[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 8 (Friday, January 11, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2378-2379]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-00427]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Navy


Reopening of Public Comment Period for the Draft Environmental 
Impact Statement/Legislative Environmental Impact Statement for Renewal 
of Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake Public Land Withdrawal, 
California

AGENCY: Department of the Navy, DoD.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to Section 102(2)(c) of the National Environmental 
Policy Act of 1969 and regulations implemented by the Council on 
Environmental Quality (40 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) parts 1500-
1508), and in accordance with the requirements of the California 
Military Lands Withdrawal and Overflights Act of 1994 (Pub. L. 103-433, 
part of the California Desert Protection Act), the Department of the 
Navy (DoN) prepared and filed with the U.S. Environmental Protection 
Agency a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)/Legislative 
Environmental Impact Statement (LEIS) for renewal of the Naval Air 
Weapons Station China Lake public land withdrawal. A Notice of 
Availability for the Draft EIS/LEIS was published in the Federal 
Register on August 10, 2012 (77 FR 47839). The public review period for 
the Draft EIS/LEIS ended on November 8, 2012. This notice announces the 
availability of additional reference materials and the

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reopening of the public comment period until February 11, 2013.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: With the publication of a Notice of Public 
Meetings in the Federal Register on August 17, 2012 (77 FR 49784), the 
DoN and its cooperating agency, the Bureau of Land Management, 
initiated a 90-day public comment period and held three public open 
house meetings to receive oral and written comments on the Draft EIS/
LEIS and the proposed renewal of the public land withdrawal. The 90-day 
public comment period ended on November 8, 2012. Public comments 
received by the DoN during the public comment period indicated that 
certain key reference materials supporting the environmental impact 
analysis within the Draft EIS/LEIS were not made available to the 
public. This notice announces the reopening of the public comment 
period until February 11, 2013. During this re-opened public comment 
period, the Draft EIS/LEIS and the additional key reference materials 
are available for public review at the following libraries:
    1. Ridgecrest Public Library, 131 East Las Flores Avenue, 
Ridgecrest, California 93555.
    2. Trona Branch Library, 82805 Mount View, Trona, California 93562.
    3. Lone Pine Branch Library, 127 Bush Street, Lone Pine, California 
93545.
    4. Barstow Branch Library, 304 East Buena Vista Street, Barstow, 
California 92311.
    5. Mojave Public Library, 16916-1/2 State Highway 14, Space D2, 
Mojave, California 93501.
    6. Lancaster Public Library, 601 West Lancaster Boulevard, 
Lancaster, California 93534.
    A paper copy of the Executive Summary or a single compact disc of 
the Draft EIS/LEIS and additional key reference materials will be made 
available upon written request.
    Federal, state and local agencies and officials, and interested 
groups and individuals are encouraged to review the key reference 
documents and provide written comments to the mailing address or 
through the project web site, both identified immediately below. All 
comments, whether written or submitted through the project web site 
during the re-opened public comment period, will become part of the 
public record on the Draft EIS/LEIS and be considered in preparing the 
Final EIS/LEIS.

ADDRESSES: Comments may be submitted in writing anytime during the re-
opened public comment period to: Naval Facilities Engineering Command, 
Southwest, ATTN: NAWSCL Land Withdrawal Renewal EIS/LEIS Project 
Manager (Mr. Gene Beale), 1220 Pacific Highway, San Diego, California 
92132-5190; [email protected]. In addition, comments may be submitted 
through the project Web site: http://www.chinalakeleis.com.

    Dated: January 8, 2013.
C.K. Chiappetta,
Lieutenant Commander, Office of the Judge Advocate General, U.S. Navy, 
Federal Register Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 2013-00427 Filed 1-10-13; 8:45 am]
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