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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Navy 

Notice of Public Meetings for the Draft 

Environmental Impact Statement for 

Land Acquisition and Airspace 

Establishment at Marine Corps Air 

Ground Combat Center Twentynine 

Palms, CA 

AGENCY: Department of the Navy, DoD. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to section (102)(2)(c) 

of the National Environmental Policy 

Act (NEPA) of 1969, and regulations 

implemented by the Council on 

Environmental Quality (40 Code of 

Federal Regulations [CFR] parts 1500– 

1508), Department of Navy (DoN) NEPA 

regulations (32 CFR part 775) and U.S. 

Marine Corps (USMC) NEPA directives 

(Marine Corps Order P5090.2A, changes 

1 and 2), the DoN has prepared and filed 

with the U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) a Draft Environmental 

Impact Statement (EIS) that evaluates 

potential environmental impacts 

associated with the proposed 

establishment of a large-scale training 

range at the Marine Corps Air Ground 

Combat Center (‘‘Combat Center’’) at 

Twentynine Palms, California. This 

proposed action would accommodate 

sustained, combined-arms, live-fire and 

maneuver training exercises for all 

elements of a Marine Expeditionary 

Brigade (MEB). 

With the filing of the Draft EIS, the 

DoN is initiating a 90-day public 

comment period and has scheduled 

three public open house meetings to 

receive oral and written comments on 

the Draft EIS. Federal, state and local 

agencies and interested parties are 

encouraged to provide comments in 

person at any of the public open house 

meetings, or in writing anytime during 

the public comment period. This notice 

announces the dates and locations of the 

public meetings and provides 

supplementary information about the 

environmental planning effort. 

DATES: The Draft EIS public review 

period will begin February 25, 2011, 

and end on May 26, 2011. The USMC 

is holding three informational open 

house style public meetings to inform 

the public about the proposed action 

and the alternatives under 

consideration, and to provide an 

opportunity for the public to comment 

on the proposed action, alternatives, 

and the adequacy and accuracy of the 

Draft EIS. USMC representatives will be 

on hand to discuss and answer 

questions on the proposed action, the 

NEPA process and the findings 

presented in the Draft EIS. Public open 

house meetings will be held: 

(1) Tuesday, April 12, 2011, 5 p.m. to 

9 p.m., at Copper Mountain College, 

Bell Center Gym, 6162 Rotary Way, 

Joshua Tree, CA 92252. 

(2) Wednesday, April 13, 2011, 5 p.m. 

to 9 p.m., at Ontario High School Gym, 

901 W. Francis St., Ontario, CA 91762. 

(3) Thursday, April 14, 2011, 5 p.m. 

to 9 p.m., at Hilton Garden Inn, Mirage/ 

Sahara Conference Center, 12603 

Mariposa Road, Victorville, CA 92395. 

Attendees will be able to submit 

written comments at the public 

meetings. A stenographer will be 

present to transcribe oral comments. 

Equal weight will be given to oral and 

written statements. All statements, oral 

transcription and written, submitted 

during the public review period will 

become part of the public record on the 

Draft EIS and will be responded to in 

the Final EIS. Comments may also be 

submitted by U.S. mail or electronically 

via the project Web site provided below. 

ADDRESSES: A copy of the Draft EIS is 

available at the project Web site, 

http://www.marines.mil/unit/29palms/ 

las, and at the local libraries identified 

at the end of this notice. Comments on 

the Draft EIS can be submitted via the 

project Web site or submitted in writing 

to: Naval Facilities Engineering 

Command Southwest, ATTN: 29Palms 

EIS Project Manager, 1220 Pacific 

Highway, San Diego, CA 92132–5190. 

All comments must be postmarked or 

received by May 26, 2011, to ensure 

they become part of the official record. 

All timely comments will be responded 

to in the Final EIS. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Chris Proudfoot, Program Manager Land 

Acquisition at 760–830–3764 or 

SMBPLMSWEBPAO@usmc.mil. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A Notice 

of Intent (NOI) to prepare the EIS was 

published in the Federal Register on 

October 30, 2008 (Vol. 73, No. 211, p. 

