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administrative record to use in this 

segment of the proceeding. Therefore, 

the Department is extending the time 

limit for completion of the preliminary 

results by 120 days. The preliminary 

results will now be due no later than 

June 30, 2009. The final results continue 

to be due 120 days after the publication 

of the preliminary results. 

We are issuing and publishing this 

notice in accordance with sections 

751(a)(3)(A) and 777(i) of the Act. 

Dated: January 30, 2009. 

John M. Andersen, 

Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Operations. 

[FR Doc. E9–2478 Filed 2–4–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Army 

Notice of Availability of the Final 

Environmental Impact Statement 

(FEIS) for the Implementation of Fort 

Carson’s Grow the Army (GTA) 

Stationing Decisions 

AGENCY: Department of the Army, DoD. 

ACTION: Notice of Availability (NOA). 

SUMMARY: The Department of the Army 

announces the availability of an FEIS for 

the implementation of the decision to 

station a new Infantry Brigade Combat 

Team (IBCT) and other combat support 

units at Fort Carson, Colorado, and the 

potential stationing of a Combat 

Aviation Brigade (CAB) at Fort Carson 

in the future. 

DATES: The waiting period will end 30 

days after the publication of an NOA in 

the Federal Register by the U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency. 

ADDRESSES: For specific questions 

regarding the FEIS, please contact: Fort 

Carson National Environmental Policy 

Act Coordinator, 1638 Elwell Street, 

Building 6236, Fort Carson, CO 80913– 

4000 or via e-mail at 

CARSDECAMNEPA@conus.army.mil. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Dee McNutt, Fort Carson Public Affairs 

Office, at (719) 526–1269, during normal 

business hours. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Proposed Action and analysis in the 

FEIS includes constructing new 

facilities at Fort Carson to support an 

IBCT and other combat support units 

(approximately 3,900 additional 

Soldiers and their dependents) and the 

potential stationing of a CAB 

(approximately 2,800 Soldiers and their 

dependents), upgrading ranges at Fort 

Carson, and increased use of live-fire 

training ranges and maneuver areas at 

Fort Carson and the Pinon Canyon 

Maneuver Site (PCMS). Implementation 

of the Proposed Action is anticipated in 

2009 and would begin following the 

signing of the Record of Decision (ROD). 

The Proposed Action does not include 

the expansion of PCMS or any 

construction at PCMS. 

The GTA EIS is not directly related to 

the Fort Carson or Pinon Canyon 

Maneuver Site (PCMS) Transformation 

EISs published in 2007. Those EISs 

analyzed actions that were separate 

from and independent of the GTA 

program. Further, those EISs were 

completed before the GTA action had 

been proposed and evaluated. The GTA 

actions combined with the 

Transformation actions will, however, 

produce cumulative effects that are 

analyzed in this GTA EIS. 

The stationing of additional BCTs and 

other force structure realignment actions 

across the Army was analyzed in the 

2007 Final Programmatic Environmental 

Impact Statement for Army Growth and 

Force Structure Realignment. The ROD 

determined that Fort Carson would 

receive an additional IBCT and other 

combat support units contingent on sitespecific NEPA analysis. This FEIS is 

that site-specific analysis of the 

environmental and socioeconomic 

impacts of alternatives for implementing 

the Army’s previous stationing decision. 

The FEIS also analyzes the potential 

stationing of a CAB. 

The FEIS analyzes the impacts of 

several alternatives for construction of 

the IBCT facilities and the No Action 

alternative. Under the No Action 

alternative, the stationing of a new IBCT 

and CAB at Fort Carson would not be 

implemented. The No Action alternative 

provides the baseline conditions for 

comparison to the Proposed Alternative. 

After reviewing the alternatives 

presented in the EIS, the Army has 

selected the Operational Training 

Readiness Center alternative for the 

siting of IBCT facilities as its preferred 

alternative. 

Copies of the FEIS are available at 

local libraries surrounding Fort Carson 

and PCMS and may also be accessed at 

http://www.aec.army.mil. Comments 

from the public will be considered 

before any final decision is made. 

Dated: January 26, 2009. 

Addison D. Davis, IV, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army 

(Environment, Safety and Occupational 

Health). 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Navy 

Notice of Record of Decision for the 

Final Supplemental Environmental 

Impact Statement for Developing 

Homeport Facilities for Three NIMITZClass Aircraft Carriers in Support of 

the U.S. Pacific Fleet at Naval Air 

Station North Island, Coronado, CA 

AGENCY: Department of the Navy, DoD. 

ACTION: Notice of Record of Decision. 

SUMMARY: The Department of the Navy 

(Navy), after carefully weighing the 

operational and environmental 

consequences of the proposed action, 

announces its decision to upgrade 

carrier berthing (Berth LIMA) at Naval 

Air Station (NAS) North Island to 

comply with current nuclear-powered 

aircraft carrier (CVN) facility 

requirements. The minor infrastructure 

improvements include construction of: 

A fender system, mooring bollards, 

security building, and antiterrorism 

(AT)/force protection (FP) 

improvements, as well as the 

installation of information systems, 

electrical and mechanical utility 

upgrades, paving, drainage, and site 

improvements. In addition, the Navy 

announces its intent to implement 

additional vehicular traffic mitigation 

measures to address new facts and 

circumstances relevant to traffic. 

Although the 2008 Traffic Study 

included in the 2008 Final 

Supplemental Environmental Impact 

Statement (SEIS) shows that direct 

traffic impacts have not changed 

significantly since they were studied in 

the 1999 Final Environmental Impact 

Statement (FEIS), additional traffic 

mitigation measures minimize the 

cumulative effects of vehicular traffic 

when three homeported aircraft carriers 

are simultaneously in port. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Record of Decision (ROD) has been 

distributed to all those individuals who 

requested a copy of the Final SEIS and 

agencies and organizations that received 

a copy of the Final SEIS. The complete 

text of the ROD is available for public 

viewing on the project Web site at 

http://www.nimitzcarriersseis.com/ 

along with copies of the Final SEIS and 

supporting documents. Single copies of 

the ROD will be made available upon 

request by contacting Mr. Robert 

Montana, Naval Facilities Engineering 

Command Southwest, 2730 McKean 

Street, Building 291, San Diego, CA 

92136, telephone: 619–556–8509. 


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