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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Navy 

Record of Decision for the Guam and 

Commonwealth of Northern Mariana 

Islands Military Relocation: Relocating 

Marines from Okinawa, Visiting Aircraft 

Carrier Berthing, and Air and Missile 

Defense Task Force 

Lead Agency: Department of the Navy, 

DoD. 

Cooperating Agency: Department of 

the Army, DoD. 

ACTION: Notice of Record of Decision. 

SUMMARY: The Department of the Navy 

(DoN) and the Department of the Army 

(Army), after carefully weighing the 

environmental consequences of the 

proposed action, as well as considering 

operational and training requirements, 

strategic requirements, obligations 

under treaties and other international 

agreements, and cost, announce their 

decision to proceed with Guam and 

Commonwealth of Northern Mariana 

Islands (CNMI) Military Relocation. 

As a result of redefining the United 

States (U.S.) defense posture in the 

Pacific region and the U.S. alliance with 

Japan, a portion of U.S. Marine Corps 

(USMC) forces currently located in 

Okinawa, Japan will be relocated to 

Guam. This relocation of USMC forces 

will meet international agreement and 

treaty requirements and fulfill U.S. 

national security policy requirements to 

provide mutual defense, deter 

aggression, and dissuade coercion in the 

Western Pacific Region in response to 

the evolving security environment in 

the Pacific region, as identified through 

the Integrated Global Presence and 

Basing Strategy and the Quadrennial 

Defense Review (QDR). The redefining 

of the U.S. defense posture in the Pacific 

also calls for greater availability of 

aircraft carrier strike groups in the 

Pacific to support engagement, 

presence, and deterrence. Finally, in 

support of the proposed military 

relocation, the stationing of an Air and 

Missile Defense Task Force (AMDTF) is 

also being considered. A significant 

number of countries have ballistic 

missile capabilities which can deliver 

conventional, nuclear, biological, and 

chemical weapons. Other countries are 

working to establish these capabilities 

and missile systems. The effective strike 

range of defensive ballistic missile 

systems dictates that they must be 

located in the proximity of the protected 

assets. The need for the proposed 

AMDTF is to protect the territory of 

Guam, its citizens, U.S. and allied forces 

on Guam from the threat of harm from 

ballistic missile attacks from other 

countries and enemies of the U.S. 

Implementing the military relocation 

analyzed in the Environmental Impact 

Statement (EIS) will be a multi-agency, 

multi-year effort undertaken by the 

DoN, Army, Department of 

Transportation’s Federal Highway 

Administration (FHWA), Guam utilities, 

Guam agencies, and various private 

entities. Implementation includes 

several components: 

(1) Marine Corps: (a) Development 

and construction of facilities and 

infrastructure to support approximately 

8,600 Marines and their 9,000 

dependents being relocated from 

Okinawa to Guam. (b) Development and 

construction of facilities and 

infrastructure to support training and 

operations on Guam and Tinian (located 

in the CNMI). 

DoN has elected to defer selection of 

a specific site for the construction and 

operation of a live fire training range 

complex in the Route 15 area in Guam 

pending completion of the Section 106 

consultation process under the National 

Historic Preservation Act (NHPA). 

Likewise, a selection regarding 

implementation of a roadway 

improvement project calling for a 

realignment of Route 15 is hereby 

deferred pending selection of a specific 

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(2) Navy: Construction of a new deepdraft wharf with shoreside 

infrastructure improvements creating 

the capability in Apra Harbor, Guam to 

support a transient nuclear powered 

aircraft carrier. 

DoN has elected to defer selection of 

a specific site for the construction and 

operation of a transient aircraft carrier 

berth within Apra Harbor for the near 

term. However, the analysis presented 

in the EIS, including the marine 

resources impacts analysis, provides 

sufficient information to allow the DoN 

to fully consider the direct, indirect and 

cumulative environmental impacts of 

locating a transient aircraft carrier berth 

and make a programmatic decision to 

locate a transient aircraft carrier berth 

generally within Apra Harbor, which is 

the only deep draft harbor on the island 

of Guam that could support such a 

berth. 

(3) Army: Development of facilities 

and infrastructure on Guam to support 

relocating approximately 600 military 

personnel and their 900 dependents to 

establish and operate an Air and Missile 

Defense Task Force (AMDTF). 

