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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Air Force 

Realistic Bomber Training Initiative 

AGENCY: Department of the Air Force, 

Department of Defense. 

ACTION: Record of decision. 

SUMMARY: On March 20, 2007, the 

United States Air Force signed a Record 

of Decision for the Realistic Bomber 

Training Initiative Supplemental 

Environmental Impact Statement. This 

decision was based on information, 

analysis, and public comments 

contained in both the Environmental 

Impact Statement for the Realistic 

Bomber Training Initiative (Federal 

Register Notice of Availability February 

4, 2000) and the Supplemental 

Environmental Impact Statement for the 

Realistic Bomber Training Initiative 

(Federal Register Notice of Availability 

published August 11, 2006), along with 

other relevant factors. After carefully 

considering the issues addressed in the 

Supplemental Environmental Impact 

Statement and the comments submitted, 

the Air Force decided not to change the 

decision described in the initial Record 

of Decision and to continue 

implementation of Alternative B of the 

Realistic Bomber Training Initiative. 

This alternative includes the use of 

appropriate training assets associated 

with Instrument Route IR–178/Lancer 

Military Operations Area. As indicated 

above, a Notice of Availability of the 

Final Supplemental Environmental 

Impact Statement was published in the 

Federal Register on August 11, 2006 

(Volume 71, Number 155, Page 46220). 

The required 30-day waiting period for 

a Record of Decision has been 

completed. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Sheryl K. Parker, Headquarters Air 

Combat Command, A7ZP/ 

Comprehensive Planning Branch, 129 

Andrews St., Suite 102, Langley AFB, 

VA 23655 or call (757) 764–9334. 

Bao-Anh Trinh, 

Air Force Federal Register Liaison Officer. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Army 

Notice of Availability of the Draft 

Environmental Impact Statement 

(DEIS) for the Base Realignment and 

Closure (BRAC) 05 Realignment and 

Transformation Actions at Fort 

Benning, GA 

AGENCY: Department of the Army, DoD. 

ACTION: Notice of availability (NOA). 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Army announces the 

availability of the DEIS, which evaluates 

the potential environmental and 

socioeconomic impacts of 

transformation activities at Fort 

Benning, Georgia. These transformation 

proposed actions include 

implementation of the 05 BRAC 

Commission recommendations, the 

Global Defense Posture Realignment 

(GDPR) overseas re-stationing actions, 

Army Modular Force (AMF) initiatives, 

and other discretionary stationing 

activities. 

DATES: The public comment period for 

the DEIS will end 45 days after 

publication of an NOA in the Federal 

Register by the U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Monica Manganaro, Fort Benning Public 

Affairs Office at (706) 545-3438, or Mr. 

Brandon Cockrell at (706) 545-3210 

during normal business hours. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Proposed Action and subject of the DEIS 

covers the construction activities and 

movement of personnel associated with 

the BRAC actions, proposed 

transformation activities at Fort 

Benning, Georgia, and follow-on 

operations and training. 

The 2005 BRAC Commission 

recommended the relocation of the 

Armor Center and School from Fort 

Knox, Kentucky, to Fort Benning, as 

well as several other unit relocations, 

which would increase the Fort Benning 

population by approximately 4,486 

military and 1,226 civilian personnel, 

and an annual student/trainee 

population of approximately 8,357. Fort 

Benning also proposes to implement 

other transformation actions as the 

Army undergoes restructuring to meet 

the demands of the 21st century. The 

AMF initiative involves the Army’s 

transition from a division-centric design 

to a standard brigade organization. The 

reshaping of the domestic military force 

structure also includes provision for the 

return of units currently based overseas 

to United States installations as part of 

the GDPR. Finally, discretionary 

stationing actions (activations, 

inactivations, realignments and 

relocations) are proposed, which 

contribute to and are interrelated with 

the transformation process. 

