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proposes to locate the JAGIC in the 

central area of Donnelly Training AreaWest, proximate to the western 

boundary of the Oklahoma Impact Area; 

Alternative B proposes to locate the 

JAGIC in the Stuart Creek Impact Area 

within the Yukon Training Area; 

Alternative C proposes to locate the 

JAGIC in the Blair Lakes Impact Area 

near the southern boundary of the 

Tanana Flats Training Area under the 

existing Restricted Area 2211 (R–2211). 

Intermediate Staging Bases (ISBs): 

Currently, Soldiers and airmen spend 

up to 6 hours traveling to and from 

training sites within the JPARC. This 

travel reduces available training time 

and increases risks of traffic accidents. 

The Army proposes to locate and 

construct a 1,000- Soldier ISB near the 

existing Battle Area Complex (BAX), 

along with three 200- to 500-Soldier 

ISBs at Yukon Training Area (YTA), 

Donnelly Training Area-West (DTAWest), and Salcha to reduce travel time, 

increase safety, and increase available 

training time. The Army and Air Force 

intend to consider the following 

alternatives, as well as a No Action 

Alternative: Alternative A proposes to 

provide a permanent 1,000-Soldier ISB 

near existing BAX, along with three 

permanent 200- to 500-Soldier ISBs at 

YTA, DTA-West, and Salcha. The 

facility is intended for joint use. ISBs 

are proposed at key points along the 

planned rail corridor close to the 

planned bridge crossings; Alternative B 

proposes to use existing temporary 

‘‘relocatable’’ ISB facilities over the next 

7 years, and then replace them with 

permanent facilities. 

Missile Live Fire for AIM–9X and 

AIM–120: The AIM–9X and AIM–120 

missile systems are the main air-to-air 

armaments for the F–22 Raptor and F– 

15 Eagle. For effective training to be 

conducted with these systems, live 

training shots need to be executed as 

part of both individual pilot training 

and joint training exercises with other 

air and ground units. The Air Force and 

Army intend to consider the following 

alternative, as well as a No Action 

Alternative, or other reasonable 

alternative developed during scoping: 

Alternative A proposes to consider the 

existing Temporary Maritime Activities 

Area (300 nautical miles [NM] long by 

150 NM wide; 0 feet above ground level 

[AGL]—flight level (FL) 600; includes 

subsurface operating areas), and 

Warning Area 612 (WA–612) (0 feet 

AGL–FL290) in the Gulf of Alaska for 

the missile live fire delivery of the AIM– 

9X and AIM–120 missiles by Air Force 

F–22 fighter aircraft. 

Joint Precision Airdrop System 

(JPADS) Drop Zones: JPADS is a GPS 

[global positioning system]-guided 

precision airdrop system designed to 

deliver supplies and equipment to 

ground forces. JPADS is not currently 

used within the JPARC. Alaska-based 

airmen with the requirement to train on 

JPADS must currently travel to Yuma 

Proving Grounds in Arizona to conduct 

this training. The Army and Air Force 

propose to establish JPADS drop zones 

as part of JPARC training exercises. The 

Army and Air Force intend to consider 

the following alternatives, as well as a 

No Action Alternative: Alternative A 

proposes conducting JPADS operations 

at a reduced altitude sufficient to ensure 

the airdrop land within Restricted Area 

2205 (R–2205) in the Yukon Training 

Area; Alternative B proposes conducting 

JPADS operations at a reduced altitude 

sufficient to ensure the airdrop land 

within in the Donnelly Training Area 

Oklahoma Impact Area. (The key 

distinction between Alternatives A and 

B is that R–2205 currently has more 

time and space available to 

accommodate JPADS drop zone training 

exercises.) The EIS will address 

environmental consequences to 

airspace, noise, safety, biological 

resources, socioeconomics, 

transportation, cultural resources, water 

resources, wetlands, air quality, land 

use, hazardous materials, recreation and 

visual resources, environmental justice 

and risks to children, subsistence, and 

cumulative impacts. Public and agency 

scoping may identify other 

environmental resources for 

consideration in the EIS. 

The Army and Air Force will invite 

the Bureau of Land Management, 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

Federal Aviation Administration, 

National Marine Fisheries Service, 

National Park Service, and U.S. Fish 

and Wildlife Service to be cooperating 

agencies in preparation of this EIS. 

ALCOM will coordinate governmentto-government consultation with 

Federally recognized Tribes, following 

DoD policy. 