As of the date of this Record of 

Decision (ROD), the Department of 

Defense (DoD) has not decided to 

construct and operate an AMDTF on 

Guam. The decision on whether to 

assign this mission to the Army will be 

made pending the results of the ongoing 

regional and global Ballistic Missile 

Defense architectural and capability 

studies. It will also be based in part on 

the EIS for this proposed action with 

Guam as one site that is under 

consideration for an AMDTF mission. 

The EIS was prepared noting that if the 

mission were assigned to Army, the 

alternatives presented in the EIS 

represent how Army could implement 

the action on Guam. Army has selected 

the preferred alternatives described in 

Volume 5 of the EIS as the appropriate 

manner to implement the proposed 

action if and when the mission is 

assigned. 

(4) Utilities: Renovation and 

development of additional capacity for 

power, water, and wastewater systems, 

both on base and off base, to support the 

increased demand from the new Marine 

Corps Base and associated growth in 

DoD and civilian population caused by 

the Relocation. 

(5) Off-base Roadways: Improvements 

to off base roads, bridges, and 

intersections to support increased traffic 

and offset significant impacts caused by 

the Relocation. 

Each of the major actions noted above 

encompasses several construction 

projects to provide required facilities 

and infrastructure. Most of the major 

actions and their supporting projects 

have alternative sites located throughout 

the island of Guam. This ROD will 

document and demonstrate why DoD 

has chosen to implement the preferred 

alternatives for each of the actions 

described in the EIS, except as noted 

above. 

Because DoN and Army are preparing 

this ROD as a joint effort, both concur 

and support the decisions expressed 

within it. The ROD includes 

descriptions and discussions of the 

proposed actions and their impacts. It 

also includes descriptions and 

discussions of all related actions and 

their impacts. Combined, these two 

elements—proposed and related actions, 

with associated impacts—provide the 

context for consideration of the 

collective and cumulative impacts 

associated with all actions addressed in 

the EIS. 

While this ROD represents the 

decisions of DoN and Army regarding 

the proposed actions, Federal agencies 

have greatly contributed to formulating 

and refining the approach to 

implementing actions and associated 

mitigation measures. Led by Council on 

Environmental Quality (CEQ) facilitated 

discussions, DoD reached major 

agreements with various Federal 

regulatory agencies regarding key issues, 

refined action alternatives for Guam’s 

potable water and wastewater systems, 

committed to the use of force flow 

reduction and Adaptive Program 

Management (APM) as mitigation 

measures, and established a CivilMilitary Coordination Council (CMCC) 

to implement APM. All of these actions 

are discussed with greater detail within 

the ROD. DoN would like to recognize 

the efforts of CEQ, the U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency 

(EPA), the Department of Interior (DOI), 

the National Oceanographic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

and the Government of Guam Agencies 

and thank them for their participation 

and assistance in seeking resolution to 

the many challenges confronting DoD in 

the completion of the NEPA process for 

this proposed action. It is also 

recognized that as the military 

construction projects necessary to 

implement the actions move forward, 

each of these agencies will have a 

continuing role through either a 

regulatory, permitting, or advisory 

capacity and will continue to partner in 

the implementation of the actions. 

This ROD was prepared in accordance 

with CEQ Regulations for Implementing 

the Procedural Provisions of NEPA 40 

CFR parts 1500 to 1508 and specifically, 

40 CFR 1505.2—Record of decision in 

cases requiring environmental impact 

statements. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Darrell Molzan, Environmental Director, 

Joint Guam Program Office, Office of the 

Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Energy, 

Installations and Environment), 1000 

Navy Pentagon, Washington, DC 20350. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant 

to 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq. (Section 101 et 

seq. of NEPA); the regulations of the 

President’s Council on Environmental 

Quality (CEQ) that implement NEPA 

procedures (40 CFR Parts 1500–1508); 

Department of Defense (DoD) 

Instruction 4715.9, Environmental 

Planning and Analysis; and applicable 

DoN environmental regulations and 

instructions that implement these laws 

and regulations, the DoN announces its 

decision to relocate U.S. Marines Corps 

forces from Okinawa, Japan to Guam, 

construct the infrastructure to support 

this relocation effort, and conduct 

training and operations on Guam and 

Tinian with the relocated Marine Corps 

forces. Additionally, the Navy 

announces its decision to construct and 

operate a berth for a transient nuclear 

aircraft carrier in Guam. The Army 

announces its decision regarding 

construction and operation of AMDTF 

facilities on Guam if tasked in the future 

with the mission of providing ballistic 

missile defense for Guam. Additionally, 

DoN announces it decision regarding 

the preferred solutions for roadway and 

utility system improvements on Guam 

to support the military buildup. 

