25686 Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 89 / Wednesday, May 7, 2008 / Notices 

Secretary of Defense for Personnel and 

Readiness Component Designated 

Official Office. In the first year this may 

require new forms from approximately 

585 investigators, most already doing 

research. After the first year, the burden 

will level off to approximately 85. The 

form is two pages in length including 

statements agreed to and half a page for 

respondent signature and contact 

information. Respondents generally will 

be required to have the signed form 

scanned and forwarded electronically. 

The form will be filed electronically and 

form completion will be logged into a 

database. After three years, if a 

researcher still is engaged in research 

with the Office of the Under Secretary 

of Defense for Personnel and Readiness, 

he/she will be asked to reaffirm his/her 

commitment electronically. This 

information collection does not involve 

sensitive personal information and 

requires no special confidentiality 

measures. 

Dated: May 1, 2008. 

Patricia L. Toppings, 

OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, 

Department of Defense. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

Threat Reduction Advisory Committee 

Closed Meeting 

AGENCY: Defense Threat Reduction 

Agency, Office of the Under Secretary of 

Defense (Acquisition, Technology and 

Logistics); Department of Defense. 

ACTION: Federal Advisory Committee 

meeting notice; correction. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Defense 

published an announcement of a closed 

session of the Threat Reduction 

Advisory Committee on April 23, 2008 

(73 FR 21920–21921). The meeting date 

was incorrect. This notice is being 

published to provide the correct 

meeting date of June 26, 2008. All other 

information in the previous notice 

remains the same. 

DATES: Thursday, June 26, 2008 (8 a.m. 

to 4 p.m.). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Contact Mr. Eric Wright, Defense Threat 

Reduction Agency/AST, 8725 John J. 

Kingman Road, MS 6201, Fort Belvoir, 

VA 22060–6201, Phone: (703) 767–5717, 

Fax: (703) 767–5701, E-mail: 

eric.wright@dtra.mil. 

Dated: May 1, 2008. 

Patricia L. Toppings, 

OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, 

Department of Defense. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Army 

Notice of Intent To Prepare an 

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) 

for Grow the Army (GTA) Actions at 

Fort Carson, CO 

AGENCY: Department of the Army, DoD. 

ACTION: Notice of Intent (NOI). 

SUMMARY: As part of the GTA effort, the 

U. S. Army intends to prepare an EIS to 

analyze the environmental and 

socioeconomic impacts resulting from 

the decision to station a new Infantry 

Brigade Combat Team (IBCT) at Fort 

Carson. The EIS will also analyze Fort 

Carson’s Butts Army Airfield (BAAF) as 

a potential location for stationing a 

Combat Aviation Brigade (CAB) in the 

future. 

ADDRESSES: For questions regarding the 

EIS, please contact Ms. Deb Owings or 

Ms. Robin Renn, Fort Carson National 

Environmental Policy Act Coordinators, 

1638 Elwell Street, Building 6236, Fort 

Carson, CO 80913–4000. Written 

comments may be mailed to that 

address or e-mailed to 

CARSDECAMNEPA@conus.army.mil. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Dee McNuff, Fort Carson Public Affairs 

Office at (719) 526–1269, during normal 

business hours. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Fort 

Carson consists of approximately 

137,000 acres of DOD-managed land 

south of Colorado Springs (east of the 

Rocky Mountain Front Range) and 

occupies portions of El Paso, Pueblo, 

and Fremont counties. The Pinon 

Canyon Maneuver Site (PCMS) is the 

primary maneuver training area for Fort 

Carson. In addition to the units 

stationed there, Fort Carson and the 

PCMS also provide training to Reserve 

units and the National Guard. The 

PCMS is located approximately 150 

miles southeast of Fort Carson and 

consists of approximately 235,000 acres. 

The stationing of additional BCTs and 

other force structure realignment actions 

across the Army was analyzed in the 

2007 Final Programmatic EIS for Army 

Growth and Force Structure 

Realignment. The Record of Decision 

determined that Fort Carson would 

receive an additional IBCT contingent 

on site specific NEPA analysis. The Fort 

Carson GTA EIS will analyze 

environmental and socioeconomic 

impacts as a result of this decision. Also 

analyzed will be the potential stationing 

of a CAB and newly identified projects 

that would be required to support GTA 

actions. 

Implementing these requirements 

would involve constructing new 

facilities at Fort Carson to support an 

IBCT (approximately 4,500 additional 

Soldiers and their dependents), the 

potential stationing of a CAB 

(approximately 2,800 Soldiers and their 

dependents) and upgrading ranges. 

Increased use of live-fire training ranges 

and maneuver areas would occur at Fort 

Carson and the PCMS. 

The Fort Carson GTA EIS will analyze 

the impact of several alternatives 

including the No Action Alternative. 

Alternatives to be examined by the EIS 

may consist of alternative siting 

locations within Fort Carson for facility/ 

utility construction projects, renovation 

and use of existing facilities. The EIS 

will also examine increases in land use 

intensity resulting from training 

activities connected with GTA 

stationing decisions. Under the No 

Action Alternative, the stationing of a 

new IBCT and CAB at Fort Carson 

would not be implemented. 

Impacts analyzed will include a wide 

range of environmental resource areas 

including, but not limited to, air quality, 

traffic, noise, water resources, biological 

resources, cultural resources, 

socioeconomics, utilities, land use, solid 

and hazardous materials/waste, and 

cumulative environmental effects. 

Additional resources and conditions 

may be identified as a result of the 

scoping process initiated by this NOI. 

The public will be invited to 

participate in the scoping process which 

includes several scoping meetings to 

provide input on the proposed actions 

and alternatives in the EIS. The public 

will also be invited to review and 

comment on the Draft EIS. These public 

involvement opportunities will be 

announced in the local news media. 

Comments from the public will be 

considered before any decision is made 

regarding implementing the proposed 

action at Fort Carson. 

Dated: May 1, 2008. 

Addison D. Davis, IV, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army 

(Environment, Safety and Occupational 

Health). 

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