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comments to five (5) minutes. Longer

comments should be summarized at the

public hearing and submitted in writing

either at the hearing or mailed to the

address listed at the end of this

announcement. All written comments

must be postmarked by June 19, 1995,

to become part of the official record.

The public hearing will be conducted in

English, but the Navy will make every

reasonable effort to accommodate

requests for language interpreters or

other special communication needs.

Such requests must be made to the

person listed below at least two days

prior to the public hearings.

Additional information concerning

this notice may be obtained by

contacting: Mr. Will Sloger (Code

064WS), Southern Division, Naval

Facilities Engineering Command, P.O.

Box 190010, North Charleston, South

Carolina 29419–9010, telephone (803)

743–0797.

Dated: May 9, 1995.

M.D. Schetzsle,

LT, JAGC, USNR, Alternative Federal Register

Liaison Officer.

[FR Doc. 95–11757 Filed 5–11–95; 8:45 am]

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Intent To Prepare an Environmental

Impact Statement for the Proposed

Master Land Withdrawal Naval Air

Station Fallon, Nevada

Pursuant to section 102(2)(c) of the

National Environmental Policy Act

(NEPA) of 1969 as implemented by the

Council on Environmental Quality

regulations (40 CFR parts 1500–1508),

the Department of the Navy announces

its intent to prepare an Environmental

Impact Statement (EIS) for the

withdrawal of federally-owned lands

around Naval Air Station (NAS) Fallon

training ranges in Churchill County,

Nevada.

The purpose of this action, termed

Master Land Withdrawal, is to provide

noise, safety, and off-range ordnance

hazard buffers around training ranges.

The need is based on the increased

technological complexity of aerial

training and the development and

expansion of populated areas in the

Fallon region over the last 50 years. The

withdrawal footprint is based on the

Department of Defense Range Air

Installation Compatibility Use Zone

(RAICUZ) study of 1982 and the NAS

Fallon Range Hazard Analysis

Mitigation Report of 1994. These reports

define noise, safety, and land use

compatibility zones to protect the public

and the military users of the training

ranges.

Located in the Lahontan Valley of

Churchill County in the west central

Nevada, NAS Fallon was transferred

from the Army to the Navy in 1942. In

1953, NAS Fallon withdrew public

lands for training ranges Bravo-16,

Bravo-17, and Bravo-19. Due to

technological advances in aircraft,

weaponry, and training, public safety

has become a concern around the

training ranges. The proposed action

would withdraw up to approximately

189,000 acres of additional land around

the existing training ranges to provide

safety and noise buffer zones. The

Department of the Interior currently

administers the lands proposed for

withdrawal through the Bureau of Land

Management (BLM) and Bureau of

Reclamation (BUREC).

The mission of NAS Fallon is to

provide realistic training and practice

opportunities in the use of modern

military equipment and tactics for

military aircrews, primarily those of

high performance jet fighters, strikefighters, and electronic warfare support

aircraft. The withdrawn lands are a

critical resource for NAS Fallon in

upholding its mission. The objectives of

the proposed action are fourfold:

1. Meet training requirements for

national defense.

2. Fulfill established operation and

RAICUZ safety guidelines.

3. Facilitate protection of the public

from off-range ordnance, and

4. Provide for continued public access

to and safety on public lands adjacent

to military withdrawals.

The proposed action would be

consistent with the provisions of the

Federal Land Policy and Management

Act of 1976 (FLPMA), which defines

withdrawal as ‘‘an area of Federal land

withheld from settlement, sale, location,

or entry, under some or all of the

general land laws for the purpose of

limiting activities under these laws in

order to maintain public values in the

area; or reserving the area for a

particular public purpose or program; or

transferring jurisdiction over an area of

Federal land * * * from one

department, bureau, or agency to

another * * * ’’ (43 U.S.C. 1701 section

103). The lands would be managed for

military purposes, subject to valid

existing rights, for a proposed term of 20

years. A Resource Management Plan

will be developed for the withdrawn

lands to provide for public safety by

defining compatible public uses with

military training operations.

Federal, state and local agencies, and

interested individuals are encouraged to

participate in a scoping process for the

EIS. The purpose of the scoping process

is to determine public issues and

concerns that need to be addressed in

the document and to assess what

additional information is available. Two

public scoping meetings will be held to

receive oral and written comments.