To implement the actions necessary 

for relocating U.S. Marine Corps forces 

from Okinawa to Guam, the DoN has 

decided to select all of the preferred 

alternatives described in Volumes 2, 3 

and 6 of the EIS and to implement all 

mitigation measures noted in this ROD, 

except as noted below. Relative to 

Volume 2 and the construction and 

operation of facilities on Guam, the 

major actions and decisions include the 

following: (1) For a main cantonment 

area DoN selects Alternative 2. 

Implementation of this alternative 

would involve utilizing DoD-owned 

lands at NCTS Finegayan and South 

Finegayan Navy Housing and acquiring 

non-DoD-owned land known as the 

former FAA parcel. (2) For access to the 

Naval Munitions Site (NMS) DoN 

selects Alternative B, which involves 

the use of the existing hiking trail as the 

access road. (3) For the location of 

additional ammunition storage at NMS 

DoN selects Alternative A, the use of 

Parson’s Road. (4) For airfield functions 

DoN selects the following actions: 

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Combat Element (ACE) and construction 

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of associated facilities at Andersen AFB 

North Ramp, construction of air 

embarkation facilities at Andersen AFB 

South Ramp, and construction of the 

North Gate and access road at Andersen 

AFB. (5) For Marine Corps embarkation 

facilities DoN selects to refurbish 

various wharfs and upgrade utilities to 

support waterfront functions and 

operations at Naval Base Guam, 

associated dredging and dredge disposal 

management (with a priority for 

beneficial reuse of dredge material), 

relocation of military working dog 

kennels at Naval Base Guam, and 

construction of a medical/dental clinic 

at Naval Base Guam. 

Relative to the construction and 

operation of a live-fire training range 

complex on Guam, DoN has elected to 

defer selection of a specific site in the 

Route 15 area pending completion of the 

Section 106 consultation process under 

the National Historic Preservation Act 

(NHPA). Alternative A remains DoN’s 

preferred alternative. Upon completion 

of the Section 106 consultation process, 

should DoN select this alternative it 

would involve the acquisition of 

approximately 1,090 acres of non-DoD 

owned lands on a plateau across from 

Andersen AFB South along Route 15. 

Relative to Volume 3 and actions on 

Tinian, DoN selects Alternative 1, 

which will involve the construction and 

operation of Known Distance (KD) rifle, 

Pistol/MP, Platoon, and Field live fire 

training ranges on north/northeast, 

north, or northeast alignments 

respectively. 

Relative to Volume 6 and solutions to 

meet required utilities improvements 

necessary to support the military buildup on Guam: (1) For power DoN selects 

solutions that will include 

reconditioning up to five (5) existing 

GPA combustion turbine (CT) power 

generation units. Additionally, the 

power solution will involve power 

transmission and distribution line 

upgrades to provide the appropriate 

level of reliability to serve military 

needs at Apra Harbor, NCTS Finegayan, 

and Andersen AFB. (2) For potable 

water DoN selects solutions that will 

include the provision of an additional 

potable water capacity of 11.3 million 

gallons per day (MGd) through the 

establishment of up to 22 new DoD 

water wells at Andersen AFB, 

rehabilitation of existing wells, 

interconnects with the GWA water 

system, and construction of associated 

treatment, storage and transmission 

systems. (3) For wastewater DoN selects 

solutions that will include repairs and 

upgrades to primary treatment 

capabilities at the Northern District 

Waste Water Treatment Plant 

(NDWWTP), improvements to the 

NDWWTP to achieve secondary 

treatment standards and expansion of 

the plant beyond the current design 

capacity of 12 MGd, improvements to 

the Northern and Central wastewater 

collection systems, and improvements 

to the Haga ̊tn ̃ a WWTP to achieve 

secondary treatment standards. (4) For 

solid waste DoN selects solutions that 

will continue the use of existing Navy 

Apra Harbor landfill until the new 

GovGuam public landfill at Layon is 

completed. 

