[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 15 (Tuesday, January 23, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1751-1752]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-860]



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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Navy


Public Hearing for Draft Environmental Impact Statement on Yuma 
Training Range Complex

    Pursuant to Council on Environmental Quality regulations (40 CFR 
Parts 1500-1508) implementing procedural provisions of the National 
Environmental Policy Act, the Marine Corps has prepared and filed with 
the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency the Draft Environmental Impact 
Statement (DEIS) for the Yuma Training Range Complex.
    Public hearings to inform the public of the DEIS findings and to 
solicit comments will be held on February 6, 1996, beginning at 6:30 
pm, in the Central Union High School multipurpose room, located at 1001 
Brighton Avenue, El Centro, California; on February 7, 1996, beginning 
at 6:30 pm, in the Woodard Junior High School cafeteria, located at 
2250 8th Avenue, Yuma, Arizonia; and February 15, 1996, beginning at 
6:30 pm, in the Armory Senior Center ballroom, located at 220 South 5th 
Avenue, Tuscon, Arizona.
    Federal, state, and local agencies and interested parties are 
invited and urged to be present or represented at the hearings. Oral 
statements will be heard and transcribed by a stenographer; however, to 
assure accuracy of the record, all statements should be submitted in 
writing. All statements, both oral and written, will become part of the 
public record on this study. Equal weight will be given to both oral 
and written statements.
    In the interest of available time, each speaker will be asked to 
limit their oral comments to five minutes. If longer statements are to 
be presented, they should be summarized at the public hearings and 
submitted in writing either at the hearings or mailed to the address 
listed at the end of this announcement. All written statements must be 
postmarked by March 29, 1996, to become part of the official record.
    The DEIS has been distributed to various Federal, State, and local 
agencies, elected officials, and civic associations and groups. In 
addition, the DEIS has been placed in the following libraries:

Tuscon/Pima Library, 101 N. Stone Street, Tuscon, AZ
Mira Mesa Public Library, 8540 Mira Mesa Boulevard, San Diego, CA.
Yuma County Library, 350 South 3rd Street, Yuma, AZ
Mesa Public Library, 64 East 1st Street, Mesa, AZ
Avondale City Library, 328 West Western Avenue, Avondale, AZ
Catalina Community Library, 15560 North Oracle Road, Catalina, CA
La Mesa Public Library, 8055 University Avenue, La Mesa, CA
Desert Foothills Library, 38443 N. Schoolhouse Road, Cave Creek, AZ
Wellton Branch Library, 30101 East Highway 80, Wellton, AZ
Chula Vista Public Library, 665 F Street, Chula Vista, CA
Scottsdale Public Library, 3839 Civic Center Boulevard, Scottsdale, AZ
Chandler Public Library, 25 South Arizona Place, Chandler, AZ
El Centro Public Library, 539 State Street, El Centro, CA
Marana Community Library, 13370 North Lon Adams Road, Marana, AZ
Brawley Public Library, 400 Main Street, Brawley, CA
San Luis Branch Library, 23222 South lst Street, San Luis, AZ
Glendale Public Library, 5959 North Schoolhouse Road, Glendale, AZ
Casa Grande Public Library, 405 East 6th Street, Casa Grande, AZ
San Diego Public Library, 820 E Street, San Diego, CA
Phoenix Public Library, 1221 North Central Avenue, Phoenix, AZ
Tempe Public Library, 3500 South Rural Road, Tempe, AZ
Pala Verde Valley Library, 125 West Chanslorway, Blythe, CA
Gila Bend Library, Gila Bend, AZ
Green Valley Community Library, 601 North La Canada Drive, Green 
Valley, AZ

    A limited number of single copies are available at the address 
listed at the end of this notice.
    The DEIS addresses proposed training procedures, development, and 
airspace reconfiguration within the Yuma Training Range Complex, which 
consists of the Chocolate Mountains Aerial Gunnery Range in 
southeastern California, the western portion of the Barry M. Goldwater 
Air Force Range in southwestern Arizonia, and associated special use 
airspaces designated for military use. The proposed improvements are 
needed to ensure that Marine and other U.S. tactical air forces have 
the advanced and diversified training resources to ensure their combat 
readiness. 

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    Additional information concerning this notice may be obtained by 
contacting Major Joe Cox or Mr. Ron Pearce, Range Management 
Department, Marine Corps Air Station, Yuma, Arizona, 85369-9160, 
telephone (602) 341-3318. 
    Dated: January 18, 1996.
Kim G. Weirick,
Acting Head, Land Use and Military Construction Branch, Facilities and 
Services Division /Installations and Logistics Department, By Direction 
of the Commandant of the Marine Corps.
[FR Doc. 96-860 Filed 1-22-96; 8:45 am]
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