[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 173 (Thursday, September 8, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 53349]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-17788]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary


Notice of Availability of the Mobile Sensors Environmental 
Assessment and Draft Finding of No Significant Impact

AGENCY: Missile Defense Agency, Department of Defense.

ACTION: Notice of availability and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) has completed an 
environmental ASSESSMENT (EA) in accordance with the National 
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969 and the Council on 
Environmental Quality regulations implementing NEPA, Department of 
Defense Instruction 4715.9, Environmental Planning and Analysis, and 
the applicable service regulations that implement these laws and 
regulations. Based on this analysis, MDA determined that the proposed 
activities would not result in a significant impact to the environment 
and prepared a Draft Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI). 
Therefore, further NEPA analysis in the form of an Environmental Impact 
Statement (EIS) is not required.

DATES: The public review and comment period for this EA and draft FONSI 
begins with the publication of this notice in the Federal Register. All 
comments on this EA and draft FONSI must be received by the MDA no 
later than September 23, 2005.
    A downloadable electronic version of the EA and Draft FONSI are 
available on the MDA Internet site: http://www.mda.mil/mdalink/html/enviro.html.

ADDRESSES: Written comments regarding the EA and Draft FONSI should be 
submitted to Mobile Sensors EA, c/o ICF Consulting, 9300 Lee Highway, 
Fairfax, VA 22031; via toll-free fax 1-877-851-5451; or via E-mail: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The EA analyzes the potential environmental 
consequences of using mobile land-based sensors (i.e., radar, 
telemetry, command and control, and optical systems) and the use of 
airborne sensor systems (High Altitude Observatory [HALO] I and II, and 
Widebody Airborne Sensor Platform [WASP]). This EA considers impacts 
associated with the proposed use of land-based mobile sensors and 
airborne sensor systems on targets of opportunity.

    Dated: September 1, 2005.
L.M. Bynum,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 05-17788 Filed 9-7-05; 8:45 am]
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