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Notice of Availability of Record of Decision for the Surveillance Towed Array Sensor System Low-Frequency Active Sonar Training and Testing Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement/Overseas Environmental Impact Statement in the Western North Pacific and Indian Oceans (ID# SEIS-007-17-USN-1727716941)

Defense Department, Navy Department

Abstract

In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and Executive Order 12114, the DoN announces its decision to conduct training and testing activities within the Surveillance Towed Array Sensor System Low-Frequency Active (SURTASS LFA) Sonar Training and Testing Study Area in the Western North Pacific and Indian Oceans, as described in Alternative 1 of the SURTASS LFA Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement/Overseas Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS/OEIS).

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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 (DoN), Department of Defense (DoD). ACTION: Notice. SUMMARY: In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and Executive Order 12114 , the DoN announces its decision to conduct training and testing activities within the Surveillance Towed Array Sensor System Low-Frequency Active (SURTASS LFA) Sonar Training and Testing Study Area in the Western North Pacific and Indian Oceans, as described in Alternative 1 of the SURTASS LFA Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement/Overseas Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS/OEIS). SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Alternative 1 is the DoN's preferred alternative and is representative of an annual level of SURTASS LFA training and testing activities. The complete text of the Record of Decision (ROD) and the SURTASS LFA Final SEIS/OEIS is available on the project website at www.nepa.navy.mil/​surtass-lfa/​ along with supporting documents. Single copies of the ROD are available upon request by contacting: U.S. Pacific Fleet Command, Attention: SURTASS LFA SEIS/OEIS Project Manager (N46), 250 Makalapa Drive, Pearl Harbor, HI 96860-3131. Dated: July 22, 2026. T.M. Onik, Lieutenant Commander, Judge Advocate General's Corps, U.S. Navy, Federal Register Liaison Officer. [ FR Doc. 2026-15011 Filed 7-23-26; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3810-FF-P

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Citation: 91 FR 46777