81_FR_59086 81 FR 58920 - Notice of Availability of a Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement/Supplemental Overseas Environmental Impact Statement for Surveillance Towed Array Sensor System Low Frequency Active (SURTASS LFA) Sonar

81 FR 58920 - Notice of Availability of a Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement/Supplemental Overseas Environmental Impact Statement for Surveillance Towed Array Sensor System Low Frequency Active (SURTASS LFA) Sonar

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Navy

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 166 (August 26, 2016)

Page Range58920-58921
FR Document2016-20500

Pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act as implemented by the Council on Environmental Quality regulations (40 CFR parts 1500-1508) and Executive Order 12114, the United States Department of the Navy (Navy) has prepared and filed with the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) a Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement/Supplemental Overseas Environmental Impact Statement (Draft SEIS/SOEIS) for employment of SURTASS LFA sonar.

Federal Register, Volume 81 Issue 166 (Friday, August 26, 2016) 
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 166 (Friday, August 26, 2016)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-20500]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Navy


Notice of Availability of a Draft Supplemental Environmental 
Impact Statement/Supplemental Overseas Environmental Impact Statement 
for Surveillance Towed Array Sensor System Low Frequency Active 
(SURTASS LFA) Sonar

AGENCY: Department of the Navy, DoD.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act as 
implemented by the Council on Environmental Quality regulations (40 CFR 
parts 1500-1508) and Executive Order 12114, the United States 
Department of the Navy (Navy) has prepared and filed with the United 
States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) a Draft Supplemental 
Environmental Impact Statement/Supplemental Overseas Environmental 
Impact Statement (Draft SEIS/SOEIS) for employment of SURTASS LFA 
sonar.

DATES AND ADDRESSES:  The public comment period for the SURTASS LFA 
sonar Draft SEIS/SOEIS will be open for 45 days, from August 26 to 
October 11, 2016. The Final SEIS/SOEIS is expected to be completed by 
June 2017. Written comments on the SURTASS LFA sonar Draft SEIS/SOEIS 
may be submitted by mail to: SURTASS LFA sonar SEIS/SOEIS Program 
Manager, 4350 Fairfax Drive, Suite 600, Arlington, VA 22203-1632, or by 
Email: lfa-eis.com">eisteam@surtass-lfa-eis.com. The Draft SEIS/SOEIS is available 
for download via the project Web site: lfa-eis.com">http://www.surtass-lfa-eis.com. 
Comments must be postmarked or received by October 11, 2016, to ensure 
they are considered in the Final SEIS/SOEIS.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: SURTASS LFA sonar SEIS/SOEIS Program 
Manager, 4350 Fairfax Drive, Suite 600, Arlington, VA 22203-1632, 
Email: lfa-eis.com">eisteam@surtass-lfa-eis.com.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In continuance of the Navy's commitment to 
responsible stewardship of the marine environment and building upon 
analyses and information included in the Navy's 2001 Final Overseas 
Environmental Impact Statement/Environmental Impact Statement (OEIS/
EIS) published in the Federal Register on January 26, 2001 (66 FR 
8788), 2007 Final Supplemental EIS (SEIS) published in the Federal 
Register on May 4, 2007 (72 FR 25302), 2012 Final SEIS/SOEIS published 
in the Federal Register on June 8, 2012 (77 FR 34041), and 2015 Final 
SEIS/SOEIS published in the Federal Register on January 30, 2015 (80 FR 
5109), the Navy has prepared a comprehensive assessment of the 
potential environmental impacts associated with continued employment of 
SURTASS LFA sonar systems. Hereafter, ``SURTASS LFA sonar systems'' is 
inclusive of both the LFA and Compact LFA sonar systems, each having 
similar acoustic transmission characteristics.
    The Navy proposes to continue employing up to four SURTASS LFA 
sonar systems onboard up to four Navy surveillance ships for routine 
training, testing, and military operations in the Pacific, Atlantic, 
and Indian oceans and the Mediterranean Sea, including certain 
geographic limitations on