The proposed action will provide the 

facilities, infrastructure, and equipment 

needed to support the transformation 

activities at Fort Benning. All 

construction activities associated with 

the proposed action would occur on 

Fort Benning. The proposed 

construction, renovation, and expansion 

of administrative, supply/storage, 

maintenance, barracks, commercial 

services, community facilities, medical 

and dental, and recreation facilities, as 

well as associated infrastructure 

support, is focused on the alreadyestablished cantonment areas: Main 

Post, Kelley Hill, Sand Hill, and 

Harmony Church. Throughout the 

cantonment areas, new facility 

construction will be sited to coincide 

with and/or be a complement to existing 

missions, facility operations, and 

functions. In order to minimize 

potential impacts to the environment 

(e.g., avoiding sensitive species habitat), 

existing infrastructure would be used to 

the greatest extent possible, and 

transformation activities would be 

located on previously distributed/ 

developed areas. Training assets, in the 

form of ranges and maneuver areas, 

currently are found throughout the 

Installation. The proposed 

improvements/upgrades to existing 

ranges and maneuver areas and 

proposed new ranges were selected o 

align with these existing assets. Training 

range and maneuver area construction 

and operation/maintenance activities 

will occur on approximately 157,000 

acres set aside for such activities. 

In development of the DEIS, three 

alternatives were carried forward for 

analysis: (1) Transformation Alternative 

A, which entails cantonment area 

development, construction of small- and 

large-caliber weapons ranges, heavy 

maneuver areas and corridors, a driver’s 

training course, off-road driver’s 

training area, and vehicle recovery area 

to support the training range 

requirements; (2) Transformation 

Alternative B (the Army’s Preferred 

Alternative), is similar to 

Transformation Alternative A with a 

combination of existing ranges and 

development of new tank training areas 

in the Good Hope area; and (3) the No 

Action Alternative, under which Fort 

Benning missions would continue as 

they were being performed in November 

2005, when the BRAC Commission 

recommendations became law. 

Environmental resources addressed in 

the DEIS include land use, aesthetics 

and visual resources, noise, 


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socioeconomics, transportation, 

utilities, hazardous and toxic substances 

and waste, air quality, water resources, 

geology and soils, biological and 

cultural resources, and safety. 

The DEIS analyses indicate that 

implementation of Alternative A would 

have significant impacts on 

transportation; biological resources 

(vegetation, aquatic habitats, wildlife, 

and special status species); and cultural 

resources. Implementation of 

Alternative B (the preferred alternative) 

would have no significant impacts to 

visual and aesthetic resources; 

socioeconomics (economic 

development, housing, quality of life, 

environmental justice); noise; air 

quality; hazardous and toxic materials 

and waste (hazardous material storage, 

use and handling; contaminated sites); 

water resources (surface water, 

hydrogeology/groundwater, floodplains, 

and wetlands); geology and soils; 

biological resources (Unique Ecological 

Areas); safety; land use; or utilities. 

Alternative locations for some of the 

projects as presented in Alternative B 

would provide similar impacts and 

benefits as Alternative A in all resources 

except for biological (special status 

species), where the impacts to the Redcockaded Woodpecker would be 

substantially less, and cultural 

(archaeological sites), where impacts 

would be greater. The No Action 

alternative provides the environmental 

baseline conditions for comparison to 

the impacts associated with the action 

alternatives. 

The Army invites the public, local 

governments, and state and other 

Federal agencies to submit written 

comments or suggestions concerning the 

alternatives and analyses addressed in 

the DEIS. The public and government 

agencies also are invited to participate 

in a public meeting where oral and 

written comments and suggestions will 

be received. The public meeting will be 

held on May 10, 2007 from 6 p.m. to 9 

p.m. at the Columbus, Georgia 

Convention and Trade Center, 801 Front 

Avenue, Room 205. Copies of the DEIS 

will be available for review at several 

local libraries prior to the public 

meeting. The DEIS may also be 

reviewed electronically at: http:// 

www.hqda.army.mil/acsim/brac/ 

nepa_eis_docs.htm. 

