Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 206 / Thursday, October 25, 2007 / Notices 60661 

Dated: October 19, 2007. 

L.M. Bynum, 

OSD Federal Register, Liaison Officer, DOD. 

[FR Doc. 07–5275 Filed 10–24–07; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Army 

Notice of Availability of the Final 

Programmatic Environmental Impact 

Statement (PEIS) for Army Growth and 

Force Structure Realignment 

AGENCY: Department of the Army, DoD. 

ACTION: Notice of availability (NOA). 

SUMMARY: The Department of the Army 

announces the availability of the Final 

PEIS for the growth and realignment of 

the U.S. Army. Pursuant to the National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), the 

Department of the Army has prepared a 

PEIS that evaluates the potential 

environmental and socioeconomic 

effects associated with alternatives for 

growing and realigning the Army’s force 

structure. The Army’s preferred 

alternative identified in the Final PEIS 

is Alternative 3 which will allow the 

Army to grow and restructure its forces 

to accommodate modular forces 

initiatives and critical shortfalls, while 

adding six Brigade Combat Teams 

(BCTs) to the Army’s end strength. 

Potential impacts have been analyzed at 

installations that are being considered 

for the stationing of 1,000 or more 

additional Soldiers. 

DATES: The waiting period for the final 

PEIS will end 30 days after publication 

of an NOA in the Federal Register by 

the U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency. 

ADDRESSES: To obtain a copy of the 

Final PEIS contact: Public Affairs Office, 

U.S. Army Environmental Command, 

Building E4460, Attention: IMAE–PA 

5179 Hoadley Road, Aberdeen Proving 

Ground, MD 21010–5401. Questions 

may also be sent to: 

PublicComments@aec.apgea.army.mil. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Public Affairs Office at (410) 436–2556; 

facsimile at (410) 436–1693 (during 

normal business hours Monday through 

Friday). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Proposed Action and analysis within 

the Final PEIS covers those activities 

needed to increase the Army’s end 

strength and realign its force structure 

from Fiscal Year 2008 through Fiscal 

Year 2013 to a size and composition that 

is better able to meet national security 

and defense requirements. The 

Proposed Action involves stationing 

decisions to align Army forces in 

support of military transformation, unit 

equipment and training readiness, and 

Soldier and Family quality of life needs. 

To implement the Proposed Action, new 

units must be stationed at locations that 

are able to accommodate unit training, 

garrison operations, maintenance 

activities, and Soldiers and their 

Families. In addition, final stationing 

locations must support the strategic 

deployment and mobilization 

requirements of the nation’s Combatant 

Commanders to ensure they will have 

the forces necessary to support regional 

contingency operations and planning 

requirements. 

The Final PEIS examines major Army 

training installations and their ability to 

support new unit stationing actions in 

connection with the growth and 

realignment of the U.S. Army. The Final 

PEIS provides the Army senior 

leadership with a hard look at 

environmental and socioeconomic 

impacts associated with the Proposed 

Action and informs the decision-making 

process for selecting the final stationing 

locations for new units. This effort 

includes analysis of specific actions that 

will need to be taken (such as the 

construction of housing and quality of 

life facilities, the construction of new 

training ranges and infrastructure, and 

changes in the intensity of use of 

maneuver land and firing ranges) to 

station new units as part of the Army’s 

overall efforts to grow and realign the 

force. 

After reviewing a full range of 

alternative sites, 17 installations capable 

of supporting the Army’s growth and 

realignment have been evaluated for 

their ability to support three action 

alternatives. The installations carried 

forward for analysis included: Georgia: 

Fort Benning and Fort Stewart; Texas: 

Fort Bliss and Fort Hood: North 

Carolina: Fort Bragg; Kentucky: Fort 

Campbell and Fort Knox; Colorado: Fort 

Carson; New York: Fort Drum; 

California: Fort Hunter-Liggett and Fort 

Irwin; Washington: Fort Lewis and 

Yakima Training Center; Louisiana: Fort 

Polk; Kansas: Fort Riley; New Mexico: 

White Sands Missile Range; Arizona: 

Yuma Proving Ground. Each of these 

installations could receive 1,000 or 

more additional soldiers as part of 

alternatives being examined. 

