[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 157 (Wednesday, August 14, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Page 40397]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-17427]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Navy


Notice of Availability of the Record of Decision for the Final 
Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement/Supplemental Overseas 
Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS/SOEIS) for Surveillance Towed 
Array Sensor System (SURTASS) Low Frequency Active (LFA) Sonar

AGENCY: Department of the Navy, DoD.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The United States Department of the Navy (DoN), announces its 
decision to continue utilizing SURTASS LFA and Compact LFA sonar 
systems (LFA hereafter inclusive of both systems) onboard United States 
Navy surveillance ships for training and testing activities conducted 
under the authority of the Secretary of the Navy in the western and 
central North Pacific and eastern Indian Oceans, including certain 
geographical restrictions, as described in Alternative 2 of the June 
2019 Final SEIS/SOEIS for SURTASS LFA Sonar. Under Alternative 2, the 
DoN will be able to meet current and future DoN training and testing 
requirements.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Alternative 2 is the DoN's preferred 
alternative, and provides for additional training and testing capacity 
for vessels to participate in at-sea exercises, to conduct acoustic 
research testing, and to conduct new SURTASS LFA sonar system testing. 
The complete text of the Record of Decision (ROD) for the June 2019 
Final SEIS/SOEIS for SURTASS LFA Sonar is available on the project 
website at http://www.surtass-lfa-eis.com/, along with the June 2019 
Final SEIS/SOEIS for SURTASS LFA Sonar and supporting documents. Single 
copies of the ROD are available upon request by contacting: Chief of 
Naval Operations Energy and Environmental Readiness Division, Attn: 
SURTASS LFA SONAR SEIS/SOEIS Project Manager, 2000 Navy Pentagon Rm. 
2D253, Washington DC, 20350-2000.

    Dated: August 9, 2019.
D.J. Antenucci,
Commander, Judge Advocate General's Corps, U.S. Navy, Federal Register 
Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 2019-17427 Filed 8-13-19; 8:45 am]
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