Please send written comments on the 

DEIS to: Mr. John Brent, Fort Benning 

Directorate of Public Works, 

Environmental Management Division, 

Bldg #6 (Meloy Hall), Room 310, Fort 

Benning, GA 31905. E-mail comments 

should be sent to: 

john.brent@benning.army.mil. 

Dated: April 10, 2007. 

Addison D. Davis, IV, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army 

(Environment, Safety and Occupational 

Health). 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Defense Logistics Agency 

[Requisition No. 07–007] 

Removal of Low-Activity 

Contamination 

AGENCY: Defense National Stockpile 

Center (DNSC), Defense Logistics 

Agency. 

ACTION: Notice of availability of a 

finding of no significant impact for the 

removal of low-activity contamination. 

SUMMARY: The Defense Logistics Agency 

announces the availability of the 

Finding of No Significant Impact 

(FONSI) for the removal of low-activity 

contamination resulting from storage of 

radioactive source material in the 

National Defense Stockpile of strategic 

and critical materials. 

Stockpiles of commodities containing 

source material have been removed from 

DNSC depots at Curtis Bay, MD and 

Hammond, IN. At the Curtis Bay Depot, 

the commodities containing source 

material (columbium/tantalum, thorium 

nitrate, tungsten ore and concentrates, 

thorium hydroxide, thorium oxide, 

monazite sand, uranium pitchblende 

ore, and sodium sulfate) were 

previously stored in 16 of the original 

59 warehouses. Since the middle 1980s, 

over 19,000 drums of thorium nitrate 

were stored in three warehouses. 

Previously the thorium nitrate stockpile 

was stored for short periods in six other 

warehouses on the site. At the 

Hammond Depot, the commodities 

containing source material (columbium/ 

tantalum, thorium nitrate, monazite 

sands, sodium sulfate, and tungsten ore 

and concentrates) were previously 

stored in two of the three warehouses on 

the site. Cleanup of any residual 

contamination from storage of the 

commodities containing source material 

is one task DNSC must complete before 

its Nuclear Regulatory Commission 

license can be terminated. 

Following evaluation of reasonable 

alternatives conducted by Oak Ridge 

National Laboratory on behalf of DNSC, 

DNSC will remove residual 

contamination and transfer the 

contaminants to a regulated disposal 

site. This disposal will be performed in 

a manner that will be safe, secure, and 

environmentally sound and minimizes 

radiation exposure and potential for risk 

to workers, the public, and the 

environment. 

DATES: Notice of Availability of an 

Environmental Assessment and draft 

FONSI were published in the Federal 

Register on Friday, March 9, 2007 (Vol. 

72, No. 46); comments received by April 

9, 2007 were considered when 

preparing the final version of the 

FONSI. 

The FONSI is available for review on 

the DNSC Web site (https:// 

www.dnsc.dla.mil/FINALFONSI.asp). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Michael Pecullan, Phone (703) 767–

7620 or e-mail: 

michael.pecullan@dla.mil. 

Dated: April 10, 2007. 

Cornel A. Holder, 

Administrator, Defense National Stockpile 

Center. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Navy 

[USN–2007–0027] 

Privacy Act of 1974; System of 

Records 

AGENCY: Department of the Navy, 

Department of Defense. 

ACTION: Notice of a new system of 

records. 

SUMMARY: The Department of the Navy 

proposes to add a systems of records to 

its inventory of record systems subject 

to the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 

552a), as amended. 

DATES: The proposed action will be 

effective on May 18, 2007 unless 

comments are received that would 

result in a contrary determination. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments to the 

Department of the Navy, PA/FOIA 

Policy Branch, Chief of Naval 

Operations (DNS–36), 2000 Navy 

Pentagon, Washington, DC 20350–2000. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mrs. 

Doris Lama at (202) 685–325–6545. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Department of the Navy’s notices for 

systems of records subject to the Privacy 

Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended, 

have been published in the Federal 

Register and are available from the 

address above. 

The proposed systems reports, as 

required by 5 U.S.C. 552a(r) of the 

Privacy Act, were submitted on April 6, 

2007, to the House Committee on 


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