Record of Decision for the United States Air Force Special Use Airspace Optimization at Holloman Air Force Base Environmental Impact Statement

• Published date: 08 April 2021
• Citation: 86 FR 18269
• Record Number: 2021-07187
• Section: Notices
• Court: Defense Department,The Department Of The Air Force Office

Federal Register, Volume 86 Issue 66 (Thursday, April 8, 2021)

[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 66 (Thursday, April 8, 2021)]
                [Notices]
                [Page 18269]
                From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
                [FR Doc No: 2021-07187]
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                DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
                Office of the Department of the Air Force
                Record of Decision for the United States Air Force Special Use
                Airspace Optimization at Holloman Air Force Base Environmental Impact
                Statement
                AGENCY: Department of the Air Force, DoD.
                ACTION: Notice of availability of record of decision.
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                SUMMARY: On March 29, 2021, the Department of the Air Force (DAF)
                signed the Record of Decision (ROD) for the Special Use Airspace
                Optimization at Holloman Air Force Base Environmental Impact Statement.
                ADDRESSES: Ms. Robin Divine, AFCEC/CZN, 2261 Hughes Avenue, Suite 155,
                JBSA--Lackland Air Force Base, Texas 78236-9853, (210) 925-2730;
                [email protected].
                SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department of the Air Force has decided
                to expand the lateral and vertical boundaries of the existing Talon
                Military Operations Area (MOA) and associated Air Traffic Control
                Assigned Airspace (ATCAA) in eastern New Mexico. The expanded MOA/ATCAA
                will support training for pilots stationed at Holloman Air Force Base.
                 The DAF decision documented in the ROD was based on matters
                discussed in the Final Environmental Impact Statement, inputs from the
                cooperating agencies, Native American Tribes, members of the public,
                and regulatory agencies, and other relevant factors. The Final
                Environmental Impact Statement was made available to the public on
                February 5, 2021 through a Notice of Availability in the Federal
                Register (Volume 86, Number 23, page 8356) with a waiting period that
                ended on March 8, 2021.
                 Authority: This Notice of Availability is published pursuant to
                the regulations (40 CFR part 1506.6) implementing the provisions of
                the National Environmental Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 4321, et seq.) and
                the Air Force's Environmental Impact Analysis Process (32 CFR parts
                989.21(b) and 989.24(b)(7)).
                Adriane Paris,
                Acting Air Force Federal Register Liaison Officer.
                [FR Doc. 2021-07187 Filed 4-7-21; 8:45 am]
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