[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 18 (Thursday, January 27, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 4406]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-1976]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Air Force


Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement 
(EIS) for Actions To Sustain Operability of Air Force Space Command 
PAVE PAWS Radar Sites at Cape Cod Air Station (AS), Massachusetts (MA); 
Beale Air Force Base (AFB), California (CA); and Clear Air Station 
(AS), Alaska (AK)

    Pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969, 
as amended (42 U.S.C. 4321, et seq.), The Council on Environmental 
Quality (CEQ) Regulations for Implementing the Procedural Provisions of 
NEPA (40 CFR Parts 1500-1508), and Air Force policy and procedures (32 
CFR Part 989), Air Force Space Command (AFSPC) intends to prepare an 
EIS for the Service Life Extension Program (SLEP) actions to modernize 
the facilities at the PAVE PAWS (Phased Array Warning System) radar 
sites located at Cape Cod AS, MA; Beale AFB, CA; and Clear AS, AK.
    The current proposal includes replacements of electronic equipment 
and computer software in the PAVE PAWS Early-Warning Radar facilities. 
The EIS will assess all impacts as they relate to these replacements, 
including emission of radio-frequency energy. AFSPC will be the lead 
agency for the EIS. The Ballistic Missile Defense Organization has been 
invited to be a cooperating agency. AFSPC is planning to conduct public 
scoping meetings to determine the issues and concerns that should be 
addressed in the EIS. Notice of time and location of the scoping 
meetings will be made to public officials, agencies and announced in 
the news media in areas where the meetings will be held. For further 
information concerning the proposed replacements of electronic 
equipment and computer software in the PAVE PAWS Early-Warning Radar 
facilities at Cape Cod AS, MA; Beale AFB, CA; and Clear AS, AK, contact 
Mr. George Gauger, HQ AFCEE/ECA, 3207 North Road, Brooks AFB, TX 78235-
5363.

Janet A. Long,
Air Force Federal Register Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 00-1976 Filed 1-26-00; 8:45 am]
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