Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Renewal of the McGregor Range, New Mexico, Military Land Withdrawal

Zusammenfassung

The United States Army will prepare an environmental impact statement (EIS) to assess the potential environmental impacts of renewal of the McGregor Range, New Mexico, military land withdrawal. McGregor Range, New Mexico, is an integral part of the U.S. Army Air Defense Artillery Center and For Bliss (USAADACENFB). The current land withdrawal and reservation of the McGregor Range was established by the Military Lands Withdrawal Act of 1986 (Pub. L. 99-606) for the period ending November 6, 2001. The Act provides that the Army may seek renewal of the McGregor Range withdrawal, in connection with which the Secretary of the Army will publish a Draft EIS consistent with the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969. In preparing the DEIS, the Army and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) have mutually agreed to use the legislative environmental impact statement (LEIS) process pursuant to 40 CFR 1506.8 to comply with the requirements of P.L. 99-606. This LEIS will be prepared in cooperation with BLM and will be completed by November 6, 1998, in accordance with P.L. 99-606. Therefore, pursuant to the LEIS process, a Final LEIS (FLEIS) will be prepared and a Noti