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The SEIS will also consider the No 

Action Alternative. Under the No 

Action Alternative, the DoN would 

continue to implement the September 

2010 ROD. The decision to construct 

and operate the live-fire training range 

complex would remain deferred, and 

DoN would establish a main 

cantonment area for approximately 

8,600 Marines and approximately 9,000 

dependents on DoD-controlled lands at 

NCTS Finegayan and South Finegayan 

and by acquiring land known as the 

former FAA parcel. Although the No 

Action Alternative presumes the present 

course of action identified in the 

September 2010 ROD, for purposes of 

assessing the environmental impacts of 

the proposed alternatives in the SEIS, 

the DoN will compare the impacts of the 

proposed action to the baseline 

conditions identified in the July 2010 

Final EIS. Baseline conditions will be 

updated in the SEIS, as appropriate, if 

new information is made available. The 

No Action Alternative is not a 

reasonable alternative. Foremost, it is 

inconsistent with the new force posture 

adopted by the DoD in accordance with 

the SCC’s April 27, 2012 adjustments to 

the Roadmap, which provide for a 

materially smaller relocated force on 

Guam. Furthermore, the No Action 

Alternative neither satisfies the need for 

training requirements for the relocated 

Marines as mandated in Section 5063 of 

Title 10 the U.S. Code, nor the 

individual live-fire training 

requirements as described in the Final 

EIS and ROD. 

The SEIS will evaluate environmental 

effects associated with: Geology and 

soils; water resources, which may 

include surface and ground water, 

floodplains, wetlands, wild and scenic 

rivers; terrestrial biology; threatened 

and endangered species and their 

designated critical habitat (if 

applicable); air quality; noise; airspace; 

cultural resources; socioeconomics; 

environmental justice (minority and low 

income populations and children); land 

use and coastal zone management 

federal consistency; utilities, 

transportation; hazardous materials/ 

hazardous waste/installation 

restoration; public health and safety; 

and other environmental concerns as 

identified through scoping. The analysis 

will include an evaluation of direct and 

indirect impacts, and will account for 

cumulative impacts from other relevant 

activities in the area of Guam. 

Additionally, the DoN will undertake 

any consultations required by all 

applicable laws or regulations. 

No decision will be made to 

implement any alternative until the 

SEIS process is completed and a ROD is 

signed by the Assistant Secretary of the 

Navy (Energy, Installations and 

Environment) or her/his designee. 

By publishing this Notice, the DoN is 

initiating a scoping process to identify 

community concerns and issues that 

should be addressed in the SEIS. 

Federal, Territorial, and local agencies, 

and interested parties and persons are 

encouraged to provide comments on the 

proposed action that clearly describe 

specific issues or topics of 

environmental concern that the 

commenter believes the DoN should 

consider. Additional information will be 

posted on the project web site as it 

becomes available. 

Comments may be submitted in 

writing at one of the public scoping 

meetings, through the project web site 

at: http://guambuildupeis.us, or may be 

mailed to: Joint Guam Program Office 

Forward, P.O. Box 153246, Santa Rita, 

Guam, 96915. 

To ensure consideration, all written 

comments on the scope of the SEIS must 

be submitted or postmarked by 

December 10, 2012, ChST. 

Dated: October 4, 2012. 

C.K. Chiappetta, 

Lieutenant Commander, Office of the Judge 

Advocate General, U.S. Navy, Federal 

Register Liaison Officer. 

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VOLUME EXPANSION SYSTEM FOR 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Annual Public Meeting of the 

Interagency Steering Committee on 

Multimedia Environmental Modeling 

AGENCY: Office of Environmental 

Management, Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: The annual public meeting of 

the Federal Interagency Steering 

Committee on Multimedia 

Environmental Modeling (ISCMEM) will 

convene to discuss the latest 

developments in environmental 

modeling applications, tools and 

frameworks as well as new operational 

initiatives for FY 2013 among the 

participating agencies. The meeting will 

be hosted by the U.S. Geological Survey, 

one of the participants in the ISCMEM, 

at its headquarters facility in Reston, 

VA. The meeting is open to the public 

and all interested parties may attend. 

DATES: November 7 and 8, 2012, from 

8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., EST and 

November 9, 2012, from 8:30 a.m. to 

noon, EST. 

ADDRESSES: U.S. Geological Survey, 

12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, Reston, 

Virginia. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Preregistration may be accomplished 

through the ISCMEM public Web site: 

http://iemhub.org/topics/iscmem. 

