaluate
the potential environmental and socioeconomic impacts associated with
the Proposed Action.
The PEA analyzed the direct, indirect, and cumulative impacts of
the two Proposed Action Alternatives and the No-Action Alternative on
the following nine resource areas: air quality; biological resources;
cultural resources; soils; land use; socioeconomics; traffic and
transportation; infrastructure and utilities; and water resources. The
PEA concluded the impacts at all assessed installations would be either
less than significant or significant but mitigable. Impacts will be
minimized through avoidance of sensitive resources and through
implementation of environmental protection measures.
When planning how to execute an MDTF stationing decision,
installations will complete a PEA checklist to determine what type of
additional, site-specific NEPA analysis--if any--is required. If an
installation determines the stationing of a particular MDTF will
require additional NEPA analysis (i.e., analysis ``tiered'' from the
PEA), the installation is required to complete the appropriate NEPA
analysis before making any irreversible or irretrievable commitments
related to the stationing action.
Members of the general public, federally recognized Native American
Tribes, Native Alaskan Entities, or Native Hawaiian Organizations, and
federal, state, and local agencies are invited to submit written
comments regarding the PEA and/or the draft FONSI. The PEA and the
draft FONSI can be accessed on the U.S. Army Environmental Command NEPA
Documents page at: <a href="https://aec.army.mil/index.php?cID=352">https://aec.army.mil/index.php?cID=352</a>. If you
cannot access the documents online, please submit a request to: U.S.
Army Environmental Command, ATTN: Public Affairs, 2455 Reynolds Road,
Mail Stop 112, JBSA-Fort Sam Houston, TX 78234-7588. You can also email
a request to: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#c1b4b2a0b3acb8efaba3b2a0efa8aca2aeaceca0a4a2efaca3b9efafa4b1a081a0b3acb8efaca8ad"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="95e0e6f4e7f8ecbbfff7e6f4bbfcf8f6faf8b8f4f0f6bbf8f7edbbfbf0e5f4d5f4e7f8ecbbf8fcf9">[email protected]</span></a>.
James Satterwhite Jr.,
U.S. Army Federal Register Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 2022-13288 Filed 6-21-22; 8:45 am]
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