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Department of the Air Force 

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) 

for Construction and Operation of a 

Panoramic Survey Telescope and 

Rapid Response System (PanSTARRS) at the Summit of Mauna Kea, 

HI 

ACTION: Cancellation of Pan-STARRS 

EIS. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 

1969, as amended (42 United States 

Code 4321, et seq.), the Council on 

Environmental Quality Regulations for 

implementing the procedural provisions 

of NEPA (40 Code of Federal Regulation 

(CFR) Parts 1500–1508), and U.S. Air 

Force (USAF) policy and procedures (32 

CFR part 989), the USAF issued a notice 

on 10 Jan 07 advising the public of its 

intent to prepare an EIS evaluating 

potential environmental impacts 

associated with construction and 

operation of the proposed Panoramic 

Survey Telescope and Rapid Response 

System (Pan-STARRS) by the University 

of Hawaii (UH) Institute for Astronomy 

(IfA). Pan-STARRS was to be a USAFfunded, UH IfA research program to 

discover, characterize and track NearEarth Objects (NEOs), primarily 

asteroids and comets, whose trajectories 

pass close enough to Earth that they 

may pose a danger of collision. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Please direct any written comments or 

requests for information to Ms. Connie 

Rankin, Office of Public Affairs, 377 

ABW/PA, 3550 Aberdeen Ave., SE., 

Kirtland AFB, NM 87117–5776 (Phone: 

505–846–4321; e-mail 

Connie.Rankin@kirtland.af.mil). 

Bao-Anh Trinh, 

GS–14, DAF, Air Force Federal Register 

Liaison Officer. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Air Force 

Department of the Air Force and U.S. 

Army; Notice of Intent To Prepare an 

Environmental Impact Statement for 

the Modernization and Enhancement of 

Ranges, Airspace, and Training Areas 

in the Joint Pacific Alaska Range 

Complex in Alaska 

ACTION: Notice of Intent. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Air Force and U.S. 

Army, on behalf of Alaskan Command 

(ALCOM), are issuing this notice to 

advise the public of their intent to 

prepare an environmental impact 

statement (EIS) evaluating potential 

environmental impacts associated with 

modernizing and enhancing current 

military ground and air training assets 

in Alaska. 

This notice is published pursuant to 

the National Environmental Policy Act 

(NEPA) of 1969, as amended (42 United 

States Code [U.S.C] 4321, et seq.); the 

Council on Environmental Quality 

Regulations for Implementing the 

Procedural Provisions of NEPA (40 Code 

of Federal Regulations (CFR) 1500– 

1508); Executive Orders 11514 and 

11991; the Environmental Quality 

Improvement Act of 1970, as amended 

(42 U.S.C. 4371 et seq.); the Air Force 

Environmental Impact Analysis Process 

(32 CFR 989); and the ‘‘Environmental 

Analysis of Army Actions’’ (32 CFR 

651). This Notice of Intent describes the 

Air Force’s and Army’s scoping process 

and identifies ALCOM’s point of 

contact. 

In accordance with the U.S. 

Department of Defense (DoD) Directive 

1322.18, Military Training, and 

Commander U.S. Pacific Command 

(PACOM), Joint Training Program of 

Excellence, ALCOM as DoD’s regional 

joint headquarters in Alaska, has 

coordinated with the Services to 

develop a joint strategy to identify joint 

training opportunities in Alaska, 

maximize the utilization of training 

resources, and improve joint training. 

The JPARC Modernization and 

Enhancement EIS will evaluate the 

elements of this strategy which are 

reasonably foreseeable. 

At present, the Joint Pacific Alaska 

Range Complex (JPARC) consists of all 

land, air, and sea training areas used by 

the Army, Navy, and Air Force in 

Alaska. The military uses the JPARC to 

conduct testing, unit-level training, and 

to support various joint exercises and 

mission rehearsals. The JPARC was 

originally developed to support cold 

war weapons, tactics, and techniques. 

Its current configuration cannot fully 

meet the training requirement for forces 

and exercises located in Alaska. The 

proposed JPARC enhancements would 

enable realistic, joint training and 

testing to support emerging 

technologies, respond to recent 

battlefield experiences, and train with 

tactics and new weapons systems to 

meet combat and national security 

needs. JPARC enhancements would 

enable the Services to train realistically 

and jointly so military personnel could 

succeed in their mutually supportive 

combat roles when exposed to situations 

faced in actual combat. 

