[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 149 (Wednesday, August 6, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37845-37846]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-14919]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army


Record of Decision for Army Training Land Retention at 
P[omacr]hakuloa Training Area in Hawai`i (ID# EISX-007-21-001-
1734439520)

AGENCY: Department of the Army, DOD.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: The Department of the Army (Army) signed the Record of 
Decision (ROD) on July 31, 2025, for the Army Training Land Retention 
at P[omacr]hakuloa Training Area (PTA) Environmental Impact Statement 
(EIS). The Army selected Alternative 2 (the preferred alternative in 
the Final EIS), retention of 19,700 acres of state-owned land at PTA. 
The ROD completes the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) process 
for the action.

ADDRESSES: The ROD, Final EIS, and informational materials are 
available on the EIS website at: https://home.army.mil/hawaii/ptaeis/project-home.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: U.S. Army Garrison Hawai'i, Mr. Nathan 
Wilkes, Public Affairs Office, by telephone at (808) 787-2140 or by 
email at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In accordance with the National 
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), the ROD identifies the Army's selected 
alternative, the basis for its selection, and the mitigation measures 
the Army commits to implement with the selected alternative. The ROD is 
based on the results of the Final EIS, which analyzed the environmental 
impacts associated with the proposed action. The Army published the 
Final EIS on April 18, 2025.
    The Final EIS evaluated the potential impacts of a range of 
reasonable alternatives: (1) Maximum Retention (of approximately 22,750 
acres); (2) Modified Retention (of approximately 19,700 acres); and (3) 
Minimum Retention and Access (of approximately 10,100 acres and 11 
miles of roads and training trails). The Final EIS also analyzed the 
potential impacts of the No Action Alternative, under which Army use of 
the land would cease altogether when the lease expires in 2029. The 
Army selects Alternative 2.
    The Final EIS analyzed: land use; biological resources; historic 
and cultural resources and cultural practices; hazardous substances and 
hazardous wastes; air quality and greenhouse gases; noise; geology, 
topography, and soils; water resources; socioeconomics; environmental 
justice; transportation and traffic; airspace; electromagnetic 
spectrum; utilities; and human health and safety.
    The Final EIS was prepared according to certain Executive Orders, 
the Council on Environmental Quality's NEPA implementing regulations, 
and the Army's NEPA implementing regulations, which are now rescinded. 
Because analysis regarding greenhouse gases and environmental justice 
was already provided to the public for comment in the Second Draft EIS, 
such analysis was included in the Final EIS for transparency and 
continuity.
    The Army's decision to select Alternative 2 was based on 
consideration of the full analyses of all alternatives contained in the 
Final EIS, comments provided during formal public comment and review 
periods, and an evaluation of the ability of each alternative to meet 
the purpose of and need for the proposed action. The Army will proceed 
with Alternative 2, as

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described in the Final EIS, and will execute the mitigation and 
protective measures identified in the ROD.

(Authority: 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq. (1969)).

James W. Satterwhite, Jr.,
U.S. Army Federal Register Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 2025-14919 Filed 8-5-25; 8:45 am]
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