Preparation of the Theater Missile Defense Extended Test Range Supplemental Environmental Impact StatementEglin Gulf Test Range

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This notifies the public that BMDO intends to prepare a Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) for the Eglin Gulf Test Range (EGTR). It will support BMDO developmental and operational flight testing of Theater Missile Defense (TMD) systems. The proposed action would allow for the development and testing of TMD systems to protect U.S. forces, friends, and allies around the world from attacks by ballistic missiles. The Departments of the Air Force, Army, and Navy, along with the Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Interior, and U.S. Coast Guard will be Cooperating Agencies in this effort. As the Executing Agent, the Air Force Development Test Center (AFDTC), Eglin Air Force Base (AFB), Florida, will manage the SEIS for BMDO. The U.S. Army Space and Strategic Defense Command (USASSDC), Huntsville, Alabama, will prepare the SEIS documentation for the AFDTC. The SEIS would analyze additional missile launch and support locations, facility construction, launch preparation activities, missile flight tests, radar and optical tracking operations, and intercept tests not analyzed in the TMD Extended Test Range Final Environmental Impact Statement, November 1994. The Rec