Instructions for registration through the 

Web site may be requested by email to 

Whelan.Gene@epamail.epa.gov. Other 

inquiries and notice of intent to attend 

the meeting may be faxed or emailed to: 

Dr. Ming Zhu, ISCMEM Chair, U.S. 


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Department of Energy, Office of 

Environmental Management, 1000 

Independence Ave. SW., Washington, 

DC 20585, Tel 301–903–9240, Fax 301– 

903–4307, Ming.Zhu@em.doe.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background: In 2001 six Federal 

agencies began formal cooperation 

under a Memorandum of Understanding 

(MOU) on the research and 

development of multimedia (i.e. air, 

soil, water) environmental models. This 

MOU established the Federal 

Interagency Steering Committee on 

Multimedia Environmental Modeling 

(ISCMEM). The MOU was revised and 

renewed in 2006 and 2011. The MOU 

establishes a framework for facilitating 

cooperation and coordination among 

research organizations in the 

participating agencies. So far, six 

agencies have signed the current 

renewal of the MOU: The U.S. Army 

Corps of Engineers (Engineer Research 

and Development Center); the U.S. 

Department of Energy (Office of 

Environmental Management); the U.S. 

Department of Interior (U.S. Geological 

Survey); the U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency (Office of Research 

and Development); the U.S. National 

Science Foundation (Geosciences 

Directorate); and the U.S. Nuclear 

Regulatory Commission (Office of 

Nuclear Regulatory Research). Other 

agencies are still reviewing the revised 

MOU. 

In ISCMEM, agencies work to 

cooperate and coordinate in the research 

and development of all aspects of 

multimedia environmental modeling. 

This includes development and 

enhancements of software, databases, 

and interoperability. It includes 

applications and assessment of site 

specific, generic, and process-oriented 

multimedia environmental models as 

they pertain to human and 

environmental health risk assessment. 

Multimedia environmental model 

development and simulation supports 

interagency interests in risk assessment, 

uncertainty analyses, and management 

of geologic, hydrologic, atmospheric, 

terrestrial, and ecological resources. The 

topics to be discussed this year focus 

on: (1) Development of frameworks and 

platforms; (2) subsurface 

biogeochemical studies; (3) cyber-water 

research program; and (4) integration 

modeling for national weather services, 

water resources management, and 

surface water and ecological systems. 

Purpose of the Public Meeting: The 

annual public meeting provides an 

opportunity for the scientific 

community, ISCMEM members and 

other Federal and State agencies, and 

the public to discuss ISCMEM activities 

and their initiatives for the upcoming 

year, and to discuss technological 

advancements in multimedia 

environmental modeling. 

Proposed Agenda: The ISCMEM Chair 

will open the meeting with a brief 

overview of the goals of the MOU and 

an update on current activities and 

future plans of ISCMEM. This 

introduction will be followed by a series 

of invited technical presentations for the 

remainder of the first day and for the 

entire second day, focusing on topics of 

mutual interest to ISCMEM participants. 

The steering committee will hold an 

open business session on the morning of 

the third day. A detailed agenda with 

presentation titles and speakers will be 

posted on the ISCMEM public Web site: 

http://iemhub.org/topics/iscmem. The 

agenda and instructions for registration 

will also be available through the list of 

public meetings on the US Nuclear 

Regulatory Commission Web site at 

http://www.nrc.gov/public-involve/ 

public-meetings.html. 

Meeting Access: The meeting facility 

at the U.S. Geological Survey 

Headquarters is located at 12201 

Sunrise Valley Drive, Reston, VA, near 

the Washington Dulles International 

Airport. Directions to the U.S. 

Geological Survey Headquarters can be 

found on its Web site at http:// 

www.usgs.gov/visitors/directions.asp. 

The most convenient transportation to 

the meeting venue is via automobile. 

There is free visitor parking at the U.S. 

Geological Survey facility. The meeting 

facility is wheel-chair accessible. Please 

allow time to register with building 

security and bring two photo ID’s. Direct 

access to the meeting facility is available 

on the same level and near the visitor 

security check-in. Please pre-register 

through the Web site listed above under 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT or 

via the agency contact information. 

Please follow signs for the ISCMEM 

public meeting. 

Ming Zhu, 

Chair, Federal Interagency Steering 

Committee on Multimedia Environmental 

Modeling. 

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ACTION: Notice of 25 day comment 

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