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through the web link above. If joining (FACA) that a teleconference meeting of Agenda: only via phone, callers can expect to the Montana Advisory Committee I. Welcome incur charges for calls they initiate over (Committee) to the Commission will be II. Discuss Details for Web Hearings wireless lines, and the Commission will held from 12:00 p.m. to 12:30 p.m. III. Public Comment not refund any incurred charges. (Mountain Time) on Thursday, February IV. Adjournment Individuals who are deaf, deafblind and 25, 2021. The purpose of the meeting is hard of hearing. also follow the to continue planning upcoming web Dated: , 2021. proceedings by first calling the Federal hearings focused on Native American David Mussatt, Relay Service at 1–800–877–8339 and voting rights. Supervisory Chief, Regional Programs Unit. providing the Service with conference DATES: The meeting will be held on: [FR Doc. 2021–03280 Filed 2–17–21; 8:45 am] details found through registering at the Thursday, , 2021 from 12:00 BILLING CODE 6335–01–P web link above. To request additional p.m. to 12:30 p.m. MT. accommodations, please email Public Call Information: Dial: 800– [email protected] at least 7 days 367–2403, Conference ID: 6603878. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE prior to the meeting for which FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ana accommodations are requested. Victoria Fortes (DFO) at afortes@ Department of the Army Members of the public are entitled to usccr.gov or by phone at (202) 681– Final Environmental Impact Statement make comments during the open period 0857. of the meeting. Members of the public and Finding of No Practicable SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This may also submit written comments; the Alternative for the Proposed Heavy meeting is available to the public comments must be received in the Off-Road Mounted Maneuver Training through the following toll-free call-in Regional Programs Unit within 30 days Area at Fort Benning, Georgia number: 800–367–2403, conference ID following the meeting. Written number: 6603878. Any interested AGENCY: Department of the Army, DoD. comments may be emailed to Mallory member of the public may call this ACTION: Trachtenberg at mtrachtenberg@ Notice of availability. number and listen to the meeting. usccr.gov. Persons who desire Callers can expect to incur charges for SUMMARY: The Department of the Army additional information may contact the calls they initiate over wireless lines, (Army) announces the availability of the Regional Programs Unit at (202) 809– and the Commission will not refund any Final Environmental Impact Statement 9618. Records and documents discussed incurred charges. Callers will incur no (EIS) for the proposed Heavy Off-Road during the meeting will be available for charge for calls they initiate over land- Mounted Maneuver Training Area public viewing as they become available line connections to the toll-free (HOMMTA) at Fort Benning, Georgia. In at www.facadatabase.gov. Persons telephone number. Persons with hearing accordance with the National interested in the work of this advisory impairments may also follow the Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), the committee are advised to go to the proceedings by first calling the Federal Final EIS analyzes the potential Commission’s website, www.usccr.gov, Relay Service at 1–800–877–8339 and environmental and socioeconomic or to contact the Regional Programs Unit providing the Service with the impacts, and identifies related at the above phone number or email conference call number and conference mitigation measures, associated with address. ID number. constructing, operating, and Agenda Members of the public are entitled to maintaining a HOMMTA of at least make comments during the open period 2,400 contiguous acres at Fort Benning I. Welcome and Roll Call to support heavy off-road mounted II. Announcements and Updates at the end of the meeting. Members of maneuver (Proposed Action). The III. Approval of Minutes the public may also submit written IV. Discussion: Project on Solitary comments; the comments must be Proposed Action would support the Confinement in New Hampshire received in the Regional Programs Unit Maneuver Center of Excellence (MCoE) V. Public Comment within 30 days following the meeting. in its mission to train the maneuver VI. Next Steps Written comments may be mailed to the forces of the Army and would increase VII. Adjournment Western Regional Office, U.S. the total amount of heavy off-road Commission on Civil Rights, 300 North maneuver training area on Fort Benning, Dated: , 2021. Street, Suite 2010, Los enabling Fort Benning to conduct David Mussatt, Angeles, CA 90012 or email Ana realistic training in accordance with Supervisory Chief, Regional Programs Unit. Victoria Fortes at [email protected]. current Army training requirements. [FR Doc. 2021–03178 Filed 2–17–21; 8:45 am] Records and documents discussed The Proposed Action would provide a BILLING CODE P during the meeting will be available for training area to meet existing training public viewing prior to and after the needs; it would not result in additional meeting at https:// soldiers being stationed at Fort Benning, COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS www.facadatabase.gov/FACA/ traffic, or any training off of the FACAPublicViewCommittee Installation. Training land development Notice of Public Meeting of the Details?id=a10t0000001gzlyAAA. would occur over a 2- to 3-year period; Montana Advisory Committee Records generated from this meeting development would primarily include AGENCY: U.S. Commission on Civil may also be inspected and reproduced vegetation removal and the construction Rights. at the Regional Programs Unit, as they of tank trails, culverted water crossings, ACTION: Announcement of meeting. become available, both before and after and road upgrades, as well as burying the meeting. Persons interested in the existing overhead utilities. As feasible, SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given, work of this Committee are directed to buffers would be used to protect pursuant to the provisions of the rules the Commission’s website, http:// environmentally sensitive resources and regulations of the U.S. Commission www.usccr.gov, or may contact the such as streams, wetlands, cemeteries, on Civil Rights (Commission) and the Regional Programs Unit at the above and archaeological sites. A Finding of Federal Advisory Committee Act email or street address. No Practicable Alternative (FONPA)

