[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 30 (Monday, February 14, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-3384]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Army Department, Office of the Secretary

 

Availability for the Final Programmatic Environmental Impact 
Statement for Joint Training Exercise Roving Sands at Fort Bliss, Texas 
and New Mexico and White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico

AGENCY: Department of the Army, DOD.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: Interested parties are hereby notified that the District 
Engineer, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Fort Worth District, has 
prepared a Final Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (FPEIS) 
for the U.S. Army Forces Command (FORSCOM) regarding Joint Training 
Exercise Roving Sands (RS) proposed to be conducted at Fort Bliss and 
White Sands Missile Range. This EIS addresses the next five RS 
exercises as well as potential uses of RS sites by 3rd Armored Cavalry 
Regiment and 11th Air Defense Artillery (ADA) Brigade.
    Proposed action: Roving Sands is an annual training exercise 
coordinated by the Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, sponsored by 
FORSCOM, and executed by the 11th ADA Brigade. The exercise will take 
place at Fort Bliss, Texas and New Mexico; White Sands Missile Range, 
Holloman Air Force Base, and Roswell, New Mexico. Most of the ground 
activity will occur on established Fort Bliss training areas. As many 
as 10,000 Army, Air Force, Navy, and Marine personnel will participate 
in the exercise, with about 200 aircraft and 3,000 wheeled vehicles. 
Roving Sands is scheduled to be conducted during the April-June time 
period each year. The exercise will last approximately three weeks. 
Actual force employment and field training will be approximately 11 
days. This action does not involve a discharge of dredged or fill 
material into waters of the United States or wetlands and no evaluation 
into Section 404(b)(1) of the Clean Water Act is required. Cultural and 
biological surveys have been conducted to satisfy pertinent statutory 
and regulatory requirements pertaining to historical and archaeological 
resources as well as threatened and endangered species and critical 
habitats. No threatened or endangered species or cultural resources 
would be affected by this action. Advance planning has been used to 
avoid any sites which are environmentally sensitive.

ADDRESSES: The public is encouraged to comment on the FPEIS. Copies of 
the FPEIS are available upon written request to the U.S. Army Corps of 
Engineers, Fort Worth District, Planning Division, Post Office Box 
17300, Fort Worth, Texas 76102-0300, or at the Environmental Resources 
Branch Office, Room 13A20, 819 Taylor Street, Fort Worth, TX 76102-
0300.

DATES: Written comments will be accepted and considered for 30 days 
after the Environmental Protective Agency has published this Notice of 
Availability in this publication.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Questions regarding this proposal may be directed to Mr. Arver 
Ferguson, Jr., telephone (817) 334-3246, CESWF-PL-RE, 819 Taylor Street 
Box 17300, Fort Worth, Texas 76102-0300.


    Dated: February 7, 1994.
Lewis D. Walker,
Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army (Environment, Safety & 
Occupational Health) OASA(I,L&E).
[FR Doc. 94-3384 Filed 2-11-94; 8:45 am]
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