[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 175 (Friday, September 10, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55313-55314]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-22681]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army


Record of Decision (ROD) for Conversion of the 3rd Armored 
Cavalry Regiment (3rd ACR) to a Stryker Brigade Combat Team (SBCT) at 
Fort Hood, TX

AGENCY: Department of the Army, DoD.

ACTION: Notice of Availability (NOA).

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SUMMARY: The Department of the Army announces a ROD for conversion of 
the 3rd ACR to an SBCT at Fort Hood and discusses the environmental 
impacts of this decision. After conversion, the 3rd ACR will provide 
the Army with a force structure that has the flexibility to respond 
better to threats in an unpredictable global security environment. The 
Army's strategic estimate remains that its force requirements will best 
be met by a robust multiweight force, composed of a mix of Infantry 
BCTs and Heavy Armor BCTs augmented with the protection and versatility 
of an additional SBCT. The 3rd ACR at Fort Hood is being selected 
because the unit will have maximum time to convert and train with new 
equipment prior to redeploying. In addition, Fort Hood is an 
installation capable of providing fully modernized training 
infrastructure, as well as many of the existing garrison support 
facilities required for an SBCT, and has adequate maneuver space to 
accommodate SBCT training. The 3rd ACR will begin converting in 2012 
and will be complete in Fiscal Year 2014. With this conversion, the 
Army will have nine SBCTs (eight Active Component and one Reserve 
Component).

ADDRESSES: A request for a copy of the ROD can be sent to the Public 
Affairs Office, U.S. Army Environmental Command, Building E4460, 
Attention: IMAE-PA, 5179 Hoadley Road, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 
21010-5401.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lieutenant Colonel David Patterson, 
Office of the Chief of Public Affairs, Media Relations Division, at 
(703) 697-7592.

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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 2007, the Department of the Army prepared 
a Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (PEIS) as part of the 
Grow the Army initiative that evaluated the potential environmental and 
socioeconomic effects associated with a range of stationing 
alternatives for Army growth and realignment. The Final PEIS provided 
the Army senior leadership with an assessment of environmental and 
socioeconomic impacts that would be associated with the stationing of 
the different types of Army BCTs and combat support units to include 
SBCTs.
    This ROD determines that National Environmental Policy Act 
supplemental documentation is not required because there are no 
substantial changes or new circumstances in the proposed action causing 
any significant new environmental concerns. The adjustments to 
stationing decisions result in small proportional gains to the Soldier 
populations of Fort Hood and are not anticipated to cause any new 
environmental impacts that are not already addressed in the 2007 EIS.
    A copy of the updated ROD and Final PEIS are available at http://aec.army.mil/usaec/nepa/topics00.html.

    Dated: August 26, 2010.
Addison D. Davis, IV,
Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army (Environment, Safety and 
Occupational Health).
[FR Doc. 2010-22681 Filed 9-9-10; 8:45 am]
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