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operation of SURTASS LFA sonar and implementation of mitigation and 
monitoring measures. The Draft SEIS/SOEIS evaluates the environmental 
impacts associated with two action alternatives and a No-Action 
Alternative. The primary difference between the action alternatives is 
that the Navy's preferred alternative reduces the annual permitted 
allowance of LFA sonar transmissions from 432 hours (Alternative 1) to 
255 hours (Alternative 2) per ship. The Draft SEIS/SOEIS and associated 
analyses will also be used to support consultations associated with 
required regulatory permits and authorizations effective in 2017.
    The Draft SEIS/SOEIS was distributed to appropriate federal, state, 
and local agencies and organizations, Native Alaskan and Native Tribal 
governments and organizations, and other interested parties. The Draft 
SEIS/SOEIS is available for public viewing and downloading at the 
following project Web site: lfa-eis.com">http://www.surtass-lfa-eis.com. Compact 
disc copies of the Draft SEIS/SOEIS are available upon request from: 
SURTASS LFA Sonar SEIS/SOEIS Program Manager, 4350 Fairfax Drive, Suite 
600, Arlington, VA 22203-1632, Email: lfa-eis.com">eisteam@surtass-lfa-eis.com. 
Compact discs of the Draft SEIS/OEIS are available for public review at 
the following public libraries:

    1. Jacksonville Public Library, 303 N. Laura Street, 
Jacksonville, FL 32202;
    2. Camden County Public Library, 1410 Hwy 40 E, Kingsland, GA 
31548;
    3. Ben May Main Library, 701 Government Street, Mobile, AL 
36602;
    4. Meridian-Lauderdale County Public Library, 2517 7th Street, 
Meridian, MS 39301;
    5. New Orleans Public Library, 219 Loyola Avenue, New Orleans, 
LA 70112;
    6. Houston Public Library, 500 McKinney Street, Houston, TX 
77002;
    7. New Hanover County Public Library, 201 Chestnut Street, 
Wilmington, NC 28401;
    8. Anne Arundel County Public Library, 1410 West Street, 
Annapolis, MD 21401;
    9. Charleston County Public Library, 68 Calhoun Street, 
Charleston, SC 29401;
    10. Mary D. Pretlow Anchor Branch Library, 111 W. Ocean View 
Avenue, Norfolk, VA 23503;
    11. Portland Public Library, 5 Monument Square, Portland, ME 
04101;
    12. Providence Public Library, 150 Empire Street, Providence, RI 
02903;
    13. Boston Public Library, 700 Boylston Street, Boston, MA 
02116;
    14. The Seattle Public Library, 1000 Fourth Avenue, Seattle, WA 
98104;
    15. Los Angeles Public Library, 630 W. 5th Street, Los Angeles, 
CA 90071;
    16. San Francisco Public Library, 100 Larkin Street, San 
Francisco, CA 94102;
    17. Oregon State University, 250 Winter Street NE., Salem, OR 
97301;
    18. Alaska Resources Library and Information Services, 3211 
Providence Drive, Anchorage, AK 99508;
    19. Hawaii State Library, 478 South King Street, Honolulu, HI 
96813;
    20. Nieves M. Flores Memorial Public Library, 254 Martyr Street, 
Hag[aring]t[ntilde]a, Guam 96910; and
    21. The Feleti Barstow Public Library, Pago Pago, American 
Samoa, 96799.

    Written comments on the Draft SEIS/SOEIS can be submitted by mail: 
SURTASS LFA Sonar SEIS/SOEIS Program Manager, 4350 Fairfax Drive, Suite 
600, Arlington, VA 22203-1632, or by Email: lfa-eis.com">eisteam@surtass-lfa-eis.com. All written comments must be postmarked by October 11, 2016 to 
ensure that they become part of the official record. All timely 
comments will be addressed in the Final SEIS/SOEIS. No public hearings 
or meetings will be held.

