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prepare an environmental assessment or 

environmental impact statement. 

Concurrent with the publication of 

this notice in the Federal Register, 

NMFS is forwarding copies of this 

application to the Marine Mammal 

Commission and its Committee of 

Scientific Advisors. 

Dated: July 10, 2014. 

Julia Harrison, 

Acting Chief, Permits and Conservation 

Division, Office of Protected Resources, 

National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2014–16666 Filed 7–15–14; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

Notice of Intent To Prepare an 

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) 

for the Continental United States 

Interceptor Site (CIS) 

AGENCY: Missile Defense Agency, 

Department of Defense. 

ACTION: Notice of intent. 

SUMMARY: The Missile Defense Agency 

(MDA) announces its intention to 

prepare an Environmental Impact 

Statement (EIS) in accordance with the 

National Environmental Policy Act 

(NEPA) of 1969 and the Council on 

Environmental Quality Regulations for 

Implementing the Procedural Provisions 

of NEPA. As required by the 2013 

National Defense Authorization Act, the 

MDA has selected possible additional 

locations in the United States that 

would be best suited for future 

deployment of an interceptor capable of 

protecting the homeland against threats 

from nations, such as North Korea and 

Iran. The MDA is preparing this EIS to 

evaluate the potential environmental 

impacts that could result from the future 

deployment of the Continental United 

States Interceptor Site (CIS). The 

existing Ballistic Missile Defense 

System (BMDS) provides protection of 

the United States from a limited ballistic 

missile attack, and the Department of 

Defense has not made a decision to 

deploy or construct the CIS. 

DATES: The MDA invites public 

comments on the scope of the CIS EIS 

during a 60-day public scoping period 

beginning with publication of this 

notice in the Federal Register. 

Comments will be accepted on or before 

September 15, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments, 

statements, and/or concerns regarding 

the scope of the EIS or requests to be 

added to the EIS distribution list should 

be addressed to MDA CIS EIS and sent 

by email to MDA.CIS.EIS@BV.COM, by 

facsimile 913–458–1091, or by U.S. 

Postal Service to: Black & Veatch 

Special Projects Corp Attn: MDACIS 

EIS, 6601 College Boulevard, Overland 

Park, KS 66211–1504. Electronic or 

facsimile comments are preferred. If 

sending comments by U.S. Postal 

Service, please do not submit duplicate 

electronic or facsimile comments. All 

comments, including names and 

addresses, will be submitted to the 

administrative record. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Rick Lehner, MDA Public Affairs, at 

571–231–8210, or by email: mda.info@

mda.mil. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 

accordance with 40 Code of Federal 

Regulations (CFR) 1501.6, an invitation 

for cooperating agency status has been 

extended to the U.S. Department of the 

Army and Navy and National Guard for 

consultation, review, and comment on 

the EIS. Other cooperating agencies may 

be identified during the scoping 

process. 

If deployed, the CIS would be an 

extension of the existing Ground-based 

Midcourse Defense (GMD) element of 

the BMDS. Under the current proposed 

action, the deployment of the CIS would 

be as a contiguous Missile Defense 

Complex, similar to that found at Fort 

Greely, Alaska and would consist of an 

initial deployment of 20 Ground-based 

Interceptors (GBIs) with the ability to 

expand upward to 60 GBIs. The GBIs 

would not be fired from their 

deployment site except in the Nation’s 

defense and no test firing would be 

conducted at the CIS. The overall 

system architecture and baseline 

requirements for a notional CIS include, 

but are not limited to, the GBI fields, 

Command Launch Equipment, In-Flight 

Interceptor Communication System Data 

Terminals, GMD Communication 

Network, supporting facilities, such as 

lodging and dining, recreation, 

warehouse and bulk storage, vehicle 

storage and maintenance, fire station, 

hazardous materials/waste storage, and 

roads and parking where necessary. 

Alternatives to be analyzed include 

the No-Action Alternative and sites at 

the Combined Training Center Fort 

Custer—Michigan Army National 

Guard, Augusta, MI; Camp Ravenna 

Joint Military Training Center—Ohio 

Army National Guard, Portage and 

Trumbull Counties, OH; Fort Drum 

Army Base, Fort Drum, NY; and the 

Center for Security Forces Detachment 

Kittery Survival, Evasion, Resistance, 

and Escape Facility (SERE East), 

Redington Township, ME. At each site, 

impacts will be assessed for the 

following resource categories—air 

quality, air space, biological, cultural, 

geology and soils, hazardous materials 

and hazardous waste management, 

health and safety, land use, noise, 

socioeconomics, transportation, 

utilities, water quality, wetlands, visual 

and aesthetic, environmental justice, 

and subsistence. 

The MDA encourages all interested 

members of the public, as well as 

federal, state, and local agencies to 

participate in the scoping process for 

the preparation of this EIS. The scoping 

process assists in determining the scope 

of issues to be addressed and helps 

identify significant environmental 

issues to be analyzed in depth in the 

EIS. 

Scoping meetings will be held in the 

local communities of Ravenna, OH; 

Galesburg and Battle Creek, MI; 

Carthage, NY; and Rangeley and 

Farmington, ME, during July through 

September 2014. Notification of the 

meeting locations, dates, and times will 

be published and announced in local 

news media prior to public scoping 

meetings. 

Dated: July 10, 2014. 

Aaron Siegel, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Defense Acquisition Regulations 

System 

[Docket Number DARS–2014–0030] 

Information Collection Requirement; 

Defense Federal Acquisition 

Regulation Supplement (DFARS); 

Material Inspection and Receiving 

Report 

AGENCY: Defense Acquisition 

Regulations System, Department of 

Defense (DoD). 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments regarding a proposed 

extension of an approved information 

collection requirement. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with section 

3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 

chapter 35), DoD announces the 

proposed extension of a public 

information collection requirement and 

seeks public comment on the provisions 

thereof. DoD invites comments on: (a) 

Whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of DoD, 


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