The proposal would modernize 

existing military training and testing 

capabilities located in the interior of 

Alaska through expanding and/or 

establishing new Military Operations 

Areas, restricted airspace, airspace 

corridors, ground maneuver training 

areas, and training complexes to provide 

adequate airspace and controlled-access 

land to test and train under realistic and 

varied conditions. The EIS will analyze 

the environmental effects of the 

proposed changes and their alternatives. 

All of the actions proposed in this EIS 

are independent of each other and have 

stand-alone value for improving training 

operations. While full implementation 

of all the proposed actions is desired 

and would result in the greatest training 

benefit for aircrew and ground troop 

training, each of the proposals, if 

implemented alone, would have a 

positive effect on the use and/or 

management of JPARC. Depending on 

decisions made and the availability of 

funding, it is possible that some of the 

actions being proposed could be 

implemented soon after a Record of 

Decision (ROD) is issued, some actions 

could be implemented quite some time 

after the ROD is issued, some actions 

may be deferred until such time as they 

are ripe for decision, and some 

proposed actions may not be 

implemented. The following projects are 

those currently proposed to be 

addressed in the JPARC Modernization 

and Enhancement EIS. 

Fox 3 Military Operations Area (MOA) 

Expansion and New Paxon MOA: The 

Air Force and Army propose to expand 

the Fox 3 MOA and establish a new, 

adjacent Paxon MOA to provide the 

vertical and horizontal airspace 

structure needed to better accommodate 

low-altitude threat and multiple-axis 

mission activities during JPARC training 

exercises. The Air Force and Army 

intend to consider the following 

alternatives, as well as a No Action 

Alternative: Alternative A includes the 

proposed expanded Fox 3 MOA and the 

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the high- and low-altitude MOAs; 

Alternative B includes only the Fox 3 

MOA expansion (as in Alternative A) 

without the new Paxon MOA; 

Alternative C includes the Fox 3 MOA 

expansion without the low-altitude 

MOA; Alternative D proposes keeping 

the Fox 3 MOA boundaries the same as 

they currently exist, but separating the 

MOA into four subdivided sectors, as 

well as high- and low-altitude MOAs. 

The low-altitude MOA would extend 

from 500 feet above ground level (AGL) 

up to, but not including, 5,000 feet AGL. 

The high-altitude MOA elevation 

Realistic Live Ordnance Delivery: As 

the range and lethality of modern 

weapons increase, so do the amounts of 

training area and airspace required to 

safely and effectively train with these 

weapons. The current ranges and 

restricted airspace of the JPARC are not 

capable of supporting realistic training 

with modern and emerging weapons. 

The Army and Air Force propose to 

establish a realistic air and ground 

training environment that would 

accommodate live ordnance delivery of 

modern and emerging weapons by 

considering the following alternatives, 

as well as a No Action Alternative: 

Alternative A proposes the use of 

existing targets in the Oklahoma Impact 

Area within Restricted Area 2202 (R– 

2202) with the expansion of this 

restricted airspace to the west to 

encompass the airspace and underlying 

lands; Alternative B proposes that live 

ordnance delivery make use of existing 

targets at the Oklahoma and Blair Lakes 

Impact Areas with new restricted 

airspace established that links R–2211 

and R–2202. Based on the ceiling 

altitude of R–2211 as flight level (FL) 

310 and the upper altitude of R–2202 

being FL310, the proposed altitude for 

the restricted airspace linking these two 

restricted areas would also be FL310. 

Higher altitudes may be required for 

some live-fire ordnance profiles; 

Alternative C proposes weapons 

corridors through the Eielson Military 

Operations Area and overlying air traffic 

control assigned airspace that would 

provide two protective pathways for live 

ordnance use within the Oklahoma 

Impact Area. These corridors would be 

approximately 10 miles in width and 

extend from FL200 to FL310, as needed, 

to accommodate the delivery altitudes 

of the ordnance types being delivered. 

Joint Combined Arms Live Fire 

(JCALF): Current tactics and techniques 

established in the Iraq and Afghanistan 

theaters of operation require the Army 

to regularly integrate attack aviation into 

collective and unit-level training. There 

are currently no facilities available in 

the JPARC which are capable of 

supporting this type of training. The 

Army proposes to establish restricted 

airspace to support JCALF training over 

the Battle Area Complex (BAX) located 

in the Donnelly Training Area (DTA), 

near Delta Junction, and the Digital 

Multipurpose Training Range located in 

the Yukon Training Area (YTA). The 

Army and Air Force intend to consider 

the following alternative, as well as a No 

Action Alternative, or other reasonable 

alternative developed during scoping: 

Alternative A proposes to establish new 

restricted airspace over the BAX in the 

DTA to support controlled firing areas 

and new restricted airspace located 

within YTA. This restricted airspace 

would provide protective areas for the 

hazardous activities and weapons 

surface danger zones of sufficient size 

for the types of ordnance used. 

