[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 163 (Thursday, August 23, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 48269]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-16653]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Navy


Record of Decision for Surveillance Towed Array Sensor System Low 
Frequency Active (SURTASS LFA) Sonar

AGENCY: Department of the Navy, DoD.

ACTION: Notice of decision and availability.

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SUMMARY: The Department of the Navy (DON), after carefully weighing the 
operational, scientific, technical, and environmental implications of 
the alternatives considered, announces its decision to employ up to 
four SURTASS LFA sonar systems with certain geographical restrictions 
and monitoring mitigation designed to reduce potential adverse effects 
on the marine environment. This decision, which pertains to the 
employment of up to four SURTASS LFA sonar systems (as originally 
analyzed in the Final Overseas Environmental Impact Statement and 
Environmental Impact Statement [FOEIS/EIS] for SURTASS LFA Sonar and 
augmented in the Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement 
[SEIS]), implements the preferred alternative, Alternative 2, 
identified in the Final SEIS for SURTASS LFA sonar.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The full text of the Record of Decision 
(ROD) is available for public viewing at http://www.surtass-lfa-eis.com. Single copies of the ROD will be made available upon request 
by contacting the SURTASS LFA Sonar SEIS Team, 4100 N. Fairfax Drive, 
Suite 730, Arlington, VA 22203, or e-mail: [email protected].

    Dated: August 17, 2007.
T.M. Cruz,
Lieutenant, Office of the Judge Advocate General, U.S. Navy, 
Administrative Law Division, Federal Register Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. E7-16653 Filed 8-22-07; 8:45 am]
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