[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 81 (Friday, April 28, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19705-19706]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-08606]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Navy


Notice of Availability of Record of Decision for the Gulf of 
Alaska Navy Training Activities Final Supplemental Environmental Impact 
Statement/Overseas Environmental Impact Statement

AGENCY: Department of the Navy, DoD.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Department of the Navy (DoN), after carefully weighing the

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strategic, operational, and environmental consequences of the proposed 
action, announces its decision to continue military readiness 
activities as identified in Alternative 1 in the Gulf of Alaska Navy 
Training Activities Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement/
Overseas Environmental Impact Statement. This alternative includes one 
large-scale Carrier Strike Group exercise annually, Anti-Submarine 
Warfare activities, and the use of active sonar for up to 21 
consecutive days between April and October. Implementation of 
Alternative 1 will enable the DoN to meet current and future training 
requirements and manage and mitigate environmental impacts.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The complete text of the Record of Decision 
is available at http://www.GOAEIS.com. Single copies of the Record of 
Decision are available upon request by contacting: GOA Supplemental 
EIS/OEIS Project Manager, Naval Facilities Engineering Command 
Northwest, 1101 Tautog Circle, Suite 203, Silverdale, Washington 98315-
1101.

    Dated: April 25, 2017.
A.M. Nichols,
Lieutenant Commander, Judge Advocate General's Corps, U.S. Navy, 
Federal Register Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 2017-08606 Filed 4-27-17; 8:45 am]
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