[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 241 (Friday, December 16, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 77092]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-27352]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Navy


Notice of Availability of Record of Decision for the Pearl Harbor 
Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility Dry Dock and 
Waterfront Production Facility Environmental Impact Statement

AGENCY: Department of the Navy, Department of Defense (DoD).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The United States (U.S.) Department of the Navy (Navy), after 
carefully weighing the strategic, operational, and environmental 
consequences of the proposed action, announces its decision to select 
Alternative 4 (Preferred Alternative) from the Final Environmental 
Impact Statement for Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard and Intermediate 
Maintenance Facility Dry Dock and Waterfront Production Facility at 
Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Oahu, Hawaii (herein, Final EIS). This 
alternative will support the Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard and 
Intermediate Maintenance Facility's (PHNSY & IMF's) mission to repair, 
maintain, and modernize Navy fast-attack submarines and surface ships. 
Additionally, this alternative will allow the Navy to provide 
appropriate dry dock capability to meet submarine depot maintenance 
mission requirements no later than January 2028, as well as build and 
operate a properly sized and configured waterfront production facility 
(WPF) to enable efficient vessel maintenance.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The selected alternative involves 
construction, operation, and maintenance of a graving dry dock (herein, 
Dry Dock [DD]5) and an adjacent multiple support concept WPF located 
east of DD5, as well as auxiliary facilities, a new weight-handling 
system (crane type), and upgraded utilities. The proposed dry dock will 
replace existing DD3 and will be given a new dry dock number, DD5. DD5 
will be of sufficient size to support maintenance of current and future 
classes of fast-attack submarines. The WPF will reduce lost operational 
days by increasing collaboration and efficiency among the workforce. 
The proposed project's construction-related actions will include 
dredging, filling, pile driving, installing new temporary and permanent 
in-water structures, demolishing existing landside structures, and 
constructing new temporary and permanent landside facilities.
    The complete text of the Record of Decision (ROD) is available on 
the project website at www.PearlHarborDryDockEIS.org, along with the 
October 2022 Final EIS and supporting documents. Single copies of the 
ROD are available upon request by contacting: Naval Facilities 
Engineering System Command Pacific, Attn: PHNSY & IMF DD/WPF EIS 
Project Manager, 258 Makalapa Drive, Suite 100, Pearl Harbor, HI 96860.

    Dated: December 13, 2022.
A.R. Holt,
Lieutenant Commander, Judge Advocate General's Corps, U.S. Navy, 
Federal Register Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 2022-27352 Filed 12-15-22; 8:45 am]
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