[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 191 (Wednesday, October 2, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Page 52488]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-21341]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Navy


Notice of Availability of the Record of Decision for Department 
of the Navy Real Estate Actions in Support of the Boardman to 
Hemmingway Transmission Line Project, at Naval Weapons Systems Training 
Facility Boardman, OR

AGENCY: Department of the Navy, DoD.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The United States (U.S.) Department of the Navy (DoN), after 
participating as a cooperating agency in the development and evaluation 
of the U.S. Bureau of Land Management's Final Environmental Impact 
Statement (EIS) for the Boardman to Hemingway Transmission Line Project 
(B2H Project), and carefully weighing the strategic, operational, and 
environmental consequences of the proposed action, announces its 
decision to adopt the Final EIS and implement real estate actions as 
set out in the selected alternative, identified as the Agency Preferred 
Alternative in the Final EIS dated November 2016.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: DoN real estate actions would grant a 7.1 
mile by 90-foot right of way easement to the Idaho Power Company to 
allow for construction and operation of a portion of the B2H project on 
Naval Weapons Systems Training Facility (NWSTF) Boardman, Oregon in 
exchange for the termination of an existing land use agreement and 
removal of transmission infrastructure held by Bonneville Power 
Administration (BPA) that occupies the same right-of-way.
    The Agency Preferred Alternative route exits the proposed Longhorn 
Substation to the south, crossing the boundary of NWSTF Boardman at the 
northeastern corner and parallels the eastern boundary of NWSTF 
Boardman along the west side of Bombing Range Road for approximately 
7.1 miles. At that point, the route crosses over Bombing Range Road to 
the east and exits Federal property. The route will avoid the Resource 
Natural Area B, a Washington ground squirrel Resource Management Area, 
and traditional cultural properties on NWSTF Boardman.
    The complete text of the Record of Decision (ROD) for the DoN's 
real estate action is available at: https://navfac.navy.mil/NWNEPA, 
along with the November 2016 Final EIS for the Boardman to Hemingway 
Transmission Line Project. Single copies of the ROD are available upon 
request by contacting: Naval Facilities Engineering Command Northwest, 
Attn: Jackie Queen (Environmental Planner), 3730 Charles Porter Avenue, 
Oak Harbor, WA 98278-5000.

    Approved: September 26, 2019.
D.J. Antenucci,
Commander, Judge Advocate General's Corps, U.S. Navy, Federal Register 
Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 2019-21341 Filed 10-1-19; 8:45 am]
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