64604), and a correction notice was 

published in the Federal Register on 

November 21, 2008 (Vol. 73, No. 226, p. 

70626), to correct an error in the original 

October 30, 2008, NOI regarding the 


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scheduled dates for the public scoping 

meetings. 

Proposed Action 

The proposed action includes three 

fundamental and interrelated 

components: Acquisition of Land 

contiguous to the existing Combat 

Center to provide a sufficient area for 

realistic MEB-sized sustained, 

combined-arms, live-fire, and maneuver 

training that meets at least a minimum 

threshold level of MEB training 

requirements within appropriate 

margins of safety. 

Modification and Establishment of 

Special Use Airspace to enable full 

integration of MEB-sized Aviation 

Combat Element operations and both 

air- and ground-delivered live-fire 

ordnance use within appropriate 

margins of safety. 

Expanded Training implemented as a 

full-scale MEB Exercise conducted 

twice per year for 24 continuous days 

each. Current levels of proficiency 

training (Building Block training) may 

be conducted (up to a single battalion in 

size) when MEB Exercises are not being 

conducted. 

Purpose and Need 

The proposed action is needed for the 

USMC to conduct sustained, combinedarms live-fire and maneuver field 

training exercises for a MEB-sized 

Marine Air Ground Task Force 

(MAGTF) consisting of three battalion 

task forces and associated command, 

aviation and combat logistics support 

elements. These training requirements, 

drawn from a November 2006 Marine 

Requirements Oversight Council 

decision to validate the need for a MEBsized MAGTF training area, stem from 

the USMC Strategy 21 commitment to 

increasingly employ MEBs as the 

primary contingency response force. 

Marine Expeditionary Brigades must be 

capable of performing a variety of 

missions throughout the spectrum of 

conflict because they will encounter 

complex situations containing 

asymmetric threats, nonlinear 

battlefields, and unclear delineation 

between combatants and 

noncombatants. To overcome these 

challenges and operate effectively, 

MEBs must be able to conduct 

maneuver-intensive operations over 

extended distances, supported by 

closely coordinated precision fires, 

aviation-delivered ordnance, and 

sustained, focused logistical support. 

The proposed action is needed because 

existing training bases, facilities, ranges, 

and live-fire ground and air maneuver 

areas are inadequate to support MEBsized training exercises. An effective 

MEB-sized exercise requires live-fire 

and maneuver training space (and 

associated airspace) for three battalions, 

while the USMC’s largest training site 

(the Combat Center) can only 

accommodate live-fire and maneuver 

training for up to two battalions. Current 

training capabilities and methods offer 

only limited practical experience and 

cannot provide realistic training 

opportunities that enhance the 

capability to rapidly and effectively 

integrate all elements of the large-scale 

MAGTF into a single cohesive force. In 

addition, because most of the training 

areas aboard the Combat Center are fully 

committed during traditional combined 

arms training (which occurs over 250 

days per year), Building Block training 

for home station and external units are 

sometimes diminished in scope, forcing 

units to add remediation events to 

combat pre-deployment training to 

satisfy prerequisites for combat 

certification. The proposed action is 

needed to resolve training range 

deficiencies so that MEB training can be 

accommodated in accordance with the 

2006 Marine Requirements Oversight 

Council decision and the predeployment readiness directives of 

USMC Order 3502.6, and so that 

Marines are able to train as they will 

fight. 

Alternatives Considered in the Draft 

EIS 

The Draft EIS examines six action 

alternatives and the No-Action 

Alternative. The six action alternatives 

all have the same three fundamental 

components: acquisition of additional 

training land, establishment and 

modification of airspace, and a new 

field exercise program of sustained, 

combined-arms, live-fire and maneuver 

training that meets at least the minimum 

threshold requirements for training a 

MEB. Under all alternatives, acquired 

airspace would be returned to Federal 

Aviation Administration (FAA) control 

to be made available for commercial and 

general aviation when not being used by 

the USMC. In addition, three of the 

action alternatives (Alternatives 4, 5 and 

6) would allow for restricted public 

access for recreational use on a portion 

of the acquired land in the west study 

area (Johnson Valley) when military 

training activities are not being 

conducted. 