    Dated: August 18, 2016.
C. Pan,
Lieutenant, Judge Advocate General's Corps, U.S. Navy, Alternate 
Federal Register Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 2016-20500 Filed 8-25-16; 8:45 am]
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58920 Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 166 / Friday, August 26, 2016 / Notices federal land to expand existing land Community Center, 1301 Valley Road, Order 12114, the United States ranges; expansion of associated SUA, as Reno, NV 89512. Department of the Navy (Navy) has well as reconfiguration of existing 4. Wednesday, October 5, 2016, 5:00 prepared and filed with the United airspace; and modification of range p.m. to 7:00 p.m., Emma Nevada Town States Environmental Protection Agency infrastructure to support expansion and Hall, 135 Court Street, Austin, NV (USEPA) a Draft Supplemental modernization. The aviation and ground 89310. Environmental Impact Statement/ training to be conducted in the 5. Thursday, October 6, 2016, 5:00 Supplemental Overseas Environmental modernized FRTC would be of the same p.m. to 7:00 p.m., Eureka Elementary Impact Statement (Draft SEIS/SOEIS) for general types and at the same tempos as School Multi-Purpose Room, 431 employment of SURTASS LFA sonar. analyzed by PACFLT in Alternative 2 of McCoy Street, Eureka, NV 89316. DATES AND ADDRESSES: The public the Final EIS for Military Readiness 6. Friday, October 7, 2016, 11:00 a.m. comment period for the SURTASS LFA Activities at Fallon Range Training to 1:00 p.m., Hawthorne Convention sonar Draft SEIS/SOEIS will be open for Complex, Nevada (December 2015). Center, 950 E Street, Hawthorne, NV 45 days, from August 26 to October 11, Specific details concerning the 89415. 2016. The Final SEIS/SOEIS is expected proposed land expansion and SUA 7. Friday, October 7, 2016, 5:00 p.m. to be completed by June 2017. Written reconfiguration may be found on the to 7:00 p.m., Gabbs School Gymnasium, comments on the SURTASS LFA sonar project Web site at 511 E Avenue, Gabbs, NV 89409. Draft SEIS/SOEIS may be submitted by www.FRTCModernization.com. Each of the seven information mail to: SURTASS LFA sonar SEIS/ The EIS will also assess the potential sessions will begin with a brief SOEIS Program Manager, 4350 Fairfax environmental effects of the no action presentation about the project, followed Drive, Suite 600, Arlington, VA 22203– alternative. Under the no action by an open house with information 1632, or by Email: eisteam@surtass-lfa- alternative, there would be no renewal stations staffed by PACFLT and DoN eis.com. The Draft SEIS/SOEIS is of the existing land withdrawal, which representatives. Additional information available for download via the project expires on November 6, 2021, and there concerning each open house, as well as Web site: http://www.surtass-lfa- would be no range expansion, airspace further project information, is available eis.com. Comments must be postmarked changes, or modification of range on the EIS Web page: http:// or received by October 11, 2016, to infrastructure. As a result, the DoN www.FRTCModernization.com. ensure they are considered in the Final would reassess the military mission of All comments, provided orally or in SEIS/SOEIS. NAS Fallon and the FRTC. writing at the scoping meetings, or FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: In addition to the proposed action and submitted via the project Web site or the the no action alternative, the EIS will SURTASS LFA sonar SEIS/SOEIS U.S. Postal Service will be taken into Program Manager, 4350 Fairfax Drive, also assess the potential environmental consideration during EIS preparation. effects of other action alternatives. Suite 600, Arlington, VA 22203–1632, All comments must be postmarked or Email: eisteam@surtass-lfa-eis.com. Public comments submitted during the received online no later than November scoping process will inform PACFLT’s SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 25, 2016. Comments should be mailed development of other action alternatives continuance of the Navy’s commitment to: Naval Facilities Engineering for analysis in the EIS. to responsible stewardship of the Command Southwest; Attention: Amy Federal agencies, state agencies, local marine environment and building upon P. Kelley, Code EV21.AK; 1220 Pacific agencies, Native American Tribes and analyses and information included in Highway; Building 1, 5th Floor; San Nations, and interested persons are the Navy’s 2001 Final Overseas Diego, California 92132. encouraged to provide comments to Environmental Impact Statement/ PACFLT to identify specific community Dated: August 18, 2016. Environmental Impact Statement (OEIS/ interests, issues, or topics of C. Pan, EIS) published in the Federal Register environmental concern that PACFLT Lieutenant, Judge Advocate General’s Corps, on January 26, 2001 (66 FR 8788), 2007 should consider in the EIS. Resource U.S. Navy, Alternate Federal Register Liaison Final Supplemental EIS (SEIS) areas to be addressed in the EIS will Officer. published in the Federal Register on include soils; air quality/climate; water [FR Doc. 2016–20502 Filed 8–25–16; 8:45 am] May 4, 2007 (72 FR 25302), 2012 Final quality; airborne noise; biological BILLING CODE 3810–FF–P SEIS/SOEIS published in the Federal resources; land use and recreation; Register on June 8, 2012 (77 FR 34041), socioeconomics, environmental justice, and 2015 Final SEIS/SOEIS published and the protection of children; DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE in the Federal Register on January 30, transportation; cultural resources; 2015 (80 FR 5109), the Navy has Department of the Navy prepared a comprehensive assessment Native American traditional resources; and public health and safety. of the potential environmental impacts Notice of Availability of a Draft The public scoping process starts with associated with continued employment Supplemental Environmental Impact the publication of this Notice of Intent. of SURTASS LFA sonar systems. Statement/Supplemental Overseas Seven open house information sessions Hereafter, ‘‘SURTASS LFA sonar Environmental Impact Statement for are scheduled to receive oral or written systems’’ is inclusive of both the LFA Surveillance Towed Array Sensor comments on issues to be addressed in and Compact LFA sonar systems, each System Low Frequency Active the EIS: having similar acoustic transmission (SURTASS LFA) Sonar 1. Monday, October 3, 2016, 3:00 p.m. characteristics. The Navy proposes to continue mstockstill on DSK3G9T082PROD with NOTICES to 7:00 p.m., Fallon Convention Center, AGENCY: Department of the Navy, DoD. 100 Campus Way, Fallon, NV 89406. ACTION: Notice. employing up to four SURTASS LFA 2. Tuesday, October 4, 2016, 11:00 sonar systems onboard up to four Navy a.m. to 1:00 p.m., Pershing County SUMMARY: Pursuant to the National surveillance ships for routine training, Community Center, 820 6th Street, Environmental Policy Act as testing, and military operations in the Lovelock, NV 89419. implemented by the Council on Pacific, Atlantic, and Indian oceans and 3. Tuesday, October 4, 2016, 5:00 p.m. Environmental Quality regulations (40 the Mediterranean Sea, including to 7:00 p.m., Evelyn Mount Northeast CFR parts 1500–1508) and Executive certain geographic limitations on VerDate Sep<11>2014 21:17 Aug 25, 2016 Jkt 238001 PO 00000 Frm 00019 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\26AUN1.SGM 26AUN1

Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 166 / Friday, August 26, 2016 / Notices 58921 operation of SURTASS LFA sonar and 18. Alaska Resources Library and environmental impacts from activities implementation of mitigation and Information Services, 3211 Providence Drive, associated with the transportation to monitoring measures. The Draft SEIS/ Anchorage, AK 99508; and disposition of depleted uranium 19. Hawaii State Library, 478 South King SOEIS evaluates the environmental oxide at three proposed disposition Street, Honolulu, HI 96813; impacts associated with two action 20. Nieves M. Flores Memorial Public location alternatives: the DOE-owned alternatives and a No-Action Library, 254 Martyr Street, Hagåtña, Guam low-level radioactive waste disposal Alternative. The primary difference 96910; and facility at the Nevada National Security between the action alternatives is that 21. The Feleti Barstow Public Library, Pago Site (NNSS) in Nye County, Nevada; the the Navy’s preferred alternative reduces Pago, American Samoa, 96799. EnergySolutions, LLC (formerly known the annual permitted allowance of LFA Written comments on the Draft SEIS/ as Envirocare of Utah, Inc.) low-level sonar transmissions from 432 hours SOEIS can be submitted by mail: waste disposal facility in Clive, Utah; (Alternative 1) to 255 hours (Alternative SURTASS LFA Sonar SEIS/SOEIS and the newly identified location at the 2) per ship. The Draft SEIS/SOEIS and Program Manager, 4350 Fairfax Drive, Waste Control Specialists, LLC (WCS) associated analyses will also be used to Suite 600, Arlington, VA 22203–1632, low-level waste disposal facility in support consultations associated with or by Email: eisteam@surtass-lfa- Andrews, Texas. required regulatory permits and eis.com. All written comments must be ADDRESSES: Questions concerning the authorizations effective in 2017. postmarked by October 11, 2016 to project or requests to be placed on the The Draft SEIS/SOEIS was distributed ensure that they become part of the document distribution list can be sent to appropriate federal, state, and local official record. All timely comments to: Ms. Jaffet Ferrer-Torres, National agencies and organizations, Native will be addressed in the Final SEIS/ Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Alaskan and Native Tribal governments SOEIS. No public hearings or meetings Document Manager, Office of and organizations, and other interested will be held. Environmental Management, U.S. parties. The Draft SEIS/SOEIS is Dated: August 18, 2016. Department of Energy, EM–4.22, 1000 available for public viewing and Independence Avenue SW., C. Pan, downloading at the following project Washington, DC 20585; or to DUF6_ Lieutenant, Judge Advocate General’s Corps, Web site: http://www.surtass-lfa- NEPA@em.doe.gov. Additional U.S. Navy, Alternate Federal Register Liaison eis.com. Compact disc copies of the Officer. information regarding the SEIS is Draft SEIS/SOEIS are available upon available at: http://www.energy.gov/em/ [FR Doc. 2016–20500 Filed 8–25–16; 8:45 am] request from: SURTASS LFA Sonar disposition-uranium-oxide-conversion- BILLING CODE 3810–FF–P SEIS/SOEIS Program Manager, 4350 depleted-uranium-hexafluoride. Fairfax Drive, Suite 600, Arlington, VA FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 22203–1632, Email: eisteam@surtass- further information on DOE’s DUF6 lfa-eis.com. Compact discs of the Draft DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY long-term management and disposal SEIS/OEIS are available for public Notice of Intent To Prepare a program, please contact Ms. Jaffet review at the following public libraries: Supplemental Environmental Impact Ferrer-Torres, U.S. Department of 1. Jacksonville Public Library, 303 N. Laura Statement for Disposition of Depleted Energy at the above ADDRESSES. Street, Jacksonville, FL 32202; Uranium Oxide Conversion Product For information on DOE’s NEPA 2. Camden County Public Library, 1410 Generated From DOE’s Inventory of process, please contact Ms. Carol M. Hwy 40 E, Kingsland, GA 31548; Depleted Uranium Hexafluoride Borgstrom, Director, Office of NEPA 3. Ben May Main Library, 701 Government Street, Mobile, AL 36602; Policy and Compliance, U.S. AGENCY: U.S. Department of Energy. 