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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Navy 

Notice of Intent To Prepare an 

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)/ 

Overseas Environmental Impact 

Statement (OEIS) for the Relocation of 

U.S. Marine Corps Forces to Guam, 

Enhancement of Infrastructure and 

Logistic Capabilities, Improvement of 

Pier/Waterfront Infrastructure for 

Transient U.S. Navy Nuclear Aircraft 

Carrier (CVN) at Naval Base Guam, and 

Placement of a U.S. Army Ballistic 

Missile Defense (BMD) Task Force in 

Guam 

AGENCY: Department of the Navy, DoD. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 102(2)(C) 

of the National Environmental Policy of 

1969, as implemented by the Council on 

Environmental Quality Regulations (40 

CFR Parts 1500–1508), and Executive 

Order 12114, the Department of the 

Navy (DON) announces its intent to 

prepare an EIS/OEIS to evaluate the 

potential environmental effects 

associated with relocating Command, 

Air, Ground, and Logistics units (which 

includes approximately 8,000 service 

members and 9,000 family members) 

from Okinawa, Japan to Guam. The EIS/ 

OEIS will examine potential impacts 

from activities associated with the 

Marine Corps units’ relocation to 

include operations, training, and 

infrastructure changes. 

DON also proposes to enhance the 

infrastructure, logistic capabilities, and 

improve pier/waterfront facilities to 

support transient CVN berthing at Naval 

Base Guam. The EIS/OEIS will examine 

potential impacts of the waterfront 

improvements associated with the 

proposed transient berthing. 

Finally, the proposed action will 

evaluate placing a BMD task force 

(approximately 630 service members 

and 950 family members) in Guam. The 

EIS/OEIS will examine potential 

impacts from activities associated with 

the task force to include operations, 

training, and infrastructure changes. 

The purpose and need of the 

proposed action is to fulfill U.S. 

government national security and 

alliance requirements in the Western 

Pacific Region. Guam’s location as the 

westernmost part of the United States is 

critical to national security. The 

Department of Defense (DoD) national 

security strategy would increase the role 

of Guam and the Commonwealth of the 

Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) 

through the relocation of Marines to 

Guam, increased presence of a transient 

CVN, and enhanced capability to defend 

critical military assets. 

Mission critical, mission support, and 

community support infrastructure 

improvements are needed to ensure that 

Navy Region Marianas can provide 

expanded direct support of the DoD 

strategic mission and operational 

readiness in the Western Pacific Region. 

Infrastructure improvements would 

need to provide: 

• Military training, subsequent 

garrison, operations, and infrastructure 

to support the U.S. Marines relocation 

to Guam. 

• Port infrastructure for support to 

the transient presence of a CVN within 

Apra Harbor. 

• Infrastructure to support the BMD 

task force, which can intercept missiles 

with potential to impact the critical 

military assets. 

The EIS/OEIS will consider 

reasonable alternatives for siting 

operational, training, and support 

facilities on Guam, in addition to the 

no-action alternative. The DON Joint 

Guam Program Office (JGPO) will seek 

the input of the public on siting 

alternatives during the scoping meetings 

described below. 

Seven Federal agencies will be invited 

to be cooperating agencies: National 

Oceanographic and Atmospheric 

Administration; National Marine 

Fisheries; U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service; U.S. Department of Agriculture, 

Wildlife Services; Department of 

Transportation Federal Highway 

Administration; Federal Aviation 

Administration; and the National Park 

Service. 

DATES AND ADDRESSES: Public scoping 

meetings will be held on Guam, Saipan, 

and Tinian to receive oral and/or 

written comments that should be 

addressed in the EIS/OEIS. The public 

scoping open houses will be held at the 

following dates, times, and locations: 

1. Tuesday, April 3, 2007, 5 p.m.–8 

p.m., location TBD (Guam, in central 

business area); 

2. Wednesday, April 4, 2007, 5 p.m.–

8 p.m., location TBD (Saipan); and 

3. Thursday, April 5, 2007, 5 p.m.–8 

p.m., location TBD (Tinian). 

