[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 110 (Thursday, June 8, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37520-37521]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-12273]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Air Force


Record of Decision for the Environmental Impact Statement 
Sentinel (Ground Based Strategic Deterrent) Program Deployment and 
Minuteman III Decommissioning and Disposal

ACTION: Notice of availability of record of decision.

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SUMMARY: On May 19, 2023, the Department of the Air Force (DAF) signed 
the Record of Decision (ROD) for the Environmental Impact Statement 
Sentinel (Ground Based Strategic Deterrent [GBSD]) Program Deployment 
and Minuteman III Decommissioning and Disposal.

ADDRESSES: Lt Col Rodney Ellison, Air Force Global Strike Command, Air 
Forces Strategic-Air Public Affairs, 245 Davis Ave. E, Suite 198, 
Barksdale AFB, LA 71110, (318.456.1305), [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department of Air Force (DAF) approved 
the three GBSD locations and their subsequent sequencing (June 2020). 
Based on this decision, the DAF will sequentially replace all land-
based Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile in the United 
States with the Sentinel system, including the motors, interstages, 
propulsion system rocket engine, and missile guidance set. All

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missile alert facilities, launch facilities, communication systems, 
infrastructure, and technologies, including interconnecting utility 
corridors, will be modernized, replaced, or reused as necessary to 
support the Sentinel system.
    The DAF 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 
March 31, 2023, through a Notice of Availability in the Federal 
Register (Volume 88, Number 62, Page 19302) with a waiting period that 
ended on May 1, 2023.
    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)).

Tommy W. Lee,
Acting Air Force Federal Register Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 2023-12273 Filed 6-7-23; 8:45 am]
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