4. Meridian-Lauderdale County Public Department of Energy, 1000 ACTION: Notice of intent. Independence Avenue SW., Library, 2517 7th Street, Meridian, MS 39301; SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Washington, DC 20585–0103; 5. New Orleans Public Library, 219 Loyola Energy (DOE) announces its intention to Telephone: (202) 586–4600, or leave a Avenue, New Orleans, LA 70112; message at (800) 472–2756; or email at 6. Houston Public Library, 500 McKinney prepare a Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) for its proposal askNEPA@hq.doe.gov. Street, Houston, TX 77002; 7. New Hanover County Public Library, to disposition depleted uranium oxide SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 201 Chestnut Street, Wilmington, NC 28401; (DUOX) conversion product from its Background 8. Anne Arundel County Public Library, depleted uranium hexafluoride (DUF6) 1410 West Street, Annapolis, MD 21401; conversion facilities at the Paducah, The use of uranium as fuel for nuclear 9. Charleston County Public Library, 68 Kentucky, and Portsmouth, Ohio, sites power plants or for military applications Calhoun Street, Charleston, SC 29401; at up to three offsite low-level waste requires increasing the proportion of the 10. Mary D. Pretlow Anchor Branch disposal facilities. The Draft uranium-235 isotope found in natural Library, 111 W. Ocean View Avenue, Norfolk, VA 23503; Supplemental Environmental Impact uranium. Industrial uranium 11. Portland Public Library, 5 Monument Statement for Disposition of Depleted enrichment in the United States began Square, Portland, ME 04101; Uranium Oxide Conversion Product as part of atomic bomb development 12. Providence Public Library, 150 Empire Generated from DOE’s Inventory of during World War II. Uranium Street, Providence, RI 02903; Depleted Uranium Hexafluoride (DOE/ enrichment for both civilian and 13. Boston Public Library, 700 Boylston EIS–0359–S1; DOE/EIS–0360–S1) will military uses was continued by the U.S. Street, Boston, MA 02116; analyze potential environmental Atomic Energy Commission and its mstockstill on DSK3G9T082PROD with NOTICES 14. The Seattle Public Library, 1000 Fourth impacts from the proposed action to successor agencies, including DOE. Avenue, Seattle, WA 98104; identify a final disposition location or Uranium enrichment by gaseous 15. Los Angeles Public Library, 630 W. 5th Street, Los Angeles, CA 90071; locations for the DUOX conversion diffusion was carried out at three 16. San Francisco Public Library, 100 product from both operating DUF6 locations: the Paducah Site in Kentucky, Larkin Street, San Francisco, CA 94102; conversion facilities. the Portsmouth Site in Ohio, and the 17. Oregon State University, 250 Winter The proposed scope of the draft SEIS East Tennessee Technology Park in Oak Street NE., Salem, OR 97301; includes an analysis of potential Ridge, Tennessee. VerDate Sep<11>2014 21:17 Aug 25, 2016 Jkt 238001 PO 00000 Frm 00020 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\26AUN1.SGM 26AUN1


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ContactSURTASS LFA sonar SEIS/SOEIS Program Manager, 4350 Fairfax Drive, Suite 600, Arlington, VA 22203-1632, Email: [email protected]
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