[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 43 (Friday, March 3, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 11560]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-4970]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary


Preparation of a Supplement to the National Missile Defense 
Deployment Draft Environmental Impact Statement

AGENCY: Ballistic Missile Defense Organization.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: The Ballistic Missile Defense Organization (BMDO) announces 
the availability of a supplement to the National Missile Defense (NMD) 
Deployment Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS). This supplement 
addresses the potential environmental impacts of proposed replacement 
of interior electronic hardware and computer software at early warning 
radar (EWR) facilities at Clear Air Station (AS), Alaska, Beale Air 
Force Base (AFB), California, and Cape Cod AS, Massachusetts as part of 
the NMD system. The proposed NMD modifications would not result in any 
change to peak or average radiated power levels at these facilities, 
and power density levels would remain well-within current safety 
standards.
    The supplement has been prepared to support a Department of Defense 
recommendation, currently scheduled for Summer 2000, on whether to 
deploy the NMD system. The U.S. Air Force, which operates and has real 
property accountability over the PAVE PAWS EWR facilities, recently 
announced that it will be conducting an EIS that addresses maintenance 
and sustainment of its current EWR operations at Clear AS, Beale AFB, 
and Cape Cod AS. For this reason, if the proposed action in this 
supplement is selected, its implementation is contingent upon the 
outcome of the Air Force EIS. The BMDO would reassess its proposed 
usage of the EWR facilities in light of the results of the Air Force 
EIS prior to installation of the NMD modifications.

COMMENTS: To obtain a copy of the supplement to the NMD Deployment 
Draft EIS, please write: U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command, 
Attn: SMDC-EN-V, Post Office Box 1500, Huntsville, Alabama 35807. 
Individuals or organizations may provide comments on the supplement by 
sending written comments to: U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense 
Command, Attn: SMDC-EN-V, Post Office Box 1500, Huntsville, Alabama 
35807.

DATES: Public comments are invited and must be postmarked by April 17, 
2000.

    Dated: February 25, 2000.
L.M. Bynum,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Office, Department of Defense.
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