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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Army 

Fort Bliss (Texas) Army Growth and 

Force Structure Realignment Final 

Environmental Impact Statement 

(FEIS) 

AGENCY: Department of the Army, DOD. 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

SUMMARY: The Department of the Army 

announces the availability of the Fort 

Bliss Army Growth and Force Structure 

Realignment FEIS (hereon referred to as 

FEIS) identifying the potential 

environmental effects that would result 

from use of stationing and training 

capacity, land use changes, and training 

infrastructure improvements at Fort 

Bliss to support Army growth and force 

structure realignment. 

The FEIS tiers from the Records of 

Decision (2007) for the Army Growth 

and Force Structure Realignment 

Programmatic Environmental Impact 

Statement (GTA PEIS); and the Fort 

Bliss, Texas and New Mexico Mission 

and Master Plan Final Supplemental 

Programmatic Environmental Impact 

Statement (SEIS). 

After reviewing the alternatives 

presented in the FEIS, the Army has 

selected its preferred alternative from a 

mixture of the three different categories 

of interrelated alternatives. The 

preferred alternative is to implement the 

following: Alternative 4 stationing 

action; Alternative 5 land use change; 

and Alternative 4 training infrastructure 

improvement. Alternative 4 stationing 

action includes a Stryker Brigade 

Combat Team (SBCT) (for a total of two) 

or allows replacing a BCT equivalent 

with an SBCT and various support units 

to the Fort Bliss stationing package. 

Alternative 5 land use changes allow 

fixed sites (e.g., military bivouac), 

mission support facilities, live-fire 

military uses and off-road vehicle 

maneuvers in new locations around the 

Sacramento Mountains and McGregor 

Range areas. Alternative 4 training 

infrastructure improvements include: 

construction of new ranges to support 

the stationing of SBCTs; expansion of 

existing range camps; construction of 16 

austere Contingency Operating 

Locations (COLs); and construction of a 

rail line connecting the Fort Bliss 

Cantonment area to the Fort Bliss 

Training Complex. 

DATES: The waiting period will end 30 

days after the publication of a notice of 

availability for the FEIS in the Federal 

Register by the U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments should 

be sent to: Mr. John F. Barrera, IMWE– 

BLS–PWE, Building 624, Taylor Road, 

Fort Bliss, TX 79916–6812; e-mail: 

bliss.eis@conus.army.mil. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Jean Offutt, Public Affairs Officer, 

IMWE–BLS–PA, Fort Bliss, TX 79916– 

6812; telephone: (915) 568–4505; fax: 

(915) 568–2995; e-mail: 

jean.offutt@us.army.mil. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Proposed Action would support the 

growth of the Army and allow for 

reasonably foreseeable future stationing 

actions, land use changes, and training 

infrastructure improvements that take 

advantage of Fort Bliss’s varied terrain; 

full suite of training ranges; collocation 

with heavy, light, and aviation combat 

units; and collocation with various 

support units. 

Three categories of interrelated 

alternatives are analyzed in this 

document: stationing/training; land use 

changes; and training infrastructure 

improvements. Each category contains a 

No Action alternative and several action 

alternatives. 

(1) The stationing/training category of 

alternatives analyzes the stationing 

decision made in the GTA PEIS. The 

document also analyzes reasonably 

foreseeable future growth at Fort Bliss, 

including adding one or more SBCTs 

and additional support units. 

(2) Land uses analyzed in the FEIS are 

primarily focused in the rugged terrain 

of northeast McGregor Range, with 

minor changes in the southeast and 

Tularosa Basin portions of McGregor 

Range, for the purpose of supporting 

realistic and effective light infantry 

training. None of the proposed land use 

changes include the Culp Canyon 

Wilderness Study Area or the Black 

Grama Grassland Area of Critical 

Environmental Concern. 

(3) Training infrastructure 

improvements analyzed in the FEIS 

include construction of additional firing 

ranges and expansion or construction of 

administrative and training support 

facilities to support the units stationed 

at Fort Bliss. 

Actions analyzed in this document 

would result in a range of potential 

impacts. Erosion would increase 

substantially on range roads interior to 

the Fort Bliss Training Complex, 

requiring more frequent maintenance. 

The most expansive stationing 

alternative selected may, as a result of 

high-tempo training schedules, reduce 

Native American access to areas of the 

installation in which they have an 

ongoing interest. The proposed action 

would, in certain alternatives, result in 

a small increase in the economic benefit 

provided by growth of the installation, 

and a small decrease in certain quality 

of life indicators (e.g., traffic, access to 

government services). Use of restricted 

airspace for military training would 

increase under certain alternatives, 

further limiting access of general and 

commercial aviation. Training related 

noise remains significant in areas 

adjacent to Dona Ana Range and 

portions of McGregor Range. 

The FEIS and other environmental 

documents are available on the Fort 

Bliss Web site at https:// 

www.bliss.army.mil or in the following 

libraries: In El Paso (TX), the Richard 

Burges Regional Library, 9600 Dyer; the 

Irving Schwartz Branch Library, 1865 

Dean Martin; the Clardy Fox Branch 

Library, 5515 Robert Alva; and the Doris 

van Doren Regional Branch Library, 551 

Redd Road. In Las Cruces (NM), the 

New Mexico State University Zuhl 

Library, 2999 McFie Circle. In 

Alamogordo (NM), the Alamogordo 

Public Library, 920 Oregon Avenue. 

Dated: April 29, 2010. 

Addison D. Davis, IV, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army 

(Environment, Safety, and Occupational 

Health). 

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