Night Joint Training: Combat 

situations during the hours of limited 

visibility require using advanced night 

vision technology. Training with this 

equipment can only be conducted at 

night. The Army and Air Force intend 

to consider the following alternatives, as 

well as a No Action Alternative: 

Alternative A proposes to extend the 

special use airspace hours to 

accommodate night training for major 

flying exercises (MFE) during March 

and October. The hours are currently set 

to cease training activities by 10 p.m., 

with landing by 11 p.m., local time; 

Alternative B proposes to extend the 

JPARC operating hours to allow tactical 

flight operations until midnight and 

landing by 1 a.m., local time, during 

March and October. This would allow 

night training during these months from 

a minimum of 1.5 hours to a maximum 

of 2.5 hours for each exercise; 

Alternative C proposes to extend the 

JPARC operating hours to allow tactical 

flight operations until midnight and 

landing by 1 a.m., local time, during all 

months of the year and for all training 

purposes, not just for MFEs, as is the 

current situation. 

Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA)/ 

Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) 

Access: RPA/UAVs conduct 

reconnaissance and surveillance 

activities; RPA/UAV access throughout 

the JPARC ranges and airspace is critical 

to enhance JPARC training and 

exercises. The following RPA/UAV 

corridors have been developed as 

individual, standalone proposed actions 

and alternatives: Eielson Air Force Base 

(AFB) to Restricted Area 2211 (R–2211); 

Eielson AFB Class D airspace to R–2205; 

Allen Field to R–2202; R–2202 to R– 

2211; R–2205 to R–2202; Fort 

Wainwright to R–2211; and Fort 

Wainwright to R–2205. The Air Force 

and Army intend to consider the 

following alternatives, as well as a No 

Action Alternative: Alternative A would 

establish new restricted airspace for 

each RPA/UAV corridor identified 

above; Alternative B would establish 

restricted airspace via a Certificate of 

Authorization, or other suitable airspace 

designated by the Federal Aviation 

Administration for each RPA/UAV 

corridor identified above. 

Enhanced Access to Existing 

Maneuver Space: Services currently lack 

year-round accessibility in the Tanana 

Flats, Donnelly, and Yukon Training 

Areas. The Army and Air Force intend 

to consider the following alternatives, as 

well as a No Action Alternative: 

Alternative A follows the proposed 

railroad alignment 11 miles and crosses 

the Tanana Flats along an existing 

winter-access trail to higher ground 

around Blair Lakes; Alternative B 

follows the proposed railroad alignment 

8 miles before crossing the Tanana Flats 

toward Hill 1406. The route traverses 

the eastern slopes of Hill 1406, then a 

broad terrace southeast toward Blair 

Lakes, crossing Dry Creek near Blair 

Lakes; Alternative C follows existing 

trail systems southwest across the 

Tanana Flats toward Hill 1406, avoiding 

open areas as much as possible. From 

Hill 1406, two possible routes to Blair 

Lakes are being considered: The first 

traverses the eastern slopes of Hill 1406 

and then a broad terrace southeast 

toward Blair Lakes, crossing Dry Creek 

near Blair Lakes; the second route 

remains on the flats north of Hill 1406, 

crossing Dry Creek where the creek 

enters the flats, then running up the Dry 

Creek Valley to the higher ground 

around Blair Lakes; Alternative D is 

similar to Alternative C, except it takes 

a more direct route from the Tanana 

River toward Hill 1406. From Hill 1406, 

two routes to Blair Lakes are being 

considered: The first traverses the 

eastern slopes of Hill 1406, then a broad 

terrace southeast toward Blair Lakes, 

crossing Dry Creek near Blair Lakes; the 

second route remains on the flats north 

of Hill 1406, crossing Dry Creek, and 

then running up the Dry Creek Valley to 

higher ground around Blair Lakes. 

Joint Air-Ground Integration Complex 

(JAGIC): The Army requires a facility to 

train and test air and ground combat 

units on skills necessary to detect, 

identify, and effectively engage targets 

while directing Attack Aviation as in 

actual combat. A modern facility 

designed to support this type of training 

does not exist in the JPARC. The Army 

proposes to develop the JAGIC to 

provide this capability. The Army and 

Air Force intend to consider the 

following alternatives, as well as a No 

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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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