Federal Agencies, Government of 

Guam agencies, Government of CNMI 

agencies, the public, and other 

interested parties are encouraged to 

provide oral and/or written comments 

to the DON to identify specific issues or 

topics for consideration in the EIS/OEIS. 

The DON will consider comments 

received in determining the scope of the 

EIS/OEIS. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Captain Robert Lee, Commander, Navy 

Region Marianas, PSC 455 Box 152, FPO 

AP, Guam 96540, telephone 671–339–

6156, e-mail at: 

Robert.Lee@guam.navy.mil. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Office 

of the Secretary of Defense directed the 

DON to establish a JGPO to facilitate, 

manage, coordinate, and execute certain 

DoD actions in Guam. The proposed 

actions for consideration in the 

announced EIS/OEIS are under the 

cognizance of the JGPO, the DON action 

proponent. 

Guam is host to the westernmost U.S. 

military installation on U.S. soil, and is 

located 2,400 kilometers (1,500 miles) 

from the Western Pacific Rim. The 

location of Guam allows for rapid 

deployment of military units to areas of 

possible conflict in the Western Pacific 

Region. The proposed action is required 

to maintain the DON’s capability to 

accomplish its mission in this critical 

geographic region in support of the 

U.S./Japan Alliance and consistent with 

the DoD Integrated Global Positioning 

and Basing Strategy and Quadrennial 

Defense Review. 

The proposed action would relocate 

an Air Combat Element, Command 

Element, Ground Combat Element, and 

Command Service Support Element of 

the U.S. Marines to Guam, provide 

enhanced CVN transient operational 

capability and logistics support at Guam 

Naval Base, and for defense, locate a 

U.S. Army BMD task force on Guam. 

The proposed action includes 

rehabilitation or construction of 

operational facilities, support facilities 

(such as housing), and training areas on 

Guam and other locations within the 

Mariana Islands. 

The EIS/OEIS will analyze a range of 

alternative sites for facilities needed to 

support the proposed actions. 

Administrative, housing, training, and 

operations functions will be evaluated 

to determine a range of reasonable 

alternative locations within the 

Marianas. Reasonable alternatives, 

including, but not limited to, alternative 

configurations within Guam and the 

CNMI, will be considered to 

accommodate the operations, training, 

and infrastructure requirements 

associated with the proposed relocation 

of service and family members, the 

enhancement of CVN transient 

operational capabilities, and the siting 

of a U.S. Army BMD task force with its 

service and family members. The EIS/ 

OEIS also will analyze and consider the 

No Action alternative. 

Impacts and issues to be addressed in 

the EIS/OEIS include, but are not 

limited to, the following resource areas: 

Coral and coral reefs, marine and 


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terrestrial natural resources, including 

threatened and endangered species, 

water quality, noise, land use, airspace 

management, fishing, navigation, 

recreation, historical and cultural 

resources, utilities, and socioeconomics. 

The EIS/OEIS will include an 

evaluation of the project’s direct, 

indirect, short-term, long-term, and 

cumulative impacts. No decision will be 

made to implement any alternative until 

the EIS/OEIS process is completed and 

a Record of Decision is signed by the 

Assistant Secretary of the Navy 

(Installations and Environment). 

The JGPO is initiating the scoping 

process to identify community concerns 

and local issues to be addressed in the 

EIS/OEIS. Federal agencies, State 

agencies, local agencies, and interested 

persons are encouraged to provide oral 

and/or written comments identifying 

specific issues or topics of 

environmental concern that should be 

addressed in the EIS/OEIS. Written 

comments must be postmarked by May 

1, 2007, and should be mailed to: JGPO, 

258 Makalapa Drive, Suite 100, Pearl 

Harbor, HI 96860–3134, Attention: EV2. 