Alternatives carried forward for 

analysis in the Final PEIS included: (1) 

Implementing Army force structure 

modifications between Fiscal Year 2008 

and Fiscal Year 2013 to support the 

Army’s Modular Transformation and 

Global Defense Posture Review (GDPR) 

decisions; (2) Executing those actions 

discussed as part of Alternative 1 and, 

in addition, adding approximately 

30,000 Combat Support (CS) and 

Combat Service Support (CSS) soldiers 

to the Army to address critical shortfalls 

in high demand military skills in both 

Active Army and Reserve components; 

(3) Executing those actions proposed in 

Alternatives 1 and 2 and, in addition, 

grow the Army by up to six Active Duty 

BCTs. Additional BCTs would be 

stationed at existing or newly 

established Army stationing locations 

within the continental United States. In 

addition to these alternatives, the No 

Action Alternative is described and its 

impacts are fully assessed and 

considered. 

The Army’s preferred alternative 

identified in the Final PEIS is to 

implement Alternative 3. This 

alternative allows for full support of 

Army modularity initiatives by adding 

necessary CS Soldiers to the Army’s 

Active and Reserve components while 

increasing the size of the Army by six 

BCTs. Analysis within the Final PEIS 

covers those activities required to 

implement unit stationing actions 

associated with Army growth and 

realignment. 

Site-specific action that will need to 

be taken to support the preferred 

alternative include the construction of 

housing and quality of life facilities (i.e., 

gymnasiums, hospitals, shopping areas), 

the construction of new training ranges 

and infrastructure, and changes in the 

intensity of use of maneuver land and 

firing ranges associated with the 

increased frequency of training events. 

Stationing decisions made as part of this 

effort will also consider strategic 

military and national security 

considerations. New stationing actions 

must take place at locations that, if 

selected, are capable of supporting the 

National Security Strategy (2006), the 

Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR 

2006), National Military Strategy, and 

the Army Campaign Plan (ACP). 

Direct, indirect, and cumulative 

impacts of the Proposed Action have 

been considered in the Final PEIS and 

identification of the environmental and 

socioeconomic impacts associated with 

various unit stationing actions at each of 

the 17 installations was carried forward 

for analysis. Impacts at sites would 

result from construction and training 

activities related to the growth and 

realignment of Army forces. Significant 

impacts to resources could be direct and 

long term. Decisions from the PEIS will 

be tiered into site-specific NEPA 

analyses at the installation level, as 

specific stationing decisions are 

determined. The Final PEIS provides 

Army planners and decision makers 

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with critical and timely information on 

the capacity and condition of each of 

the installation’s environmental and 

socioeconomic resources preceding 

specific stationing actions. The No 

Action Alternative provides the baseline 

conditions for comparison to proposed 

alternatives. 

A copy of the Final PEIS can be 

accessed through the U.S. Army 

Environmental Command’s Web site at 

(http://www.aec.army.mil). 

Dated: October 18, 2007. 

Addison D. Davis, IV, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army 

(Environment, Safety and Occupational 

Health). 

[FR Doc. 07–5290 Filed 10–24–07; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Army 

Board of Visitors, United States 

Military Academy (USMA) 

AGENCY: Department of the Army, DoD. 

ACTION: Notice of open meeting. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with Section 

10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–463), 

announcement is made of the following 

committee meeting: 

Name of Committee: Board of 

Visitors, United States Military 

Academy. 

Date: Friday, November 16, 2007. 

Place of Meeting: The 

Superintendent’s Conference Room, 

Building 600 (Taylor Hall), West Point, 

NY. 

Time of Meeting: Approximately 1 

p.m. through 4 p.m. 

Board Mission: The Board, under the 

provisions of 10 U.S.C. 4355, and the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act of 

1972, as amended, shall provide the 

President of the United States 

independent advice and 

recommendations on matters relating to 

the U.S. Military Academy, to include 

but not limited to morale and discipline, 

curriculum, instruction, physical 

equipment, and academic methods. 

