[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 88 (Tuesday, May 7, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Page 19907]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-09317]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Air Force
Record of Decision for the Emergency Beddown of the F-22 Formal
Training Unit and Associated T-38 Aircraft From Tyndall Air Force Base
to Eglin Air Force Base, Florida Special Environmental Assessment
ACTION: Notice of availability of a Record of Decision.
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SUMMARY: On April 25, 2019, the United States Air Force signed a Record
of Decision (ROD) on the Emergency Beddown of the F-22 Formal Training
Unit and Associated T-38 Aircraft from Tyndall Air Force Base to Eglin
Air Force Base, Florida, Special Environmental Assessment.
ADDRESSES: For questions regarding this ROD please contact: Mr. Mike
Spaits, Eglin AFB Public Affairs Office, 96 TW/PA, 101 West D Avenue,
Room 238, Eglin AFB, FL 32542-5499; telephone: (850) 882-2836; or
email: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The ROD contains the Air Force's finding
that the temporary beddown and continuing operations of 31 F-22 Formal
Training Unit (FTU) aircraft and 17 T-38 Talon adversary air support
aircraft at Eglin AFB, Florida, is necessary to control the impacts of
the emergency created by Hurricane Michael in early October 2018. It
also reflects the Air Force's decision to continue the interim beddown
and recurring operations of the F-22 FTU and its adversary air support
at Eglin AFB, as analyzed in the three timeline-based scenarios of the
Proposed Action in the April 2019 Final Special EA, in whole or in
part, until it becomes superseded by the full implementation of the
decision to be made in the ROD on the Final EIS for its permanent
beddown. Additionally, it announces the Air Force's decision to reduce
the rate of closed-pattern operations per sortie for both F-22s and T-
38s throughout the period of construction-related closure of Runway 12/
30.
The decision was based on matters discussed in the F-22 FTU and
Associated T-38 Aircraft from Tyndall Air Force Base to Eglin Air Force
Base, Florida Special Environmental Assessment (EA), contributions from
the public and regulatory agencies, and other relevant factors. Public
Notification was published in the Northwest Florida Daily News on
February 28, 2019, announcing the availability of the Draft Special EA
for a 30-day public review and comment period. The final Special EA and
signed ROD are available at the following web page: https://www.leidoseemg.com/eglinf22sea/final_documents.aspx.
Authority: This Notice of Availability is published pursuant to
the regulations (40 CFR part 1506.6) implementing the provisions of
the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C.. 4321, et
seq.) and the Air Force's Environmental Impact Analysis Process (32
CFR parts 989.21(b) and 989.24(b)(7)).
Carlinda N. Lotson,
Acting Air Force Federal Register Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 2019-09317 Filed 5-6-19; 8:45 am]
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