5 May 2006. Portion of earlier FR notice posted to describe the IAS.
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[Federal Register: October 3, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 190)]
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Coast Guard
Integrated Anti-Swimmer System; Draft Programmatic Environmental
Assessment
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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard announces the availability of the Draft
Programmatic Environmental Assessment (PEA) of the Integrated Anti-
Swimmer System (IAS). The Coast Guard is proposing to deploy and
operate the IAS for temporary periods at various U.S. ports throughout
the U.S. Maritime Domain, when necessary. The purpose of the Proposed
Action is to increase the Coast Guard's ability to detect, track,
classify, and interdict, if necessary, potential underwater threats and
as a result, protect personnel, ships, and property from sabotage and/
or other subversive acts. Potential threats targeted by the IAS include
combat divers and unmanned vehicles. The IAS will be co-located with,
and used by, the Coast Guard's newly established Maritime Safety and
Security Teams (MSSTs). The IAS is proposed to be used at a range
necessary to maintain situational awareness and allow the MSSTs
sufficient time to react and counter a detected threat. Extensive
research and analysis of alternatives has led to the conclusion that an
active sonar system is the only currently available technology that
affords this capability.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Coast Guard
[USCG-2006-24627]
Finding of No Significant Impact for the Installation and
Operation of the Integrated Anti-Swimmer System
AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) is issuing this notice to advise
the public that it has issued a Finding of No Significant Impact
(FONSI) for the Installation and Operation of the Integrated Anti-
Swimmer System, effective 4 April 2006, for the Final Environmental
Assessment that evaluated the proposed action. This notice is issued in
accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) (42 U.S.C.
4371 et seq.) and its implementing regulations 40 CFR 1500 through
1508.
ADDRESSES: Copies of the FONSI are available for review at the
following locations and by the following methods:
(1) Electronic request to Mr. Kenneth McDaniel at
KMcdaniel@comdt.uscg.mil.
(2) Delivery request to Commandant, United States Coast Guard,
Office of Security and Defense Operations (G-RPD), 2100 Second St.,
SW., Rm. 3121, Washington, DC 20593, Attn: K. McDaniel.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Commandant, United States Coast Guard,
Office of Security and Defense Operations (G-RPD), 2100 Second St.,
SW., Rm. 3121, Washington, DC 20593, Attn: K. McDaniel.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The USCG has completed and issued its
Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) for the Installation and
Operation of the Integrated Anti-Swimmer System (IAS). The FONSI sets
out the USCG's consideration of environmental and other factors and is
based on the Final Programmatic Environmental Assessment (PEA) for the
Installation and Operation of the IAS. The FONSI records the USCG's
determination that the Proposed Action has no significant impact on the
environment. Therefore, preparation of an environmental impact
statement is not necessary.
The PEA and FONSI were prepared in accordance with the National
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969 (Section 102(2)(c)) and its
implementing regulations at Title 40 Code of Federal Regulations, Parts
1500 through 1508. The Coast Guard evaluated the environmental and
socioeconomic impacts of the Proposed Action in the PEA.
The PEA presents the purpose and need for the project, identifies
and examines reasonable alternatives and assesses their potential
impact to the environment. The PEA's analysis of alternatives to the
proposed project includes the No-Action Alternative and assesses
potential impacts associated with the proposed installation and
operation of the IAS.
Mitigation measures intended to minimize potential environmental
impacts are identified in the FONSI and would become part of the IAS
training and deployment standard operating procedures. There are no
environmental impacts associated with the preferred alternative that
cannot be mitigated below significance thresholds described in the PEA.
Dated: May 1, 2006.
S.M. Burke,
Commander, U.S. Coast Guard, Deputy Chief, Office of Security and
Defense Operations.
[FR Doc. E6-6874 Filed 5-4-06; 8:45 am]
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