[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 153 (Friday, August 7, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Page 47952]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-16898]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Navy


Notice of Availability of Record of Decision for the Mariana 
Islands Training and Testing Final Supplemental Environmental Impact 
Statement/Overseas Environmental Impact Statement

AGENCY: Department of the Navy, DoD.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The United States Department of the Navy (DON), after 
carefully weighing the strategic, operational, and environmental 
consequences of the Proposed Action, announces its decision to continue 
training and testing activities as identified in Alternative 2 in the 
Mariana Islands Training and Testing (MITT) Final Supplemental 
Environmental Impact Statement/Overseas Environmental Impact Statement 
(EIS/OEIS), dated June 2020. Under Alternative 2, the U.S. military 
services and the U.S. Coast Guard will be able to fully meet current 
and future training and testing requirements.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Alternative 2 is the DON's preferred 
alternative and includes changes in the types and tempo of training and 
testing activities at sea and on Farallon de Medinilla to meet current 
and future military readiness requirements. Alternative 2 reflects the 
maximum number of training and testing activities that could occur 
within a given year, and assumes that the maximum number of fleet 
exercises would occur annually. This alternative allows for the 
greatest flexibility for the DON to maintain readiness when considering 
potential changes in the national security environment, fluctuations in 
training and deployment schedules, and anticipated in-theater demands. 
The complete text of the Record of Decision (ROD) is available on the 
project website at www.MITT-EIS.com, along with the June 2020 MITT 
Final Supplemental EIS/OEIS and supporting documents. Single copies of 
the ROD are available upon request by contacting: Naval Facilities 
Engineering Command Pacific, Attn: MITT Supplemental EIS/OEIS Project 
Manager, 258 Makalapa Drive, Suite 100, Pearl Harbor, HI 96860-3134.

    Dated: July 29, 2020.
D.J. Antenucci,
Commander, Judge Advocate General's Corps, U.S. Navy, Federal Register 
Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 2020-16898 Filed 8-6-20; 8:45 am]
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