Each of the six action alternatives 

would involve limited construction 

activities, including: installation of up 

to three communications towers (similar 

to existing towers located within the 

Combat Center); periodic placement and 

redistribution of temporary target arrays; 

temporary ground excavation associated 

with normal vehicle and infantry 

maneuver operations (e.g., for trenches, 

fighting positions, etc.); some re-grading 

or other improvement/maintenance of 

existing unpaved access roads; and the 

development of up to 35 miles of new 

unpaved access roads. Under 

Alternative 3 only, four concrete tank 

crossings would be constructed across 

North Amboy Road. No other permanent 

fixtures or infrastructure would be 

constructed, demolished or modified 

under any of the six action alternatives. 

Additional personnel would be 

required to manage the land/airspace 

areas and expanded training capability 

under each action alternative. The 

increase in military and civilian 

personnel would vary by alternative, 

and are estimated to be between 59 and 

77 additional personnel. In addition, 

during each proposed MEB Exercise, an 

estimated 10,000 to 15,000 Marines 

would reside at the existing Exercise 

Support Base within the Combat Center. 

Alternative 1 would add 

approximately 201,657 acres to the 

existing Combat Center (180,353 acres to 

the west of the base and 21,304 acres to 

the south of the base). This alternative 

would establish new Restricted Area 

airspace over the acquired lands to the 

west to accommodate live-fire from 

aviation and surface units, establish 

new Military Operations Area airspace, 

and modify lateral and vertical 

dimensions of existing Military 

Operations Areas in other parts of the 

project area. 

Alternative 2 would add 

approximately 134,863 acres to the 

existing Combat Center (113,558 acres to 

the west of the base and the same 21,304 

acres to the south as in Alternative 1). 

Proposed training activities and airspace 

requirements would be similar to 

Alternative 1 but would align with the 

smaller acquisition area of Alternative 2. 

Alternative 3 would add 

approximately 198,580 acres to the 

existing Combat Center (177,276 acres to 

the east of the base and the same 21,304 

acres to the south as in Alternative 1). 

This alternative would establish new 

Restricted Area airspace over the 

acquired lands to the east to 

accommodate live-fire from aviation and 

surface units, establish new Military 

Operations Area airspace, and modify 

lateral and vertical dimensions of 

existing Military Operations Areas in 

other parts of the project area. 

Alternative 4 would add 

approximately 201,657 acres to the 

existing Combat Center (180,353 acres to 

the west of the base and the same 21,304 

acres to the south as in Alternative 1) 

and accompanying Special Use 

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and airspace requirements would be 

similar to Alternative 1. The western 

expansion area would be a Restricted 

Public Access Area, available to the 

public for 10 months of the year when 

not used by the USMC. 

Alternative 5 would add the same 

180,353 acres of land to the west of the 

base as in Alternatives 1 and 4 but no 

additional land to the south. Proposed 

training activities and airspace 

requirements would be similar to 

Alternative 1 and 4. The western 

expansion area would be a Restricted 

Public Access Area, available to the 

public for 10 months of the year when 

not used by the USMC. 

Alternative 6 (Preferred Alternative) 

would add approximately 167,971 acres 

to the existing Combat Center (146,667 

acres to the west of the base and the 

same 21,304 acres to the south as in 

Alternative 1) and accompanying 

Special Use Airspace. Of the western 

land acquisition, approximately 108,530 

acres would be exclusive USMC Use, 

while the remaining 38,137 acres would 

be a Restricted Public Access Area, 

available to the public 10 months per 

year when it is not being used by the 

USMC. Proposed training activities and 

airspace requirements would otherwise 

be similar to Alternative 1. 

The No Action Alternative would 

seek no additional lands and no 

additions or changes to Special Use 

Airspace associated with the Combat 

Center’s current range complex. 

