[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 112 (Friday, June 11, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31553-31554]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-14847]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Air Force
Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for
Peacekeeper Missile System Deactivation/ Dismantlement at F.E. Warren
Air Force Base, Wyoming
The United States Air Force Space Command is issuing this notice to
advise the public that the Air Force intends to prepare an
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) to assess the potential
environmental impacts of deactivation/dismantlement of the Peacekeeper
Missile System of the 90th Space Wing based at F. E. Warren Air Force
Base in Cheyenne, Wyoming. The EIS will also evaluate the potential
impacts of sustainment of the current system which is the No Action
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Alternative. The Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty II (START II) requires
deactivation of the Peacekeeper Missile System. Deactivation will only
occur if the Treaty is ratified by Russia and entered into force. As
modified by the Helsinki Agreement, the Treaty requires complete
dismantlement by December 31, 2007. In order to meet the Treaty
deadline, deactivation could start as early as October 2000.
Public scoping meetings are planned in the towns of Cheyenne,
Wheatland, and Torrington, Wyoming. The purpose of these meetings is to
determine the scope of issues to be addressed and to help identify
significant environmental issues to be analyzed in depth. Notice of the
times and locations of the meetings will be made available to the
community using the local news media. The schedule for the scoping
meetings is as follows:
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Date Location Time
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June 28, 1999............... East High School, 6:30-9:30 p.m.
2800 E. Pershing
Blvd., Cheyenne, WY.
June 29, 1999............... Wheatland High 6:30-9:30 p.m.
School, 1207 13th
Street, Wheatland,
WY.
June 30, 1999............... Torrington High 6:30-9:30 p.m.
School, 23rd Ave &
West C, Torrington,
WY.
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In addition to seeking public input on environmental issues and
concerns at the scoping meetings, the Air Force is soliciting written
comments regarding the EIS scope. To ensure the Air Force will have
sufficient time to fully consider public inputs on issues, written
comments should be mailed for receipt no later than August 2, 1999.
Please direct written comments or requests for further information
concerning the Peacekeeper system deactivation/dismantlement EIS to:
Mr. Jonathan D. Farthing, HQ AFCEE/ECA 3207 North Road, Brooks AFB, TX
78235-5363, (210) 536-3787.
Janet A. Long,
Air Force Federal Register Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 99-14847 Filed 6-10-99; 8:45 am]
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