Notice of Availability and Notice of Public Hearings for the Draft Environmental Impact Statement/Overseas Environmental Impact Statement for the Guam and Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Military Relocation

Résumé

Pursuant to section 102(2)(c) of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA); the Council of Environmental Quality (CEQ) Regulations for implementing the procedural provisions of NEPA (Title 40 Code of Federal Regulations [CFR] Parts 1500-1508) and the Department of Navy (DON) regulations for implementing NEPA (32 CFR 775), DON announces the availability of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement/Overseas Environmental Impact Statement (hereafter called the Draft EIS) to evaluate the potential environmental impacts associated with relocating Marines from Okinawa, Japan to Guam, constructing transient nuclear aircraft carrier berthing facilities, and establishing a U.S. Army Air and Missile Defense Task Force (AMDTF) on Guam. The DON is the lead Federal agency for development of the Draft EIS. The agencies that have accepted the invitation to participate as cooperating agencies are U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Federal Highways Administration, Federal Aviation Administration, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 9, U.S. Office of Insular Affairs, U.S. Department of Agriculture, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and U.S. Air Force. The Draft EIS examines potential environmenta