Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Fort Bliss Mission and Master Plan, Fort Bliss, Texas

Résumé

The Department of the Army is updating the Installation Master Plan for Fort Bliss, Texas, and New Mexico. As a part of its efforts to manage military training and to provide effective stewardship of installation lands, the Army will prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) on the overall missions and activities at Fort Bliss in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), Public Law 91-190 (42 U.S.C. 4341). It will evaluate potential impacts from existing mission activities and reasonably foreseeable mission and activity changes projected for Fort Bliss as the installation adopts revisions to the installation's Master Plan, the Integrated Natural Resources Management Plan, Cultural Resources Management Plan, and the Range Modernization Plan. Fort Bliss has approximately 1.1 million acres of land in Texas and New Mexico comprising a complex of facilities and ranges to support training and test activities of the U.S. Army and other organizations. The main components of this complex include the main cantonment area (which houses most support facilities), Biggs Army Airfield, and three military training ranges: South Fort Bliss, Dona Ana Range, and McGregor Ran