81 FR 12723 - Notice of Availability of Record of Decision for the Final Environmental Impact Statement for Military Readiness Activities at the Fallon Training Range Complex, Nevada

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Navy

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 47 (March 10, 2016)

The Department of the Navy (DoN), after carefully weighing the strategic, operational, and environmental consequences of the proposed action, announces its decision to continue and enhance training activities as identified in Alternative 2 in the Final Environmental Impact Statement for Military Readiness Activities at the Fallon Range Training Complex. This alternative includes a 16 percent increase in existing aviation and ground training activities, the transition to new weapons platforms and systems as they become available to the DoN, and new ground training activities. Implementation of Alternative 2 will enable the DoN to achieve the levels of operational readiness required under section 5062 title 10 U.S.C. without resulting in significant environmental impacts.

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 47 (Thursday, March 10, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 12723]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-05379]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Navy


Notice of Availability of Record of Decision for the Final 
Environmental Impact Statement for Military Readiness Activities at the 
Fallon Training Range Complex, Nevada

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 continue and enhance training 
activities as identified in Alternative 2 in the Final Environmental 
Impact Statement for Military Readiness Activities at the Fallon Range 
Training Complex. This alternative includes a 16 percent increase in 
existing aviation and ground training activities, the transition to new 
weapons platforms and systems as they become available to the DoN, and 
new ground training activities. Implementation of Alternative 2 will 
enable the DoN to achieve the levels of operational readiness required 
under section 5062 title 10 U.S.C. without resulting in significant 
environmental impacts.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The complete text of the Record of Decision 
is available at http://frtceis.com. Single copies of the Record of 
Decision are available upon request by contacting: FRTC EIS Project 
Manager, Naval Facilities Engineering Command Southwest, 1220 Pacific 
Highway, San Diego, California 92132.

    Dated: March 1, 2016.
N.A. Hagerty-Ford,
Commander, Judge Advocate General's Corps, U.S. Navy, Federal Register 
Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 2016-05379 Filed 3-9-16; 8:45 am]
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