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Notice of Intent to Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for Jinapsan Beach Properties Access, Guam

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 [Federal Register: August 15, 2000 (Volume 65, Number 158)]
[Notices]
[Page 49791-49792]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
[DOCID:fr15au00-37]

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Air Force


Notice of Intent to Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement
(EIS) for Jinapsan Beach Properties Access, Guam

    Pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969,
as amended (42 U.S.C. 4321, et seq.), the Council on Environmental
Quality (CEQ) Regulations for Implementing the Procedural Provisions of
NEPA (40 CFR 1500 to 1508), and Air Force policy and procedures (32 CFR
989), the U.S. Air Force intends to prepare an EIS to consider the
potential environmental impacts of providing an easement for access to
the Jinapsan Beach Properties on the island of Guam. The U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service

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(Service) has been invited to serve as a cooperating agency for this
action.
    The Air Force proposes to analyze a Proposed Action easement, an
alternative easement route, and the No-Action Alternative as required
by NEPA. The Proposed Action involves the granting of a 30-foot wide
easement for the construction of a 24-foot wide access road with 3-foot
shoulders (incorporating a 3-foot utility corridor) to the Jinapsan
Beach property. The Proposed Action easement route crosses a portion of
Northwest Field on Andersen Air Force Base (AFB). The easement passes
north of the training exercise areas and runways before reaching the
cliff face south of Pajon Point. The easement then proceeds down the
cliff face between Pajon Point and Jinapsan Point to the south with a
maximum grade of approximately 12 percent before reaching the Jinapsan
properties at the foot of the cliff.
    The alternative action easement also involves the granting of a 30-
foot wide easement for the construction of a 24-foot wide access road
with 3-foot shoulders (incorporating a 3-foot utility corridor) to the
Jinapsan Beach property. This alternative accesses the Jinapsan Beach
properties by using the existing road to the Guam National Wildlife
Refuge Ritidian Point Unit. The easement would leave the existing road
near the bottom of the cliff area at a point approximately 400 meters
inside the main gate to the Refuge. From that point the easement would
continue around Ritidian Point and then southeast along the coast past
Pajon Point to the Jinapsan properties.
    Under the No Action alternative, access would continue to be via
the Main Gate at Andersen AFB with a route that passes near operational
areas and through Tarague Beach to reach the Jinapsan Beach properties.
    To provide a forum for public officials and for the community to
provide information and comments on the project, the Air Force and the
Service are holding two public scoping meetings on Wednesday, August
30, 2000. Both meetings will be held in the Building B Lecture Hall in
the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Guam. The first
meeting will be from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. and the second will be from 6:00
to 8:00 p.m.
    The purpose of these meetings is to present information concerning
the proposed action and alternatives under consideration and solicit
public input on the scope of issues to be addressed in the EIS. The Air
Force and Service will accept comments at the address below at any time
during the environmental impact analysis process. However, to ensure
the Air Force and the Service have sufficient time to consider public
input in the preparation of the Draft EIS, comments should be submitted
to the address below by October 13, 2000.
    Please direct written comments or requests for further information
concerning the Jinapsan Beach Properties Access EIS to Mr. Jonathan D.
Farthing, HQ AFCEE/ECA, 3207 North Road, Brooks AFB, TX 78235-5363,
(210) 536-3668.

Janet A. Long
Air Force Federal Register Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 00-20661 Filed 8-14-00; 8:45 am]
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