Notice of Availability of Record of Decision for the Gulf of Alaska Navy Training Activities Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement/Overseas Environmental Impact Statement
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The United States DoN, after carefully weighing the strategic, operational, and environmental consequences of the Proposed Action (Gulf of Alaska Navy Training Activities Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement/Overseas Environmental Impact Statement [EIS/OEIS], published in the Federal Register on September 2, 2022), is announcing its decision to continue periodic military training activities within the Gulf of Alaska Temporary Maritime Activities Area and Western Maneuver Area, collectively referred to as the Gulf of Alaska Study Area, as identified in Alternative 1, the DoN's Preferred Alternative, in the Gulf of Alaska Navy Training Activities Final Supplemental EIS/OEIS.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 2 (Wednesday, January 4, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 348-349]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-28429]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Navy
Notice of Availability of Record of Decision for the Gulf of
Alaska Navy Training Activities Supplemental Environmental Impact
Statement/Overseas Environmental Impact Statement
AGENCY: Department of the Navy (DoN), Department of Defense (DoD).
ACTION: Notice of availability.
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SUMMARY: The United States DoN, after carefully weighing the strategic,
operational, and environmental consequences of the Proposed Action
(Gulf of Alaska Navy Training Activities Final Supplemental
Environmental Impact Statement/Overseas Environmental Impact Statement
[EIS/OEIS], published in the Federal Register on September 2, 2022), is
announcing its decision to continue periodic military training
activities within the Gulf of Alaska Temporary Maritime Activities Area
and Western Maneuver Area, collectively referred to as the Gulf of
Alaska Study Area, as identified in Alternative 1, the DoN's Preferred
Alternative, in the Gulf of Alaska Navy Training Activities Final
Supplemental EIS/OEIS.
ADDRESSES: The complete text of the Record of Decision (ROD) is
available on the project website at <a href="http://www.GOAEIS.com">www.GOAEIS.com</a>, along with the
September 2022 Final Supplemental EIS/OEIS and supporting documents.
Printed copies of the Final Supplemental EIS/OEIS and ROD are also
available for viewing at the Alaska
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State (Juneau), Copper Valley Community (Glennallen), Cordova, Homer,
Kodiak, Seward Community, University of Alaska Fairbanks/Elmer E.
Rasmuson, and Z.J. Loussac (Anchorage) libraries. Single copies of the
ROD are available upon request by contacting: Naval Facilities
Engineering Systems Command Northwest, Attention: GOA Supplemental EIS/
OEIS Project Manager, 1101 Tautog Circle, Suite 203, Silverdale, WA
98315-1101.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Implementation of Alternative 1, the
Preferred Alternative, will allow the DoN to fully meet current and
future requirements in the Gulf of Alaska Study Area. Training
activities include the use of active sound navigation and ranging,
known as sonar, in the Temporary Maritime Activities Area and weapon
systems at sea that may use non-explosive or explosive munitions.
Training will be conducted in the manner and at the intensity as
described in Alternative 1. Implementation of this Preferred
Alternative will enable the DoN and other U.S. military services to
best meet their respective missions. The DoN's mission, under Title 10
United States Code Section 8062, is to maintain, train, and equip
combat-ready military forces capable of winning wars, deterring
aggression, and maintaining freedom of the seas. The DoN will continue
to implement standard operating procedures and mitigation measures,
including the implementation of a new mitigation area within the
continental shelf and slope of the Temporary Maritime Activities Area,
and adhere to management plans and monitoring requirements to avoid or
reduce potential environmental impacts during training activities.
Dated: December 27, 2022.
A.R. Holt,
Lieutenant Commander Judge Advocate General's Corps, U.S. Navy, Federal
Register Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 2022-28429 Filed 1-3-23; 8:45 am]
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