Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 24 / Friday, February 5, 2016 / Notices 6243 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Army 

Record of Decision for the Schofield 

Generating Station Project Final 

Environmental Impact Statement, 

United States Army Garrison—Hawaii 

AGENCY: Department of the Army, DoD. 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

SUMMARY: The Department of the Army 

announces the availability of the Record 

of Decision (ROD) to lease land and 

grant easements on Schofield Barracks 

and Wheeler Army Airfield to Hawaiian 

Electric Company (Hawaiian Electric) 

for the construction, ownership, 

operation, and maintenance of a 50- 

megawatt (MW) capacity, biofuelcapable generating station, referred to as 

the Schofield Generating Station, and 

associated power poles, high-tension 

power lines, and related equipment and 

facilities. The action was the preferred 

alternative identified in the final 

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) 

for proposed Schofield Generating 

Station Project (SGSP). The ROD 

identifies the potential environmental 

and socioeconomic impacts associated 

with the SGSP, none of which were 

determined to be significant adverse 

effects. 

The selected action will provide 

improved energy security to the Army 

and citizens of Oahu, support renewable 

energy goals, and improve future 

electrical generation capabilities on 

Oahu by providing a new secure, firm, 

dispatchable, flexible, and renewable 

energy generation to the grid on Oahu, 

Hawaii. Implementation of the preferred 

alternative will not result in significant 

impacts. The Army and Hawaiian 

Electric will implement numerous best 

management practices to avoid or 

minimize adverse environmental effects. 

ADDRESSES: The ROD can be 

downloaded at http://www.garrison.

hawaii.army.mil/schofieldplant. Written 

requests to obtain a copy of the ROD 

may be sent to Department of the Army, 

Directorate of Public Works, U.S. Army 

Garrison—Hawaii, ATTN: IMHW–PWE 

(L. Graham), 947 Wright Avenue, 

Wheeler Army Airfield, Schofield 

Barracks, HI 96857–5013 or email them 

to usaghi.comrel@gmail.com. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Please contact Ms. Lisa Graham, NEPA 

Coordinator, U.S. Army Garrison— 

Hawaii. Ms. Graham can be reached by 

phone at (808) 656–3075, or by email at 

usaghi.comrel@gmail.com. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The EIS 

examined the potential environmental 

and socioeconomic impacts from 

implementing the proposed action, 

which is for the Army to lease of 8.13 

acres of land and grant a 2.5-acre 

interconnection easement to Hawaiian 

Electric Company (Hawaiian Electric) 

on Schofield Barracks and Wheeler 

Army Airfield for the construction, 

ownership, operation, and maintenance 

of a 50-megawatt (MW) capacity, 

biofuel-capable generating station, 

referred to as the Schofield Generating 

Station, and associated power poles, 

high-tension power lines, and related 

equipment and facilities (together, the 

Schofield Generating Station Project 

[SGSP]). 

The selected action best meets the 

Army’s needs to provide improved 

energy security to the U.S. Army 

Garrison—Hawaii at Schofield Barracks, 

Wheeler Army Airfield, and Field 

Station Kunia and to provide new 

secure, firm, flexible, and renewable 

energy generation to the grid on Oahu, 

Hawaii. The selected action will also 

assist the Army in supporting renewable 

energy-related laws and Executive 

Orders and meeting its renewable 

energy goals; assist Hawaiian Electric in 

meeting the Hawaii Renewable Portfolio 

Standard goals; and improve future 

electrical generation on Oahu. 

The electricity produced by the SGSP 

will ordinarily supply power to all 

Hawaiian Electric customers through 

the island-wide electrical grid. During 

outages that meet the criteria specified 

in the Operating Agreement between the 

Army and Hawaiian Electric, SGSP 

output would first be provided to Army 

facilities at Schofield Barracks, Wheeler 

Army Airfield, and Field Station Kunia 

up to their peak demand of 32 MW, to 

meet their missions, and would 

additionally support the grid up to the 

station’s full capacity. If there were a 

full island outage, the generating station 

could be used to restart other generating 

stations on the island. 

The ROD incorporates analysis 

contained in the final EIS for the 

proposed SGSP, which considered all 

comments provided during formal 

comment and review periods. The ROD 

also considered all comments provided 

during the 30-day waiting period that 

was initiated when the Notice of 

Availability for the final EIS was 

published in the Federal Register (80 

FR 68863) on November 6, 2015. 

The Army took this material into 

account in making its decision, but 

determined that it did not constitute 

significant new information relevant to 

environmental concerns that would 

require supplementation of the final 

EIS. Comments received and the Army 

evaluation of those comments are 

summarized in the ROD. 

The final EIS evaluated the impacts 

on land use; airspace use; visual 

resources; air quality, including climate 

and greenhouse gasses; noise; traffic and 

transportation; water resources; geology 

and soils; biological resources; cultural 

resources; hazardous and toxic 

substances; socioeconomics, including 

environmental justice; and utilities and 

infrastructure. 

Implementation of this decision is 

expected to result in less than 

significant adverse impacts for all 

resources. Best management practices 

and design measures that would avoid 

or minimize adverse effects will be 

implemented for these resources: visual, 

air quality, noise, traffic and 

transportation, water, geology and soils, 

biological resources, cultural resources, 

and hazardous and toxic substances. 

Brenda S. Bowen, 

Army Federal Register Liaison Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2016–02041 Filed 2–4–16; 8:45 am] 

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