[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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