Scoping Meetings: The Army and Air 

Force, with the support of ALCOM, will 

conduct public scoping meetings in 

communities likely to be affected by the 

proposed action to solicit public and 

agency input. The purpose of scoping is 

to obtain public, Alaska Native, and 

government input on the proposed 

action and alternatives, as well as to 

gain a better understanding of the 

potential issues and concerns related to 

this proposal. The schedule and 

locations of the scoping meetings are 

provided below: 

Thursday, January 13, 2011: 6:30–8:30 

p.m., Millennium Hotel, 4800 

Spenard Road, Anchorage, Alaska. 

Tuesday, January 18, 2011: 6:30–8:30 

p.m., Caribou Hotel, Mile 186.5 Grand 

Highway, Glenallen, Alaska. 

Wednesday, January 19, 2011: 6:30–8:30 

p.m., Alaska Steakhouse and Hotel, 

1420 Alaska Highway, Delta Junction, 

Alaska. 

Thursday, January 20, 2011: 12–2 p.m. 

and 4–8 p.m., Princess Hotel, 4477 

Pikes Landing Road, Fairbanks, 

Alaska. 

Monday, January 24, 2011: 6:30–8:30 

p.m., Motel Nord Haven, 249 George 

Parks Highway, Healy, Alaska. 

Tuesday, January 25, 2011: 6:30–8:30 

p.m., Swiss Alaska Inn, 22056 South 

F Street, Talkeetna, Alaska. 

Wednesday, January 26, 2011: 6:30–8:30 

p.m., Menard Memorial Sports Center, 

1001 S. Mack Drive, Wasilla, Alaska. 

Federal, State, and local agencies and 

interested groups, Alaska Native 

organizations, and individual persons 

are invited to attend the scoping open 

house meetings. All are encouraged to 

provide comments on the proposed 

actions either at the scoping meetings, 

by mail, or electronically, postmarked or 

electronically submitted no later than 

February 4, 2011, to ensure 

consideration in the draft EIS. All 

comments received during this scoping 

period will be considered in the 

preparation of the draft EIS. 

Point of Contact: Please direct any 

written comments or requests for 

information to ALCOM Public Affairs, 

9480 Pease Avenue, Suite 120, JBER, AK 

99506, Phone: 907–552–2341, Fax: 907– 

552–5411 or submit them electronically 

at http://www.jparceis.com. You may 

also request handicap assistance or 

translation services for the public 

scoping meetings in advance through 

the ALCOM Public Affairs Office. 

Bao-Anh Trinh, 

Air Force Federal Register Liaison Officer. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Defense Acquisition Regulations 

System 

Waiver of 10 U.S.C. 2534 for Certain 

Defense Items Produced in the United 

Kingdom 

AGENCY: Defense Acquisition 

Regulations System, Department of 

Defense (DoD). 


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ACTION: Notice of waiver of 10 U.S.C. 

2534 for certain defense items produced 

in the United Kingdom. 

SUMMARY: The Under Secretary of 

Defense (Acquisition, Technology, and 

Logistics) is waiving the limitation of 10 

U.S.C. 2534 for certain defense items 

produced in the United Kingdom (UK). 

10 U.S.C. 2534 limits DoD procurement 

of certain items to sources in the 

national technology and industrial base. 

The waiver will permit procurement of 

enumerated items from sources in the 

UK, unless otherwise restricted by 

statute. 

DATES: Effective Date: This waiver is 

effective for one year, beginning 

December 23, 2010. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Jeffrey Grover, OUSD (AT&L), Office of 

the Director of Defense Procurement and 

Acquisition Policy, Contract Policy and 

International Contracting, Room 5E621, 

3060 Defense Pentagon, Washington, DC 

20301–3060, telephone (703) 697–9352. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Subsection (a) of 10 U.S.C. 2534 

provides that the Secretary of Defense 

may procure the items listed in that 

subsection only if the manufacturer of 

the item is part of the national 

technology and industrial base. 

Subsection (i) of 10 U.S.C. 2534 

authorizes the Secretary of Defense to 

exercise the waiver authority in 

subsection (d), on the basis of the 

applicability of paragraph (2) or (3) of 

that subsection, only if the waiver is 

made for a particular item listed in 

subsection (a) and for a particular 

foreign country. Subsection (d) 

authorizes a waiver if the Secretary 

determines that application of the 

limitation ‘‘would impede the reciprocal 

procurement of defense items under a 

memorandum of understanding 

providing for reciprocal procurement of 

defense items’’ and if he determines that 

‘‘that country does not discriminate 

against defense items produced in the 

United States to a greater degree than 

the United States discriminates against 

defense items produced in that 

country.’’ The Secretary of Defense has 

delegated the waiver authority of 10 

U.S.C. 2534(d) to the Under Secretary of 

Defense (Acquisition, Technology, and 

Logistics). 

