[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 207 (Friday, October 25, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63971-63972]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-25147]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Navy


Notice of Availability of Record of Decision for Outdoor 
Research, Development, Test and Evaluation Activities at Naval Surface 
Warfare Center, Dahlgren Division, Dahlgren, VA

AGENCY: Department of the Navy, DoD.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Department of the Navy (DoN), after carefully weighing the 
strategic operational and environmental consequences of the proposed 
action, announces its decision to expand the Naval Surface Warfare 
Center, Dahlgren Division's (NSWCDD) outdoor research, development, 
test and evaluation (RDT&E) activities within the Potomac River Test 
Range (PRTR) complex, the Explosives Experimental Area range complex, 
the Mission Area, and special-use airspace at Naval Support Facility 
Dahlgren. These activities include outdoor operations that require the 
use of ordnance (guns and explosives), electromagnetic energy, high 
energy lasers, chemical and biological simulants (non-toxic substances 
used to mimic dangerous agents), and PRTR use. The DoN has decided to 
implement the preferred alternative, Alternative 2, which will enable 
NSWCDD to meet current and future mission-related warfare and force-
protection requirements by providing RDT&E of surface ship combat 
systems, ordnance, lasers and directed energy systems, force-level 
warfare, and homeland and force protection.

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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The complete text of the Record of Decision 
(ROD) is available on the project Web site at http://www.navsea.navy.mil/nswc/dahlgren/EIS/index.aspx, along with the 
Outdoor RDT&E Activities NSWCDD Final Environmental Impact Statement 
dated June 2013 and supporting documents. Single copies of the ROD are 
available upon request by contacting: Naval Surface Warfare Center, 
Dahlgren Division, Public Affairs Office, Attn: Stacia Courtney, Code 
C6, 6149 Welsh Road, Suite 203, Dahlgren, VA 22448-5130, telephone: 
540-653-8154, email: [email protected].

    Dated: October 18, 2013.
N.A. Hagerty-Ford,
Commander, Office of the Judge Advocate General, U.S. Navy, Federal 
Register Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 2013-25147 Filed 10-24-13; 8:45 am]
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