Notice of Availability of a Final Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact for the Juniper Butte Range Land Withdrawal Extension, Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho

Published date02 January 2020
Record Number2019-28300
SectionNotices
CourtAir Force Department,Defense Department
Federal Register, Volume 85 Issue 1 (Thursday, January 2, 2020)
[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 1 (Thursday, January 2, 2020)]
                [Notices]
                [Page 72]
                From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
                [FR Doc No: 2019-28300]
                [[Page 72]]
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                DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
                Department of the Air Force
                Notice of Availability of a Final Environmental Assessment and
                Finding of No Significant Impact for the Juniper Butte Range Land
                Withdrawal Extension, Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho
                AGENCY: Department of the Air Force, Department of Defense.
                ACTION: Notice of availability.
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                SUMMARY: The US Air Force (Air Force) is issuing this notice of
                availability of a Final Environmental Assessment (EA) and Finding of No
                Significant Impact (FONSI) for the Juniper Butte Range Land Withdrawal
                Extension, Mountain Home Air Force Base (AFB), Idaho.
                ADDRESSES: For information on this EA contact Mountain Home AFB 366
                Fighter Wing Public Affairs (366 FW/PA) at
                [email protected]; 208-826-6800; or 366 FW/PA, 366
                Gunfighter Avenue, Suite 310, Mountain Home AFB 83648. For further
                information contact Robin Divine at 208-826-6800.
                SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Final EA and FONSI have been prepared to
                consider the potential environmental consequences of extending the
                public lands withdrawal established in Title XXIX of Public Law 105-261
                on October 17, 1998, the Juniper Butte Range Withdrawal Act, at the
                Mountain Home Range Complex associated with Mountain Home AFB, Idaho.
                Per section 2915(c) of the Juniper Butte Range Withdrawal Act, the
                Draft EA and FONSI were made available for public review and comment
                for a 60-day period beginning on 10 April 2019, and a public meeting
                was held in Mountain Home, Idaho on April 25, 2019. No public comments
                were received. The agency comment letters received during the 60-day
                public review period are addressed in the Final EA. Under the Juniper
                Butte Range Withdrawal Act, approximately 11,816 acres of public land
                located in Owyhee and Twin Falls Counties, Idaho, were withdrawn from
                the Department of Interior, Bureau of Land Management to the Air Force
                for military use. Under the Juniper Butte Range Withdrawal Act, the
                withdrawal of these public lands will expire in 2023 unless the Air
                Force meets the requirements for extension in section 2915(c) of the
                Act. Therefore, the Air Force has analyzed the potential environmental
                impacts in the Final EA and signed a FONSI proposing to extend the
                withdrawal of this public land for continued military training for an
                additional 25 years. In addition, except as provided in section 2908(f)
                of the Juniper Butte Range Withdrawal Act, withdrawn and acquired
                mineral resources within the boundaries of the Juniper Butte Range will
                continue as originally withdrawn from United States mining laws. The
                Final EA and signed FONSI are available on the internet at https://www.mountainhome.af.mil/Home/Environmental-News/. Printed copies of the
                Final EA and signed FONSI are also available for review at the
                following locations:
                 Mountain Home Public Library, 790 N 10th E Street, Mountain
                Home, Idaho 83647
                 Mountain Home AFB Library, 480 5th Avenue, Building 2610,
                Mountain Home AFB, Idaho 83648
                 Twin Falls Public Library, 201 4th Avenue East, Twin Falls,
                Idaho 83301
                Adriane Paris,
                Acting Air Force Federal Register Liaison Officer.
                [FR Doc. 2019-28300 Filed 12-31-19; 8:45 am]
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