The first will be held in Reno, Nevada

on June 6, 1995 at 7 p.m. at the Airport

Plaza Hotel, 1981 Terminal Way. The

second will be held in Fallon, Nevada

on June 7, 1995 at 7 p.m. at the Fallon

Convention Center, 100 Campus Way. In

the interest of available time, each

speaker will be asked to limit oral

comments to five (5) minutes. In

addition, written comments may be

submitted by June 14, 1995, to

Commanding Officer, Engineering Field

Activity West, Naval Facilities

Engineering Command, 900 Commodore

Drive, San Bruno, CA 94066–5006

(Attention: Mr. Sam Dennis, Code

185SD); telephone (415) 244–3007, fax

(415) 244–3737.

Dated: May 9, 1995.

M.D. Schetzsle,

LT, JAGC, USNR, Alternative Federal Register

Liaison Officer.

[FR Doc. 95–11756 Filed 5–11–95; 8:45 am]

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Public Hearing for the Draft

Environmental Impact Statement for

Development of Facilities in San Diego

to Support the Homeporting of One

Nimitz Class Aircraft Carrier

Pursuant to section 102(2)(c) of the

National Environmental Policy Act

(NEPA) of 1969 as implemented by the

Council on Environmental Quality

regulations (40 CFR parts 1500–1508),

the Department of the Navy has

prepared and filed with the U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency a

Draft Environmental Impact Statement

(DEIS) to comply with the 1993 Base

Realignment and Closure (BRAC III)

directive from Congress to relocate ships

currently homeported at Naval Air

Station Alameda to fleet concentrations

in San Deigo and the Pacific Northwest.

Affected ships include two NIMITZ

class aircraft carriers, (CVNs), one of

which will be realigned to San Diego

and is the subject of the EIS.

A Notice of Intent (NOI) for this EIS

was published in the Federal Register

on July 27, 1993. A public scooping

meeting for the proposed project was

held on August 17, 1993, in Coronado,

California. Due to revisions in the

proposed action and new technical

information, an NOI, which superseded

all previous notices, was published in

the Federal Register on December 28,

1994.

Pursuant to BRAC, the EIS will assess

the potential environmental impacts
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associated with the construction and

operation of those facilities and

infrastructure necessary to support the

CVN and preserve the existing

capability to accommodate one transient

CVN. Homeporting a CVN will require

dredging of the berthing areas and the

San Diego Bay channel, a new berthing

wharf involving bay fill, construction of

new propulsion plant and ship

maintenance facilities, and expanded

utilities.

The EIS describes and evaluates

potential homeport sites in San Diego

Bay, three alternative berthing

arrangements, dredge material disposal

alternatives, and the ‘‘no action’’

alternative as required by NEPA. The

EIS analyzes potential project specific

impacts associated with a number of

projects proposed for implementation

during the next five years at Naval Air

Station, North Island. No decision on

the proposed action will be made until

the NEPA process has been completed

and the Navy releases a Record of

Decision.

The EIS is available for review at the

Coronado Public Library, 640 Orange

Avenue, Coronado, California; San

Diego Public Library, Science and

Industry Section, 820 E Street, San

Diego, California; Chula Vista Public

Library, 365 F Street, Chula Vista,

California; Imperial Beach Public

Library, 810 Imperial Beach Boulevard,

Imperial Beach, California; National

City Public Library, 200 East 12th Street,

National City, California; Encinitas

Public Library, 540 Cornish Drive,

Encinitas, California; and the Oceanside

Public Library, 330 North Hill Street,

Oceanside, California. All interested

parties are invited to submit comments

on the proposed action to the address

listed at the end of this notice no later

than June 26, 1995, to become part of

the official record.

A public hearing to inform the public

of the DEIS findings and to solicit

comments will be held on Wednesday,

June 7, 1995, beginning at 7 p.m., in the

Coronado High School Auditorium, 650

D Avenue, Coronado, California.

Federal, state and local agencies, and

interested parties are invited and urged

to be present or be represented at the

hearing. Oral statements will be heard

and transcribed by a stenographer;

however, to ensure accuracy of the

record, all statements should be

submitted in writing. All statements,

both oral and written, will become part

of the public record for the study. Equal

weight will be given to both oral and

written statements.