Dated: February 28, 2007. 

M.A. Harvison, 

Lieutenant Commander, Judge Advocate 

General’s Corps, U.S. Navy, Federal Register 

Liaison Officer. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Navy 

Privacy Act of 1974; System of 

Records 

AGENCY: Department of the Navy, DoD. 

ACTION: Notice to Delete Systems of 

Records. 

SUMMARY: The Department of the Navy 

is deleting two system of records notices 

from its existing inventory of records 

systems subject to the Privacy Act of 

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

DATES: Effective March 7, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: 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: Ms. 

Doris Lama at (202) 685–6545. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Department of the Navy systems of 

records notices 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 deletions are not within 

the purview of subsection (r) of the 

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

amended, which requires the 

submission of a new or altered system 

report. 

Dated: February 28, 2007. 

C.R. Choate, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

Deletion: 

N01070–4 

Naval Reserve Security Group 

Personnel Records (February 22, 1993, 

58 FR 10697). 

Reason: System is obsolete. 

Information on reservists is maintained 

in their military personnel file, security 

clearance file, etc. 

N04410–1 

File of Records of Acquisition, 

Transfer and Disposal of Privately 

Owned Vehicles (September 20, 1993, 

58 FR 48852). 

Reason: Activity has been 

disestablished and all files destroyed. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Navy 

[USN–2007–0018] 

Privacy Act of 1974; System of 

Records 

AGENCY: Department of the Navy, DoD. 

ACTION: Notice To Amend System of 

Records. 

SUMMARY: The Department of the Navy 

is amending a system of records notice 

in its existing inventory of record 

systems subject to the Privacy Act of 

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

DATES: This proposed action will be 

effective without further notice on April 

6, 2007 unless comments are received 

which 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) 685–6545. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Department of the Navy systems of 

records notices 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 specific changes to the record 

system being amended are set forth 

below followed by the notice, as 

amended, published in its entirety. The 

proposed amendments are not within 

the purview of subsection (r) of the 

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

amended, which requires the 

submission of a new or altered system 

report. 

Dated: February 28, 2007. 

C.R. Choate, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

NM01650–1 

SYSTEM NAME: 

Department of the Navy (DON) 

Military Awards System (November 23, 

2005, 70 FR 70597). 

CHANGES: 

* * * * * 

SYSTEM LOCATION: 

Delete ‘‘(DNS–37)’’ and replace with 

‘‘(DNS–35).’’

Delete ‘‘http://neds.daps.dla.mil/ 

sndl.htm.’’ and replace with ‘‘http:// 

doni.daps.dla.mil/sndl.aspx.’’

* * * * * 

AUTHORITY FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE SYSTEM: 

Delete ‘‘1650.1G’’ and replace with 

‘‘1650.1H’’. 

* * * * * 

SYSTEM MANAGER(S) AND ADDRESS: 

Delete ‘‘(DNS–37)’’ and replace with 

‘‘(DNS–35)’’. 

* * * * * 

NOTIFICATION PROCEDURE: 

Delete ‘‘(DNS–37)’’ and replace with 

‘‘(DNS–35)’’. 

RECORD ACCESS PROCEDURES: 

Delete ‘‘(DNS–37)’’ and replace with 

‘‘(DNS–35)’’. 

* * * * * 

NM01650–1 

SYSTEM NAME: 

Department of the Navy (DON) 

Military Awards System. 

SYSTEM LOCATION: 

Chief of Naval Operations (DNS–35), 

2000 Navy Pentagon, Washington, DC 

20350–2000; Headquarters, U.S. Marine 

Corps, Manpower and Reserve Affairs 

Department, Personnel Management 

Division, Military Awards Branch 

(MMMA), 3280 Russell Road, MCB 

Quantico, VA 22134–5103; and 

organizational elements of the 

Department of the Navy. 

Official mailing addresses are 

published in the Standard Navy 


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