Adoption of Environmental Assessment for Long Range Discrimination Radar Performance Testing, Clear Air Force Station, Alaska, and Finding of No Significant Impact and Record of Decision for Temporary Flight Restrictions.
| Citation | 85 FR 55926 |
| Record Number | 2020-19962 |
| Published date | 10 September 2020 |
| Section | Notices |
| Court | Federal Aviation Administration |
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[FR Doc. 2020–19985 Filed 9–9–20; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
Adoption of Environmental
Assessment for Long Range
Discrimination Radar Performance
Testing, Clear Air Force Station,
Alaska, and Finding of No Significant
Impact and Record of Decision for
Temporary Flight Restrictions.
AGENCY
: Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA), Department of
Transportation.
ACTION
: Notice of availability.
SUMMARY
: This notice announces the
availability of the FAA’s Adoption of
Missile Defense Agency Environmental
Assessment for Long Range
Discrimination Radar (LRDR)
Performance Testing, Clear Air Force
Station (CAFS), Alaska, and Finding of
No Significant Impact and Record of
Decision for Temporary Flight
Restrictions in the Vicinity of CAFS for
LRDR Performance Testing. This
document sets forth: (1) The FAA’s
adoption of the Missile Defense
Agency’s (MDA) Environmental
Assessment for Long Range
Discrimination Radar (LRDR)
Performance Testing, Clear Air Force
Station (CAFS), Alaska; (2) the FAA’s
finding that no significant
environmental effects would result from
two proposed temporary flight
restrictions (TFRs) the FAA would issue
to protect aviation from high-intensity
radiated fields generated during the
LRDR performance testing; and (3) the
FAA’s decision to approve the TFRs.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
:
Paula Miller, Airspace Policy and
Regulations Group, Office of Airspace
Services, Federal Aviation
Administration, 800 Independence
Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20591;
telephone: (202) 267–7378.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
:
Background
MDA prepared a Final Environmental
Assessment (FEA) for performance
testing of a LRDR at CAFS, Alaska. The
FEA includes analysis of the potential
environmental effects of two TFRs that
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The FEA and the MDA/DAF FONSI are posted
on MDA’s website at https://www.mda.mil/system/
lrdr/.
would be issued by the FAA pursuant
to Title 14, Code of Federal Regulations,
Section 99.7, Special Security
Instructions, to protect aviation from
high-intensity radiated fields generated
by the LRDR during the testing. MDA
provided a Preliminary FEA for public
review from May 4, 2020, to June 2,
2020, and three comments were
received. The FEA was issued in July
2020, and MDA and the Department of
the Air Force (DAF) issued their Finding
of No Significant Impact (FONSI) on
July 24, 2020.
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The LRDR performance testing would
occur for 16 hours a day (specific times
to vary by time of year) for 12 to 18
months. During the testing hours, the
larger of the two TFRs, which would
apply in an area defined as Zone 1 in
the FEA, would be continuous (active
every day during the testing period);
and the other TFR, which would apply
in an area defined as in Zone 2 in the
FEA, would be non-continuous, active
for two hours a day (Tuesdays,
Thursdays, and Saturdays, from 2:00
a.m. to 4:00 a.m. local Alaska time).
During the activation hours of the TFRs,
the existing instrument flight rules
arrival and departure procedures at
Healy River Airport, and emergency
aircraft and medical evacuation flights
into and out of Clear Airport, would be
available through processes defined in a
Letter of Agreement between MDA,
CAFS, and the FAA. Also, the FAA
would provide notice (via Notices to
Airmen [NOTAMs]) of: (1) The
unavailability of affected approach
procedures at Ted Stevens Anchorage
International Airport (ANC); and (2) the
unavailability of affected portions of
airways V–436 and J–125.
In accordance with regulations of the
Council on Environmental Quality
(CEQ) implementing the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969
(NEPA), and FAA Order 1050.1F,
Environmental Impacts: Policies and
Procedures, the FAA participated as a
cooperating agency on the FEA. In that
capacity, the FAA coordinated closely
with MDA, provided subject matter
expertise, and participated actively in
the FEA’s preparation.
Consistent with CEQ guidance, FAA
Order 1050.1F provides that the FAA
may adopt another agency’s
Environmental Assessment (EA) for the
purpose of compliance with NEPA. To
do so, the FAA must determine, based
on an independent evaluation, that the
other agency’s EA: (1) Adequately
addresses the FAA’s action; and (2)
meets the applicable standards in FAA
Order 1050.1F and CEQ’s regulations
implementing NEPA.
After independently evaluating the
FEA, the FAA has determined that the
document adequately addresses the
proposed TFRs and meets the applicable
standards in FAA Order 1050.1F and
CEQ’s regulations implementing NEPA.
Accordingly, the FAA has adopted the
FEA. Based on the information and
analysis in the FEA, the FAA has found
that the TFRs would not significantly
affect the human environment and
therefore do not require preparation of
an environmental impact statement
under NEPA. After considering this and
other relevant factors, the FAA has
decided to approve the TFRs.
Notice of Availability
The FAA’s adoption of the FEA, its
finding of no significant environmental
impact, and its decision on the TFRs are
documented in Adoption of Missile
Defense Agency Environmental
Assessment for Long Range
Discrimination Radar (LRDR)
Performance Testing, Clear Air Force
Station, Alaska (CAFS) and Finding of
No Significant Impact and Record of
Decision for Temporary Flight
Restrictions in the Vicinity of CAFS for
LRDR Performance Testing (Adoption/
FONSI/ROD). This document and the
FEA are available upon request by
contacting Paula Miller at: Airspace
Policy and Regulations Group, Office of
Airspace Services, Federal Aviation
Administration, 800 Independence
Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20591;
telephone: (202) 267–7378.
Right of Appeal
The FAA’s Adoption/FONSI/ROD
constitutes a final order of the FAA
Administrator and is subject to
exclusive judicial review under 49
U.S.C. 46110 by the U.S. Circuit Court
of Appeals for the District of Columbia
or the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for
the circuit in which the person
contesting the decision resides or has its
principal place of business. Any party
having substantial interest in this order
may apply for review of the decision by
filing a petition for review in the
appropriate U.S. Court of Appeals no
later than 60 days after the order is
issued in accordance with the
provisions of 49 U.S.C. 46110. Any
party seeking to stay implementation of
the Record of Decision must file an
application with the FAA prior to
seeking judicial relief as provided in
Rule 18(a) of the Federal Rules of
Appellate Procedure.
Issued in Des Moines, WA, on September
3, 2020.
Maria A. Aviles,
Acting Group Manager, Operations Support
Group, Western Service Center.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration
[Docket No. FMCSA–2020–0124]
Qualification of Drivers; Exemption
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