[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 153 (Friday, August 8, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 42768]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-20909]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Air Force


Notice of Comment Period Extension Draft Environmental Impact 
Statement (DEIS) for the Enhanced Training in Idaho Proposal Mountain 
Home Air Force Base, ID

    The Air Force and the Bureau of Land Management are extending the 
public comment period for the Enhanced Training in Idaho DEIS to 
September 8, 1997. The DEIS prepared by the Air Force in accordance 
with the National Environmental Policy Act and the Federal Land Policy 
and Management Act and its associated regulations for public land 
withdrawals, was released for public comment on May 9, 1997. The Bureau 
of Land Management is a cooperating agency for the environmental and 
land renewal processes associated with the proposed action.
    The DEIS analyses three range development alternatives to enhance 
training for the 366th Wing, Mountain Home AFB, Idaho, as well as a No-
Action alternative. Development of one of the range alternatives would 
substantially enhance the realism, quality, and flexibility of local 
training. Each of the three range development alternatives includes a 
ground component and an airspace component. The ground component 
consists of development of a 12,000-acre tactical air-to-ground 
training range, 5 no-drop targets, 30 electronic emitter sites, and an 
associated road network, all of which would be located on federal and 
State of Idaho school endowment lands. For use of the federal lands, 
the Air Force proposes to initiate a Department of Defense military 
withdrawal under the Engle Act for the larger portions and to obtain 
rights-of-way from the Bureau of Land Management for the smaller 
portions. For use of the state school endowment lands, the Air Force 
proposes to enter into lease agreements with the State of Idaho. The 
airspace component of the three alternatives would involve modification 
of special use airspace, including establishment of restricted airspace 
over the tactical training range and reconfiguration and expansion of 
existing Military Operations Areas (MOAs), under approval of the 
Federal Aviation Administration.
    Written comments on this document should be directed to U.S. Air 
Force/Bureau of Land Management, P.O. Box 329, Boise, ID 83702-0329; 
for telephone inquiries, please contact Capt. Melissa Miller, Chief 
366th Wing Public Affairs, Mountain Home Air Force Base, ID, (208) 828-
6800.
Barbara A. Carmichael,
Alternate Air Force Federal Register Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 97-20909 Filed 8-7-97; 8:45 am]
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