Record of Decision: Environmental Impact Statement. Department of the Air Force Special Use Airspace Optimization Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico
Abstract
The Department of the Air Force (DAF) is issuing this Record of Decision (ROD) to implement actions to achieve Special Use Airspace (SUA) optimization to support F-16 pilots stationed at Holloman Air Force Base (AFB). This ROD is based on the Special Use Airspace Optimization Final Environmental Impact Statement (Final EIS), Holloman AFB, New Mexico, February 5, 2021 (Federal Register [FR],Vol. 86, No. 23, page 8356). The decision to achieve SUA optimization considered the information, analysis, and public and other comments contained in the Final EIS, along with other relevant factors. This ROD is prepared in accordance with the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) regulations implementing the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) at Title 40 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Section 1505.2 (Record of decision in cases requiring environmental impact statements) 1 and 32 CFR Part 989, implementing the DAF Environmental Impact Analysis Process (EIAP). The DAF is the Lead Agency and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), National Park Service (NPS), and Bureau of Land Management (BLM) are cooperating agencies. Specifically, this ROD documents the following: (1) The DAFs decision; (2) The alternatives considered by the DAF in reaching the decision and the alternative considered to be environmentally preferable; (3) Relevant factors that were considered among the alternatives and how those factors entered into its decision; (4) Whether all practicable means to avoid or minimize environmental impacts resulting from the selected alternative have been adopted, and if not, why they were not; and (5) Adoption and summary of a Mitigation Plan and summary of applicable mitigations.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Mar 29, 2021
- Accession Number
- AD1126222
Entities
Organizations
- Air Force Civil Engineer Center