[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 188 (Wednesday, September 29, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60093-60094]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-24463]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Navy


Record of Decision for the United States Marine Corps Basewide 
Utilities Infrastructure Project at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, 
CA

AGENCY: Department of the Navy, DoD.

ACTION: Record of Decision.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to Section 102(2)(c) of the National Environmental 
Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969, 42 United States Code (U.S.C.) Section 
4332(2)(c), the regulations of the Council on Environmental Quality 
(CEQ) for Implementing the Procedural Provisions of NEPA (40 Code of 
Federal Regulations [CFR] parts 1500-1508), the Department of the Navy 
(DoN) NEPA regulations (32 CFR part 775), and the Marine Corps 
Environmental Compliance and Protection Manual, which is Marine Corps 
Order P5090.2A w/change 2 (MCO P5090.2A), the DoN announces its 
decision to upgrade and improve the Basewide water, wastewater, 
electrical, communication, and natural gas systems at Marine Corps Base 
Camp Pendleton (MCBCP), California as described in Alternative 1, the 
Preferred Alternative. The Preferred Alternative best meets the purpose 
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need for the proposed action in terms of the screening criteria 
applied, including having the least number of impacts to the 
environment of the action alternatives and the least impacts to base 
operations and training.
    The proposed action will include the construction, operation, and 
maintenance of utility infrastructure upgrades, expansions, and 
improvements within MCBCP. These improvements will include a new 
tertiary wastewater treatment plant and associated facilities serving 
the northern portion of MCBCP; upgrades to the Base electrical 
distribution systems and associated facilities, including replacement 
of existing 4.16kV and 12kV electrical distribution systems; upgrades 
to the Basewide communication systems; upgrades to the Basewide natural 
gas systems; and new water and wastewater facilities and road 
improvements to Range 130. All practical means to avoid or minimize 
environmental harm from the selected alternative have been adopted.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The complete text of the Record of Decision 
is available for public viewing on the project Web site at http://www.cpp.usmc.mil/base/environmental/index.asp along with copies of the 
final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS). For further information, 
contact the Basewide Utilities Infrastructure EIS Project Manager, 1220 
Pacific Highway, San Diego, California 92132-5190. Telephone: 619-532-
3844.

    Dated: September 23, 2010.
D.J. Werner,
Lieutenant Commander, Office of the Judge Advocate General, U.S. Navy, 
Federal Register Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 2010-24463 Filed 9-28-10; 8:45 am]
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