[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 23 (Thursday, February 5, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6140-6141]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-2479]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Navy


Notice of Record of Decision for the Final Supplemental 
Environmental Impact Statement for Developing Homeport Facilities for 
Three NIMITZ-Class Aircraft Carriers in Support of the U.S. Pacific 
Fleet at Naval Air Station North Island, Coronado, CA

AGENCY: Department of the Navy, DoD.

ACTION: Notice of Record of Decision.

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SUMMARY: The Department of the Navy (Navy), after carefully weighing 
the operational and environmental consequences of the proposed action, 
announces its decision to upgrade carrier berthing (Berth LIMA) at 
Naval Air Station (NAS) North Island to comply with current nuclear-
powered aircraft carrier (CVN) facility requirements. The minor 
infrastructure improvements include construction of: A fender system, 
mooring bollards, security building, and antiterrorism (AT)/force 
protection (FP) improvements, as well as the installation of 
information systems, electrical and mechanical utility upgrades, 
paving, drainage, and site improvements. In addition, the Navy 
announces its intent to implement additional vehicular traffic 
mitigation measures to address new facts and circumstances relevant to 
traffic. Although the 2008 Traffic Study included in the 2008 Final 
Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) shows that direct 
traffic impacts have not changed significantly since they were studied 
in the 1999 Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS), additional 
traffic mitigation measures minimize the cumulative effects of 
vehicular traffic when three homeported aircraft carriers are 
simultaneously in port.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Record of Decision (ROD) has been 
distributed to all those individuals who requested a copy of the Final 
SEIS and agencies and organizations that received a copy of the Final 
SEIS. The complete text of the ROD is available for public viewing on 
the project Web site at http://www.nimitzcarriersseis.com/ along with 
copies of the Final SEIS and supporting documents. Single copies of the 
ROD will be made available upon request by contacting Mr. Robert 
Montana, Naval Facilities Engineering Command Southwest, 2730 McKean 
Street, Building 291, San Diego, CA 92136, telephone: 619-556-8509.


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    Dated: February 2, 2009.
A.M. Vallandingham,
Lieutenant Commander, Judge Advocate General's Corps, U.S. Navy, 
Federal Register Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. E9-2479 Filed 2-4-09; 8:45 am]
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