Environmental Effects Identified in 

Draft EIS 

Potential impacts were evaluated in 

the Draft EIS under all alternatives for 

the following resources: land use, 

recreation, socioeconomics and 

environmental justice, public health and 

safety, visual resources, transportation 

and circulation, airspace management, 

air quality, noise, biological resources, 

cultural resources, geological resources 

and water resources. 

The Draft EIS includes mitigation 

measures, special conservation 

measures, and features of project design 

to avoid or minimize potential impacts. 

The proposed action would fully 

comply with regulatory requirements for 

the protection of environmental 

resources. A Biological Assessment has 

been prepared for submittal to the U.S. 

Fish & Wildlife Service in compliance 

with Section 7 of the Endangered 

Species Act. In addition, the USMC is 

coordinating with the California State 

Historic Preservation Office on Section 

106 of the National Historic 

Preservation Act, and with the Mojave 

Desert Air Quality Management District 

on the Clean Air Act. 

The proposed action would result in 

unavoidable impacts related to land use 

(due to inconsistencies with federal and 

local land use plans and policies, 

incompatibility with mining claims and 

leases, and the acquisition of privatelyowned land), recreation (due to the loss 

of recreational use of the Johnson Valley 

Off-Highway Vehicle [OHV] Area), 

socioeconomics (due to decreased 

spending and income from OHV and 

other recreational activities, and 

impacts to existing commercial and 

private aircraft flight routes), public 

health and safety (due to potential 

public contact with munitions 

constituents or other hazards under 

Alternatives 4, 5 and 6), air quality (due 

to air emissions from construction and 

training activities), biological resources 

(due to the likelihood of training 

exercise-related incidental take of desert 

tortoises), cultural resources (due to the 

potential loss of archeological sites, 

even if mitigated through data recovery), 

geological resources (due to compaction 

of soils, disruption of surface crust, 

shearing of soil profiles, and soil 

particle dispersion as dust due to 

military activities), and water resources 

(due to increased demand for potable 

groundwater supplies). 

Schedule: The Notice of Availability 

(NOA) publication in the Federal 

Register and local print media starts the 

90-day public comment period for the 

Draft EIS. The DoN will consider and 

respond to all written, oral and 

electronic comments, submitted as 

described above, in the Final EIS. The 

DoN intends to issue the Final EIS in 

November 2011, at which time an NOA 

will be published in the Federal 

Register and local print media. A 

Record of Decision is expected to be 

published in April 2012. 

Copies of the Draft EIS can be found 

on the project Web site, http:// 

www.marines.mil/unit/29palms/las or at 

the following locations: 

(1) Newton T. Bass Apple Valley 

Branch Library, 14901 Dale Evans 

Parkway, Apple Valley, CA 92307. 

(2) Barstow Branch Library, 304 E. 

Buena Vista St., Barstow, CA 92311. 

(3) Joshua Tree Library, 6465 Park 

Blvd., Joshua Tree, CA 92252. 

(4) Lucerne Valley Janice Horst 

Branch Library, 33103 Old Woman 

Springs Road, Lucerne Valley, CA 

92356. 

(5) Needles Branch Library, 1111 

Bailey Ave., Needles, CA 92363. 

(6) Ovitt Family Community Library, 

215 E. C St., Ontario, CA 91764. 

(7) Sacramento Public Library Central 

Branch, 828 I Street, Sacramento, CA 

95814. 

(8) San Bernardino County Library, 

104 W. Fourth St., San Bernardino, CA 

92415. 

(9) Twentynine Palms Library, 6078 

Adobe Road, Twentynine Palms, CA 

92277. 

(10) Victorville City Library, 15011 

Circle Drive, Victorville, CA 92395. 

(11) Yucca Valley Branch Library, 

57098 29 Palms Highway, Yucca Valley, 

CA 92284. 

Dated: February 18, 2011. 

D. J. Werner, 

Lieutenant Commander, Office of the Judge 

Advocate General, U.S. Navy, Federal 

Register Liaison Officer. 

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