DoD has had a Reciprocal Defense 

Procurement Memorandum of 

Understanding (MOU) with the UK 

since 1975, most recently renewed on 

December 16, 2004. 

The Under Secretary of Defense 

(Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics) 

finds that the UK does not discriminate 

against defense items produced in the 

United States to a greater degree than 

the United States discriminates against 

defense items produced in the UK, and 

also finds that application of the 

limitation in 10 U.S.C. 2534 against 

defense items produced in the UK 

would impede the reciprocal 

procurement of defense items under the 

MOU. 

Under the authority of 10 U.S.C. 2534, 

the Under Secretary of Defense 

(Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics) 

has determined that application of the 

limitation of 10 U.S.C. 2534(a) to the 

procurement of any defense item 

produced in the UK that is listed below 

would impede the reciprocal 

procurement of defense items under the 

MOU with the UK. 

On the basis of the foregoing, the 

Under Secretary of Defense 

(Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics) 

is waiving the limitation in 10 U.S.C. 

2534(a) for procurements of any defense 

item listed below that is produced in the 

UK. This waiver applies only to the 

limitations in 10 U.S.C. 2534(a). It does 

not apply to any other limitation. This 

waiver applies to procurements under 

solicitations issued during the period 

from December 23, 2010 to December 

22, 2011. Similar waivers have been 

granted since 1998, most recently in 

2009 (74 FR 65763) on December 11, 

2009. 

List of Items To Which This Waiver 

Applies 

1. Air circuit breakers. 

2. Welded shipboard anchor and 

mooring chain with a diameter of four 

inches or less. 

3. Gyrocompasses. 

4. Electronic navigation chart systems. 

5. Steering controls. 

6. Pumps. 

7. Propulsion and machinery control 

systems. 

8. Totally enclosed lifeboats. 

Clare Zebrowski, 

Editor, Defense Acquisition Regulations 

System. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Army, Corps of 

Engineers 

Notice of Intent to Prepare a Draft 

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS), 

Initiate the Public Scoping Period and 

Host Public Scoping Meetings for the 

Great Lakes and Mississippi River 

Interbasin Study (‘‘GLMRIS’’); 

Correction, Clarification, Extension of 

the Public Scoping Period and 

Announcement of Additional Public 

Scoping Meeting Locations 

AGENCY: Department of the Army, U.S. 

Army Corps of Engineers, DoD. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Reference the Notice of Intent 

published in the Federal Register on 

Tuesday, November 16, 2010, Volume 

75, number 220, pages 69983–5. This 

notice contains corrections and 

clarifications to this November 16, 2010 

notice, extends the public comment 

period and identifies additional 

locations for the GLMRIS public scoping 

meetings. The corrections are 

typographical errors found in the 

‘‘Scoping and Involvement’’ section of 

the November 16, 2010 notice (75 FR 

69983). Among the clarifications is 

information related to the timeframe of 

on-line registration for those wanting to 

make an oral comment at a public 

meeting, as well as the benefit of 

registering on-line. The registration 

process is found in the ‘‘Scoping and 

Involvement’’ section of the November 

16, 2010 notice (75 FR 69983). For 

convenience, the SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION section of the November 

16, 2010 notice (75 FR 69983) has been 

reprinted with corrections, 

clarifications, and new text announcing 

the locations where USACE will host 

scoping meetings and the extension of 

the public scoping period. 

DATES: The public scoping period to be 

held pursuant the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969, 42 

U.S.C. 4321, et seq. (NEPA) has been 

extended from February 28, 2011 to 

March 31, 2011. The first NEPA public 

scoping meeting for GLMRIS is 

scheduled for December 15, 2010 in 

Chicago, Illinois. The dates of the 

remaining public meetings have not 

been finalized. Once final, these dates 

will be posted in a subsequent Federal 

Register notice. Please refer to the 

‘‘Scoping and Public Involvement’’ 

section below for information regarding 

the public scoping meetings and 

instructions on how to submit public 

comments. 


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