The EIS point of contract for receiving

comments is: Commanding Officer,

Southwest Division, Naval Facilities

Engineering Command (Attention: Mr.

Bob Hexom, Code 232RH), 1220 Pacific

Highway, San Diego, California 92132–

5190.

Dated: May 9, 1995.

M.D. Schetzsle,

LT, JAGC, USNR, Alternative Federal Register

Liaison Officer.

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Site-Wide Environmental Impact

Statement Los Alamos National

Laboratory

AGENCY: U.S. Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare a

Site-Wide Environmental Impact

Statement for the Los Alamos National

Laboratory.

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of

Energy (DOE) announces its intent to

prepare a Site-Wide Environmental

Impact Statement (SWEIS) for its Los

Alamos National Laboratory (LANL),

Los Alamos, New Mexico, a DOE

multiprogram research and

development laboratory. The SWEIS

will be prepared pursuant to the

National Environmental Policy Act

(NEPA) of 1969, 42 USC 4321 et seq.,

the Council on Environmental Quality’s

NEPA regulations [40 CFR Parts 1500–

1508] and the DOE NEPA regulations

[10 CFR Part 1021]. It will analyze as

alternatives various levels of LANL

operations, including reasonable

foreseeable new operations and

facilities.

DOE initiated a prescoping process

with an Advance Notice of Intent

published in the Federal Register on

August 10, 1994 [59 FR 40889]. This

Notice of Intent reflects the

consideration of comments provided

during the prescoping process,

including comments regarding NEPA

reviews initiated or anticipated at the

time of the Advance Notice of Intent,

and issues and alternatives for the

SWEIS.

DATES: The DOE invites other Federal

agencies, the State, Indian Tribes, local

governments, and the general public to

comment on the scope of this SWEIS.

The public scoping period starts with

the publication of this notice in the

Federal Register and will continue until

June 30, 1995. DOE will consider all

comments received or postmarked by

that date in defining the scope of this

SWEIS. Comments received or

postmarked after that date will be

considered to the extent practicable.

Public scoping meetings are scheduled

to be held as follows:

June 13, 1995; Hilltop House Hotel, 400

Trinity Drive, Los Alamos, New Mexico

87544

June 14, 1995; Sweeney Center, 201 West

Marcy Street, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87501

June 15, 1995; Northern New Mexico

Community College, 1002 North Onate

Street, Espanola, New Mexico 87532

The purpose of these meetings is to

receive oral and written comments from

the public. The meetings will use a

workshop format to facilitate dialogue

among DOE, LANL, and the public and

will provide an opportunity for

individuals to provide written or oral

statements. The DOE will publish

additional notices on the dates, times,

and locations of the scoping meetings in

local newspapers in advance of the

scheduled meetings. Any necessary

changes will be announced in the local

media.

In addition to providing oral

comments at the public scoping

meetings, all interested parties are

invited to record their comments, ask

questions concerning the LANL SWEIS,

request speaking times, request to be

placed on the LANL SWEIS mailing or

document distribution list, or request

copies of the LANL SWEIS

Implementation Plan (when available)

by leaving a message on the LANL

SWEIS Hotline at 1–800–898–6623. The

Hotline will have instructions on how to

record your comments and requests.

ADDRESSES: Written comments or

suggestions to assist the DOE in

identifying the appropriate scope of the

LANL SWEIS should be directed to: Mr.

Corey A. Cruz, U.S. Department of

Energy, Albuquerque Operations Office,

P.O. Box 5400, Albuquerque, New

Mexico, 87185–5400, or by facsimile at

(505) 845–6392. For express delivery

services, the appropriate address is

Pennsylvania and H Streets, Kirtland

Air Force Base, Albuquerque, NM

87116.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For

further information on the SWEIS and

the public scoping process, contact

Corey Cruz at the address and telephone

number listed above.

For information on DOE’s NEPA

process, please contact: Carol

Borgstrom, Director, Office of NEPA

Policy and Assistance (EH–42), U.S.

Department of Energy, 1000

Independence Avenue SW, Washington,

DC 20585. Ms. Borgstrom can be

reached at (202) 586–4600, by facsimile

at (202) 586–7031, or by leaving a

message at 1–800–472–2756.