Board Membership: The Board is 

composed of 15 members, 9 of which 

are members of Congress and 6 persons 

designated by the President. The 2007 

Chairman of the Board is Congressman 

John McHugh, New York—23rd District. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Cynthia Kramer, United States Military 

Academy, West Point, NY 10996–5000, 

(845) 938–5078 or via e-mail: 

Cynthia.kramer@usma.edu. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Proposed 

Agenda: This is the Fall/Annual 

Meeting of the Board of Visitors. The 

Board plans to inquire into instruction 

and physical equipment, accreditation, 

and the implementation of the 

Residential Communities Initiative (RCI) 

Program at West Point. Board members 

will attend classes with cadets and 

participate in roundtable discussions. 

All Board meeting proceedings are open 

to the public. Picture identifcation is 

required to enter West Point. 

Public Inquiry at Board Meetings: Any 

member of the public is permitted to file 

a written statement with the USMA 

Board of Visitors. Written statements 

should be sent to the Designated Federal 

Officer (DFO) at: United States Military 

Academy, Office of the Secretary of the 

General Staff (MASG), 646 Swift Road, 

West Point, NY 10996–1905 or faxed to 

the Designated Federal Officer (DFO) at 

(845) 938–3214. Written statements 

must be received no later than five 

working days prior to the next meeting 

in order to provide time for member 

consideration. 

By rule, no member of the public 

attending open meetings will be allowed 

to present questions from the floor or 

speak to any issue under consideration 

by the Board. 

Brenda S. Bowen, 

Army Federal Register Liaison Officer. 

[FR Doc. 07–5279 Filed 10–24–07; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of Army 

Withdrawal of Mandatory Requirement 

Provision of Warehouse Performance 

Bond by Department of Defense 

Personal Property Storage 

Transportation Service Providers (TSP) 

Contractors 

AGENCY: Department of Army, DOD. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Military Surface 

Deployment and Distribution Command 

(SDDC) as the Program Manager for 

DOD’s Personal Property NonTemporary Storage Program is 

withdrawing the proposed Warehouse 

Performance Bond Requirement 

Proposal for Non-Temporary Storage 

Transportation Service Providers. In 

light of the information and comments 

provided and considering the other 

major on-going initiatives such as 

implementation of Full Replacement 

Value liability, Phase III of the Families 

First initiative, etc. within the DOD 

Personal Property Program, SDDC has 

decided to withdraw the proposed 

Warehouse Performance Bond 

Requirement Proposal. 

DATES: Effective Date: October 1, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: Requests for additional 

information may be sent to 

Centralrsmo@sddc.army.mil; or by 

courier to: Department of Army, HQ, 

SDDC Central RSMO, ATTN: SDDC–

PPP–PA–C, P.O. Box 19225, Topeka, KS 

66619–0225. 

Regulation Flexibility Act 

This action is not considered 

rulemaking within the meaning of 

Regulatory Flexibility Act, 5 U.S.C. 601–

612. 

Paperwork Reduction Act 

The Paperwork Reduction Act, 44 

U.S.C. 3051 et seq., does not apply 

because no information collection or 

recordkeeping requirements are 

imposed on contractors, offerors 

alternatively, members of the public. 

James N. Johnson, 

Chief, Operations & Analysis Branch. 

[FR Doc. 07–5277 Filed 10–24–07; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Army 

Performance Review Board 

Membership 

AGENCY: Department of the Army, DoD. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Notice is given of the names 

of members of a Performance Review 

Board for the Department of the Army. 

DATES: Effective Date: September 30, 

2007. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Lucrecia Murdock, Civilian Senior 

Leader Management Office, 140 Army 

Pentagon, Washington, DC 20310–0140. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

4314(c)(1) through (5) of Title 5, U.S.C., 

requires each agency to establish, in 

accordance with regulations, one or 

more Senior Executive Service 

performance review boards. The boards 

shall review and evaluate the initial 

appraisal of senior executives’

performance by supervisors and make 

recommendations to the appointing 

authority or rating official relative to the 

performance of these executives. 

The members of the Department of the 

Army Performance Review Boards are: 

1. Mr. Richard G. Alpaugh, Deputy, 

U.S. Army Security Assistance 

Command, U.S. Army Materiel 

Command. 

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