[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 83 (Thursday, April 30, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24250-24251]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-10089]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Air Force


Addendum to the 26 June 2014 Record of Decision for the Final 
Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement F-35 Beddown at Eglin Air 
Force Base, Florida

ACTION:  Notice of Availability (NOA) of Addendum to 26 June 2014 
Record of Decision (ROD).

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SUMMARY: On April 23, 2015, the United States Air Force signed an 
Addendum to the 26 June 2014 ROD for the Final F-35 Beddown 
Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS). The Addendum to the 
26 June 2014 Record of Decision (AROD) documents the Air Force's 
decisions to: (1) Temporarily shift the primary runway to Runway 01/19 
(RW 01/19) and allow a temporary increase in previously limited F-35 
operations for construction-related closure of Runway 12/30 (RW 12/30), 
and (2) approve the Department of the Navy's (DoN's) request to add 
fifteen (15) Backup Aircraft Inventory (BAI) F-35C aircraft at Eglin 
AFB.
    The AROD augments the 26 June 2014 ROD by allowing a one-time, 
temporary increase in certain F-35 operations on Runway 01/19 (RW 01/
19) due to required construction-related closure of Runway 12/30 (RW 
12/30) for up to four months from approximately 1 May 2015 through 31 
August 2015. During this up to four-month period of construction 
partially closing RW 12/30, but only after all mitigations measures 
have first been implemented and/or exhausted, limited additional F-35 
operations up to the number and type of average daily operations 
analyzed in Alternative 1A (predominantly departures/take-offs on RW 01 
and approaches/landings on RW 19) of the SEIS and published in Table E-
16 at pages E-84 and E-85 in Appendix E, will be allowed on RW 01/19. 
The additional Navy F-35C BAI will not alter the number or type of F-
35C operations analyzed in the SEIS and approved in the 26 June 2014 
ROD.
    The Final SEIS was made available to the public on February 28, 
2014 through a NOA in the Federal Register (Volume 79, Number 40, Page 
11428) with a wait period that ended on March 31, 2014. The 26 June 
2014 SEIS ROD was made available to the public, through a NOA in the 
Federal Register (Volume 79, Number 131, Page 38857), on July 9, 2014.
    Authority: This NOA is published pursuant to the relevant 
subsection of the regulations (40 CFR part 1506.6(b)2))

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implementing the provisions of the NEPA of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321, et 
seq.) and the relevant subsections of the Air Force's Environmental 
Impact Analysis Process (EIAP) (32 CFR parts 989.21(b) and 
989.24(b)(7)).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Mike Spaits, 850-882-2836.

Henry Williams,
Acting Air Force Federal Register Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 2015-10089 Filed 4-29-15; 8:45 am]
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