[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 45 (Tuesday, March 10, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10243-10244]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-5026]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Navy


Notice of Revised Record of Decision for Hawaii Range Complex

AGENCY: Department of the Navy, DoD.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Department of the Navy (Navy) announces its decision to 
revise the Record of Decision (ROD) issued on June 26, 2008, and 
published on July 7, 2008 (73 FR 38424) on the Final Environmental 
Impact Statement (EIS)/Overseas Environmental Impact Statement (OEIS) 
for the Hawaii Range Complex (HRC). These revisions address the 
authorizations recently issued by the National Marine Fisheries Service 
(NMFS) in December 2008 and January 2009 under the Marine Mammal 
Protection Act (MMPA) and the Endangered Species Act (ESA) for the 
incidental harassment of marine mammals resulting from Navy training 
and Department of Defense (DoD) research, development, testing, and 
evaluation (RDT&E) activities conducted within the HRC for the proposed 
action presented in Alternative 3.
    The Revised ROD is effective February 26, 2009. Except as discussed 
in the Revised ROD, all other provisions of the June 26, 2008 ROD 
remain in full force and effect. Implementation of the preferred 
alternative, initiated in June 2008 will continue. Because the Navy is 
required by section 5062 of Title 10 of the United States Code to 
organize, train, equip, and maintain combat-ready forces, ongoing 
training and RDT&E activities within the HRC will continue at current 
levels in the event that the proposed action is not implemented.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Revised ROD has been distributed to all 
those individuals who requested a copy of the Final EIS/OEIS and 
agencies and organizations that received a copy of the Final EIS/OEIS. 
The full text of the Revised ROD is available for public viewing at 
http://www.govsupport.us/navynepahawaii/downloads.aspx. Single copies 
of the Revised ROD will be made available upon request by contacting 
the Public Affairs Officer, Pacific Missile Range Facility, Attn: HRC 
EIS/OEIS REVISED ROD, P.O. Box 128, Kekaha, Hawaii 96752-0128; e-mail: 
[email protected]; or calling the Public Affairs Officer at 
telephone: 866-767-3347.


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    Dated: March 4, 2009.
A.M. Vallandingham,
Lieutenant Commander, Judge Advocate Generals Corps, U.S. Navy, Federal 
Register Liaison Officer.
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