[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 97 (Friday, May 18, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29620-29621]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-12109]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Navy


Notice of Availability of Record of Decision for TRIDENT Support 
Facilities Explosives Handling Wharf at Naval Base Kitsap at Bangor, 
Kitsap County, WA

AGENCY:  Department of the Navy, DoD.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY:  The United States Department of the Navy (DoN), after 
carefully weighing the operational and environmental consequences of 
the proposed action, announces its decision to construct and operate an 
Explosives Handling Wharf (EHW-2) adjacent to the existing Explosives 
Handling Wharf in Hood Canal on the waterfront of Naval Base Kitsap 
(NBK) at Bangor, WA. The DoN has decided to implement the preferred 
alternative, Alternative 1, Combined Trestle, Large Pile Wharf, as 
described in the TRIDENT Support Facilities EHW-2 Final Environmental 
Impact Statement (FEIS) dated March 2012. Alternative 1 is also the 
Environmentally Preferable Alternative and will fully meet the DoN's 
purpose and need to support future program requirements for TRIDENT 
submarines homeported at NBK at Bangor, Washington, and the TRIDENT II 
(D5) Strategic Weapons System. This decision will allow the DoN to 
continue support of TRIDENT Program operational requirements through 
2042.

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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:  The complete text of the Record of Decision 
(ROD) is available for public viewing on the project Web site at http://www.nbkeis.com/ehw, along with copies of the FEIS and supporting 
documents. Single copies of the ROD will be made available upon request 
by contacting: Ms. Christine Stevenson, Naval Facilities Engineering 
Command Northwest, 1101 Tautog Circle, Silverdale, WA 98315-1101, 
telephone number 360-396-0080, email [email protected].

    Dated: May 15, 2012.
J.M. Beal,
Lieutenant Commander, Judge Advocate General's Corps, U.S. Navy, 
Federal Register Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 2012-12109 Filed 5-17-12; 8:45 am]
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