Relative to Volume 6 and roadway 

improvements DoN selects Alternative 

2, Limited Roadway Improvements, 

which involves a limited number of offbase roadway and intersection 

improvement projects that have 

received DAR certification or that have 

been deemed DAR-eligible. These 

projects include roadway widening, 

intersection improvements, bridge 

replacements, pavement strengthening 

at specific locations island-wide, and 

military access points as well as the 

realignment of a portion of Route 15. 

Based on the level of concern 

expressed in comments on the Draft EIS, 

continued discussions with cooperating 

agencies under NEPA, and the DoN’s 

continuing commitment to 

environmental stewardship, the DoN 

has elected to defer selection of a 

specific site for the construction and 

operation of a transient aircraft carrier 

berth within Apra Harbor for the near 

term. However, the analysis presented 

in the EIS, including the marine 

resources impacts analysis, provides 

sufficient information to allow the DoN 

to fully consider the direct, indirect and 

cumulative environmental impacts of 

locating a transient aircraft carrier berth 

and make a programmatic decision to 

locate a transient aircraft carrier berth 

generally within Apra Harbor, which is 

the only deep draft harbor on the island 

of Guam that could support such a 

berth. 

Discussions with the EPA, NOAA, 

and the DOI identified additional data 

these agencies would prefer were 

available for use in analyzing specific 

sites for placement of the transient 

nuclear aircraft carrier wharf. The Navy 

will voluntarily collect additional data 

on marine resources in Apra Harbor at 

the alternative transient aircraft carrier 

berth sites still under consideration by 

the Navy as set out in Volume 4 of the 

EIS. The type and scope of the 

additional data to be collected has been 

developed cooperatively with EPA, 

NOAA, and DOI and is described in the 

‘‘Final Scope of Work Elements for 

Marine Surveys of the CVN Transient 

Berth Project Area, Potential Mitigation 

sites, and Habitat Equivalency Analysis’’ 

included in Volume 9, Appendix J of 

the EIS. The additional data collected, 

associated analysis, and any other data 

that may be required by the United 

States Army Corps of Engineers 

(USACE) during the Clean Water Act 

(CWA) permitting process, will be used 

in the future to inform the subsequent 

selection of a specific site for the 

transient aircraft carrier berth and to 

support any future CWA permitting 

decisions for the selected site, including 

compensatory mitigation. 

As of the signatory date of this ROD, 

the DoD has not decided to assign this 

mission to the Army nor to construct 

and operate an AMDTF on Guam. The 

decision on whether to assign this 

mission to the Army, and subsequently 

construct and operate an AMDTF on 

Guam, will be made pending the results 

of the ongoing regional and global 

Ballistic Missile Defense architectural 

and capability studies. Guam is one site 

that is under consideration for an 

AMDTF mission. The EIS was prepared 

noting that if the mission were assigned 

to Army, the alternatives presented in 

the EIS best represent how Army will 

implement the action on Guam. Army 

has selected the preferred alternatives 

described within Volume 5 of the EIS as 

the appropriate and desired manner to 

implement the proposed action if and 

when the mission is assigned. 

The full text of the ROD is available 

at http://www.guambuildupeis.us. Hard 

copies of the ROD will be available at 

the following locations: University of 

Guam Robert F. Kennedy Memorial 

Library, Government Documents Tan 

Siu Lin Building, UOG Station, 

Mangilao, GU 96923; Nieves M. Flores 

Memorial Library, 254 Martyr Street, 

Haga ̊tn ̃ a, GU 96910; Tinian Public 

Library, P.O. Box 520704, Tinian, MP 

96952; Joeten-Kiyu Public Library, P.O. 

Box 501092, Saipan, MP 96950; 

Olympio T. Borja Memorial Library, 

P.O. Box 501250, Saipan, MP 96950. 

Dated: September 23, 2010. 

D.J. Werner 

Lieutenant Commander, Office of the Judge 

Advocate General, U.S. Navy, Federal 

Register Liaison Officer. 

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