[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 197 (Friday, October 10, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61298-61299]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-24224]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Navy


Notice of Availability of Record of Decision for the Final 
Environmental Impact Statement for U.S. Navy F-35C West Coast 
Homebasing

AGENCY: Department of the Navy, DoD.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Department of the Navy, after carefully weighing the 
strategic, operational, and environmental consequences of the proposed 
action, announces its decision to provide facilities and functions to 
support homebasing of F-35C aircraft at Naval Air Station (NAS) 
Lemoore, California, by accomplishing the proposed action as set out in 
Alternative 2 of the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for U.S. Navy 
F-35C West Coast Homebasing. Under Alternative 2, a total of 100 F-35C 
aircraft in seven Navy Pacific Fleet squadrons (10 aircraft per 
squadron) and the Fleet Replacement Squadron (30 aircraft) will be 
homebased at NAS Lemoore beginning in 2016. The proposed action will be 
completed in the 2028 timeframe. The 100 F-35C aircraft will replace 70 
aging FA-18 Hornet aircraft. As a result, aircraft loading at NAS 
Lemoore will gradually increase by a net of 30 aircraft over the 13-
year period. There will be no changes in aircraft loading at Naval Air 
Facility (NAF) El Centro, California, under Alternative 2. Homebasing 
the F-35C at NAS Lemoore will result in an increase of approximately 
68,400 operations per year at NAS Lemoore and an increase of 
approximately 800 operations per year at NAF El Centro.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The complete text of the Record of Decision 
(ROD) is available on the project Web

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site at www.navyf35cwestcoasteis.com, along with the Final EIS U.S. 
Navy F-35C West Coast Homebasing, dated May 2014 and supporting 
documents. Single copies of the ROD are available upon request by 
contacting: U.S. Navy F-35C EIS Project Manager, Naval Facilities 
Engineering Command Southwest, Attn: Code EV21.AK, 1220 Pacific 
Highway, Building 1, 5th Floor, San Diego, California 92132.

    Dated: October 6, 2014.
N.A. Hagerty-Ford,
Commander, Office of the Judge Advocate General, U.S. Navy, Federal 
Register Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 2014-24224 Filed 10-9-14; 8:45 am]
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