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addressing potential impacts on The Final EIS analyzes the potential quality, noise, soils and topography, wetlands and 100-year floodplains is environmental and socioeconomic water resources (including wetlands and also included in the Final EIS. impacts associated with the Proposed floodplains), biological resources, DATES: No decision will be made until Action, including direct, indirect, and cultural resources, socioeconomics, 30 days after publication of the Notice cumulative effects. Mitigation of adverse infrastructure, and hazardous and toxic of Availability (NOA) in the Federal effects through avoidance and materials and waste. environmentally sensitive design, such Register by the U.S. Environmental Based on the analysis presented in the Protection Agency, at which time the as establishment of buffers, would be Final EIS, potentially significant adverse Army may execute a Record of Decision used to avoid impacts to sensitive (ROD). resources to the maximum extent impacts could occur to biological resources (i.e., from disturbance of ADDRESSES: Requests for additional practicable. The Final EIS identifies unique ecological areas). Impacts to all information related to the Final EIS additional mitigation measures that the should be sent to Fort Benning Army may implement to further reduce other resource areas would be less-than- Environmental Management Division, identified adverse impacts. significant (i.e., negligible, minor, or Attn: NEPA Program Manager, 6650 The Army has completed consultation moderate) adverse or beneficial. Meloy Drive, Building 6, Room 309, Fort for this action under Section 7 of the Practical mitigation measures are Benning, Georgia 31905–5122, or email Endangered Species Act, and this is presented in the Final EIS to reduce comments to john.e.brown12.civ@ incorporated in the EIS. potential adverse effects. mail.mil. The Army identified three reasonable Action Alternatives that would meet the All Action Alternatives for the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: purpose of and need for the Proposed Proposed Action may adversely impact Please contact Mr. John Brown, Fort Action; these three Action Alternatives wetlands and/or 100-year floodplains. Benning Environmental Management (i.e., three distinct locations on Fort Accordingly, the Army has also Division, at john.e.brown12.civ@ Benning where a HOMMTA could be prepared a FONPA to comply with mail.mil or (706) 545–7549 between 9 constructed) are analyzed in detail in Executive Order (E.O.) 11988, a.m. and 4 p.m. ET. Fort Benning has the Final EIS. Floodplain Management, and E.O. also established a web page that 1. Alternative 1 (Preferred 11990, Protection of Wetlands. As contains information updates and Alternative): Northern Mounted described in the Final EIS, background on the HOMMTA EIS, Maneuver Training Area Alternative: environmental protection measures including the materials identified in this This alternative includes approximately (e.g., buffers from heavy maneuver NOA, at https://www.benning.army.mil. 4,724 acres and is located adjacent to training) and regulatory compliance SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Fort and east of the current Northern measures (e.g., permitting under Benning plays a critical role in Maneuver Training Area and west of Sections 401 and 404 of the CWA) supporting the Army’s overarching and near Fort Benning’s Digital Multi- would be implemented to minimize mission. As the Army’s MCoE, the home Purpose Range Complex (DMPRC). adverse impacts on these resources. of the Army’s Armor and Infantry Of the Action Alternatives, Schools, Fort Benning must support the Alternative 1 would provide the most The Army conducted a public review institutional training of Infantry and preferable size and configuration to and comment period for the Draft EIS Armor soldiers and leaders. The enable high-quality heavy off-road between and 13, 2020, institutional training conducted at Fort mounted maneuver training. including a public teleconference on Benning provides Army leaders with the Accordingly, the Army has identified 30, 2020. The Army considered opportunity to respond to a wide variety Alternative 1 as the Preferred and addressed in the Final EIS of situations that they can expect to Alternative to implement the Proposed comments received on the Draft EIS encounter on the modern battlefield. Action. during this comment period. Fort Benning is also home to several 2. Alternative 2: Red Diamond Printed copies of the Final EIS and deployable units that conduct off-road Alternative: This alternative includes FONPA will be made available to the mounted maneuver training, including approximately 3,744 acres and is public for 30 days at the Columbus the 1st Security Force Assistance located south of the Southern Maneuver Public Library, Cusseta-Chattahoochee Brigade, Task Force 1–28 Infantry, and Training Area (SMTA) near the County Public Library, Milton E. Long elements of the 75th Ranger Regiment. Installation’s southern boundary. Fort Benning must be able to train and 3. Alternative 3: Eastern Boundary Library, and the Phenix City-Russell develop highly skilled and cohesive Alternative: This alternative includes County Library, if the libraries are open units capable of conducting operations approximately 2,405 acres and is for public visitation when this NOA is across the full spectrum of potential located between the northern dudded published. An electronic copy of the conflicts. Inherent in and vital to impact area and the Installation’s Final EIS and FONPA is posted on the training Infantry and Armor soldiers eastern boundary. HOMMTA EIS web page at https:// and leaders properly is the requirement The Army also carried forward the No www.benning.army.mil. to provide sufficient heavy off-road Action Alternative for detailed analysis After publication of this NOA of the mounted maneuver training area. in the Final EIS. While the No Action Final EIS, the Army will prepare and Currently, the only training area at Fort Alternative would not satisfy the publish its ROD announcing which Benning suitable for heavy off-road purpose and need for the Proposed Alternative is environmentally mounted maneuver training is the Good Action, this Alternative was retained to preferred, which Alternative it selects Hope Maneuver Training Area provide a comparative baseline against for implementation (be it an Action (GHMTA). Since the initial which to analyze the effects of the Alternative or the No Action development of the GHMTA, the Army’s Action Alternatives as required under Alternative), and which mitigation training strategy has changed to ‘‘cross- the Council on Environmental Quality’s domain movement and maneuver’’ that NEPA Regulation. measures it will implement to reduce requires additional contiguous area for Resource areas analyzed in the Final potential adverse impacts. Publication heavy off-road maneuver. EIS include: Land use (recreation), air of the ROD will occur no sooner than 30

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