Defense Department, Navy Department
The Department of the Navy (DoN) hereby cancels its Notice of Intent to Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for Construction and Operation of an Outlying Landing Field (OLF) in northeastern North Carolina and southeastern Virginia. The purpose of the OLF was to support carrier-based air wing aircraft squadrons stationed at and transient to Naval Air Station (NAS) Oceana and Naval Station (NS) Norfolk, VA. Navy Auxiliary Landing Field Fentress remains the single, local DoN OLF for Field Carrier Landing Practice (FCLP) training for all fixed-wing, carrier-based air wing aircraft operating from NAS Oceana and NS Norfolk Chambers Field.
Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Department of Defense Department of the Navy AGENCY: Department of the Navy, DoD. ACTION: Notice. SUMMARY: The Department of the Navy (DoN) hereby cancels its Notice of Intent to Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for Construction and Operation of an Outlying Landing Field (OLF) in northeastern North Carolina and southeastern Virginia. The purpose of the OLF was to support carrier-based air wing aircraft squadrons stationed at and transient to Naval Air Station (NAS) Oceana and Naval Station (NS) Norfolk, VA. Navy Auxiliary Landing Field Fentress remains the single, local DoN OLF for Field Carrier Landing Practice (FCLP) training for all fixed-wing, carrier-based air wing aircraft operating from NAS Oceana and NS Norfolk Chambers Field. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In a Notice of Intent published on April 9, 2008 ( 73 FR 19196 ), the DoN announced its intent to prepare an EIS to evaluate the potential environmental consequences of constructing and operating an OLF to support FCLP training requirements for carrier-based fixed-wing aircraft at NAS Oceana and NS Norfolk Chambers Field, Virginia. On August 28, 2009, the DoN delayed release of the Draft OLF EIS in order to allow inclusion of a noise analysis for the F-35C (Joint Strike Fighter) in the EIS. The DoN suspended the Draft OLF EIS on January 27, 2011 pending better defined East Coast F-35C homebasing and training requirements. The current decision to cancel the suspended OLF EIS does not address the future re…
Citation: 78 FR 69653
