[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 131 (Wednesday, July 9, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36784-36785]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-17943]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Navy


Notice of Availability of Addendum to the Final Environmental 
Impact Statement for Realignment of Marine Corps Base, Camp LeJeune, NC

SUMMARY: The Department of the Navy (DON) has prepared an Addendum to 
the Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Expansion and 
Realignment of Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, which 
provides updated information concerning the environmental impacts 
associated with the establishment of special use airspace restrictions 
over the Greater Sandy Run Area (GSRA), Camp Lejeune. DON solicits 
public participation and written comment on the Addendum. The comment 
period will close on August 11, 1997.

ADDENDUM INFORMATION: Pursuant to Sec. 102(2) of the National 
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969 and the Council on 
Environmental Quality (CEQ) regulations implementing NEPA procedures 
(40 CFR Secs. 1500-1508), DON prepared and published a Final 
Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) analyzing the impacts associated 
with the proposal to expand and realign Marine Corps Base, Camp 
Lejeune, North Carolina. This expansion was accomplished in 1992 via 
the purchase of 41,000 plus acres known as the Greater Sandy Run Area 
(GSRA).
    The FEIS addressed special use airspace restrictions to be placed 
over the GSRA. The Department of the Navy decided to publish this 
Addendum to the Final Environmental Impact Statement to further address 
the environmental concerns and impacts on current land uses from the 
establishment of approximately 50 square miles of special use airspace 
over the GSRA. Although use of an addendum to an FEIS is neither 
required by NEPA nor directed by CEQ Regulations, DON determined that 
this addendum will serve as a vehicle for a more thorough discussion of 
matters relating to the establishment of a special use airspace over 
the GSRA, and will thereby further the purposes of NEPA. The addendum 
is intended to provide the public with notification of this 
information. The addendum incorporates the Draft and Final 
Environmental Impact Statements. The addendum provides updated 
information concerning environmental impacts, but not information that 
is so significant as to require a supplemental environmental impact 
statement. As the addendum does not present new circumstances or new 
information relevant to significant environmental impacts of the 
proposed action or alternatives, it is not intended as a supplement to 
the Final Environmental Impact Statement, as defined in Sec. 1502.9(c) 
of the CEQ Regulations.
    The majority of the information contained in the Addendum is taken 
from reports, studies and analyses referenced in the FEIS. The Addendum 
clarifies and updates information concerning the cumulative effects 
analysis used in the FEIS, provides the second part of a two part noise 
study referenced in the FEIS, and provides the public with an 
opportunity to review and comment on this information. An outline of 
the issues addressed in the Addendum is set out below.

Outline

A. Information on Proposal To Establish Special Use Airspace
B. Explanation of Independent Utility of GSRA Restricted Airspace
C. Description of the Existing Land Uses and Classifications in and 
near the GSRA
D. Noise Sensitive Areas That May Be Overflown
    1. Maps
    2. Within the GSRA
    3. Off-site
E. Wildlife and Wildlife Areas
F. Noise Impacts from Aircraft
G. Summary of Consistency Determination
H. Cumulative Effects Analysis
    1. Finality
    2. Update

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    3. Additional Quantitative Noise Analysis
    4. Quantitative Noise Analysis for the Core and Cherry I MOAs
I. MCAS New River Instrument Landing System.
J. Camp Davis Operations
K. Environmental Justice In Minority Populations and Low-Income 
Populations

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION OR TO OBTAIN A COPY OF THE ADDENDUM: Contact 
Major Craig Jensen at (910) 451-9517. Written comments should be sent 
to Major Craig Jensen, Eastern Area Counsel Office, 67 Virginia Dare 
Dr., Suite 206, Camp Lejeune, NC 28547, and must be received by 4:00 
pm, August 11, 1997.

    Dated: July 3, 1997.
D.E. Koenig, Jr.,
LCDR, JAGC, USN, Alternate Federal Register Liaision Officer.
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