Defense Department, Air Force Department
The Department of the Air Force (DAF) is issuing this Notice of Intent (NOI) to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) to assess the potential social, economic, and environmental effects associated with conducting aircraft training and exercises at airfields in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), including Saipan International Airport, Tinian International Airport, Tinian North Field, and Rota International Airport. DAF is the lead agency for the CNMI Airfields Training and Exercises (CATE) EIS and intends to invite the Federal Aviation Administration and Commonwealth Ports Authority to be cooperating agencies. DAF will consult with, and obtain the comments of, federal agencies that have jurisdiction by law or special expertise related to the environmental analysis.
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 Air Force ( printed page 67824) AGENCY: Department of the Air Force, Department of Defense. ACTION: Notice of intent. SUMMARY: The Department of the Air Force (DAF) is issuing this Notice of Intent (NOI) to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) to assess the potential social, economic, and environmental effects associated with conducting aircraft training and exercises at airfields in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), including Saipan International Airport, Tinian International Airport, Tinian North Field, and Rota International Airport. DAF is the lead agency for the CNMI Airfields Training and Exercises (CATE) EIS and intends to invite the Federal Aviation Administration and Commonwealth Ports Authority to be cooperating agencies. DAF will consult with, and obtain the comments of, federal agencies that have jurisdiction by law or special expertise related to the environmental analysis. DATES: A public scoping period of 30 days will take place starting from the date of this NOI publication in the Federal Register . DAF requests comments on alternatives, impacts, relevant information, studies, or analyses with respect to the Proposed Action. Comments should be submitted in writing to the website or address listed in the ADDRESSES section and will be accepted at any time during the EIS process; however, to ensure the DAF has sufficient time to consider public input, please submit within the 30-day scoping…
Citation: 91 FR 67824
