[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 65 (Wednesday, April 7, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 18044]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-07121]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Air Force


Record of Decision for the United States Air Force F-35A Wing 
Beddown and MQ-9 Wing Beddown Environmental Impact Statement

AGENCY: Department of the Air Force, Department of Defense.

ACTION: Notice of availability of Record of Decision.

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SUMMARY: On March 19, 2021, the United States Air Force (USAF) signed 
the Record of Decision (ROD) for the Environmental Impact Statement: F-
35A Wing Beddown and MQ-9 Wing Beddown.

ADDRESSES: Mr. Nolan Swick, AFCEC/CZN, 2261 Hughes Avenue, Suite 155, 
JBSA-Lackland Air Force Base, Texas 78236-9853, (210) 925-3392; 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The USAF has decided to beddown 72 F-35A 
Primary Aerospace-Vehicle Assigned (PAA) with 6 F-35 Backup Aircraft 
Inventory (BAI) in a three-squadron F-35A Wing at Tyndall Air Force 
Base, Florida. The USAF is deferring a decision on the proposed MQ-9 
Wing beddown at Tyndall AFB or Vandenberg AFB. The USAF decision 
documented in the ROD was based on matters discussed in the Final 
Environmental Impact Statement, inputs from the public and regulatory 
agencies, and other relevant factors. The Final Environmental Impact 
Statement was made available to the public on December 4, 2020 through 
a Notice of Availability in the Federal Register (Volume 85, Number 
234, Pages 78323-78324) with a waiting period that ended on January 4, 
2021.

    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 (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)).

Adriane S. Paris,
Acting Air Force Federal Register Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 2021-07121 Filed 4-6-21; 8:45 am]
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