Federal Register / Vol. 84, No. 21 / Thursday, January 31, 2019 / Notices 677 

Authority: 35 U.S.C. 207, 37 CFR part 404. 

Dated: January 28, 2019. 

M.S. Werner, 

Commander, Judge Advocate General’s Corps, 

U.S. Navy, Federal Register Liaison Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2019–00373 Filed 1–30–19; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Navy 

Notice of Public Meetings for the Draft 

Supplemental Environmental Impact 

Statement/Overseas Environmental 

Impact Statement for Mariana Islands 

Training and Testing 

AGENCY: Department of the Navy, DoD. 

ACTION: Notice. 

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

of the National Environmental Policy 

Act (NEPA) of 1969, as implemented by 

the Council on Environmental Quality, 

and Presidential Executive Order (E.O.) 

12114, the Department of the Navy 

(DoN) has prepared and filed with the 

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency a 

Draft Supplemental Environmental 

Impact Statement/Overseas 

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS/ 

OEIS). In the Draft Supplemental EIS/ 

OEIS, the DoN reassesses the potential 

environmental impacts associated with 

conducting ongoing and future military 

readiness activities, which includes 

training activities and research, 

development, testing, and evaluation 

activities (referred to as ‘‘testing 

activities’’) conducted at sea and on 

Farallon de Medinilla (FDM) within the 

Mariana Islands Training and Testing 

(MITT) Study Area (hereafter referred to 

as the Study Area) beyond 2020. In the 

Draft Supplemental EIS/OEIS, the DoN 

evaluates new, relevant information, 

such as more recent marine mammal 

density data and new scientific 

information, and updates the 

environmental analyses as appropriate. 

The DoN prepared the Draft 

Supplemental EIS/OEIS to support the 

issuance of federal regulatory permits 

and authorizations under the Marine 

Mammal Protection Act and the 

Endangered Species Act. The National 

Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) is a 

cooperating agency for this 

Supplemental EIS/OEIS. 

DATES: This notice announces the public 

comment period and the dates and 

locations of the public meetings, 

includes information about how the 

public can review and comment on the 

document, and provides supplementary 

information about the environmental 

planning effort. All comments must be 

postmarked or received online by March 

18, 2019, Chamorro Standard Time, for 

consideration in the Final Supplemental 

EIS/OEIS. Federal and local agencies 

and officials, and interested 

organizations and individuals, are 

encouraged to provide substantive 

comments on the Draft Supplemental 

EIS/OEIS during the public review 

period or in person at one of the 

scheduled open house public meetings. 

ADDRESSES: Public meetings will be 

held in an open-house format, with DoN 

representatives available to provide 

information and answer questions 

related to the Draft Supplemental EIS/ 

OEIS. Open house public meetings will 

be held on Guam and Saipan. The 

public may arrive at any time during the 

open house, as there will not be a 

presentation or formal oral comment 

session. Open house public meetings 

will be held on the following dates and 

at the following locations: 

1. 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. February 26, 2019, 

at University of Guam, Jesus & Eugenia 

Leon Guerrero School of Business and 

Public Administration Building, 

Anthony Leon Guerrero Multi-Purpose 

Room 129 and Henry Sy Atrium, 

Mangilao, Guam 96923. 

2. 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. February 27, 2019, 

at Kanoa Resort Saipan, Seaside Hall, 

Beach Road in Susupe, Saipan, MP 

96950. 

Attendees will be able to submit 

written comments during the open 

house public meetings. A stenographer 

will be available for attendees wishing 

to provide oral comments, one-on-one. 

Equal weight will be given to oral and 

written comments. Comments may also 

be mailed to Naval Facilities 

Engineering Command Pacific, 

Attention: MITT Supplemental EIS/ 

OEIS Project Manager, 258 Makalapa 

Drive, Suite 100, Pearl Harbor, HI 

96860–3134, or electronically via the 

project website at www.MITT-EIS.com. 

All comments, written or oral, 

submitted during the public comment 

period will become part of the public 

record and substantive comments will 

be addressed in the Final Supplemental 

EIS/OEIS. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Naval Facilities Engineering Command 

Pacific, Attention: MITT Supplemental 

EIS/OEIS Project Manager, 258 

Makalapa Drive, Suite 100, Pearl 

Harbor, HI 96860–3134. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Draft 

Supplemental EIS/OEIS was distributed 

to federal and local agencies with which 

the DoN consulted. Copies of the Draft 

Supplemental EIS/OEIS are available for 

public review at the following public 

libraries: 

1. Robert F. Kennedy Memorial 

Library, University of Guam, UOG 

Station, Mangilao, GU 96923–1871. 

2. Nieves M. Flores Memorial Library, 

254 Martyr Street, Haga ̊tn ̃ a, GU 96910– 

5141. 

3. Tinian Public Library, San Jose 

Village, Tinian, MP 96952–9997. 

4. Antonio C. Atalig Memorial Library 

(Rota Public Library), Rota, MP 96951– 

9997. 

5. Joeten-Kiyu Public Library, Insatto 

Street, Saipan, MP 96950–9996. 

The MITT Draft Supplemental EIS/ 

OEIS is available for electronic viewing 

or download at www.MITT–EIS.com. A 

compact disc of the Draft Supplemental 

EIS/OEIS will be made available upon 

written request by contacting: Naval 

Facilities Engineering Command Pacific, 

Attention: MITT Supplemental EIS/ 

OEIS Project Manager, 258 Makalapa 

Drive, Suite 100, Pearl Harbor, HI 

96860–3134. 

Dated: January 25, 2019. 

M.S. Werner, 

Commander, Judge Advocate General’s Corps, 

U.S. Navy, Federal Register Liaison Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2019–00368 Filed 1–30–19; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Navy 

Notice of Availability of the Record of 

Decision for the Final Supplemental 

Environmental Impact Statement for 

Land-Water Interface and Service Pier 

Extension at Naval Base Kitsap 

Bangor, Kitsap County, WA 

AGENCY: Department of the Navy, DoD. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The United States Department 

of the Navy (Navy), announces its 

decision to construct and operate a 

Service Pier Extension (SPE) and 

associated support facilities in Hood 

Canal on the waterfront of Naval Base 

(NAVBASE) Kitsap Bangor, Washington 

(WA). The Navy will implement 

Alternative 2, short pier configuration, 

which is the preferred alternative in the 

October 2018 Final Supplemental 

Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) 

for the Land-Water Interface (LWI) and 

SPE, NAVBASE Kitsap Bangor, WA. 

The Alternative 2 short pier 

configuration is also the 

environmentally preferred alternative 

and will fully meet the Navy’s purpose 

and need for the proposed action. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

existing Service Pier will be extended 

by 520 feet and will require in-water as 

well as upland construction of 


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