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Revised Draft ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT FOR DIVERT ACTIVITIES AND EXERCISES, COMMONWEALTH OF THE NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS VOLUME II: APPENDICES OCTOBER 2015 Revised Draft EIS for Divert Activities and Exercises 1 REVISED DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT 2 DIVERT ACTIVITIES AND EXERCISES 3 COMMONWEALTH OF THE NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS (CNMI) 4 VOLUME II: APPENDICES 5 TABLE OF CONTENTS 6 A. COOPERATING AGENCY REQUESTS AND ACCEPTANCE LETTERS 7 B. ESA SECTION 7 CONSULTATION SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION 8 C. CZMA COMPLIANCE SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION 9 D. NHPA SECTION 106 CONSULTATION SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION 10 E. AIR QUALITY CALCULATIONS AND MODELING 11 F. AERONAUTICAL STUDY IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF THE NORTHERN 12 MARIANA ISLANDS 13 G. PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT AND COMMENTS 14 HQ PACAF, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, HI October 2015 i Revised Draft EIS for Divert Activities and Exercises 1 THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK HQ PACAF, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, HI October 2015 ii APPENDIX A Cooperating Agency Requests and Acceptance Letters Cooperating Agency Request Letter to the Department of the Navy and U.S. Marine Corps September 20, 2011 Revised Draft Divert EIS Appendix A A-1 Cooperating Agency Request Letter to Department of Interior, Office of Insular Affairs October 21, 2011 Revised Draft Divert EIS Appendix A A-2 Cooperating Agency Request Letter to Department of Interior, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service October 21, 2011 Revised Draft Divert EIS Appendix A A-3 Cooperating Agency Request Letter to Federal Aviation Administration October 21, 2011 Revised Draft Divert EIS Appendix A A-4 Cooperating Agency Response Letter from the Department of the Navy November 4, 2011 Revised Draft Divert EIS Appendix A A-5 Cooperating Agency Response Letter from the Federal Aviation Administration November 15, 2011 Revised Draft Divert EIS Appendix A A-6 Revised Draft Divert EIS Appendix A A-7 Revised Draft Divert EIS Appendix A A-8 Revised Draft Divert EIS Appendix A A-9 Revised Draft Divert EIS Appendix A A-10 Revised Draft Divert EIS Appendix A A-11 Revised Draft Divert EIS Appendix A A-12 Revised Draft Divert EIS Appendix A A-13 THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK Revised Draft Divert EIS Appendix A A-14 APPENDIX B ESA Section 7 Consultation Supporting Documentation Section 7 Consultation History In addition to the letters and documents found in this appendix, interactions between the USAF and USFWS related to Section 7 consultation for actions on Saipan for this project took place over several dates between July 14, 2011 and July 1, 2013. The USAF submitted the Final Biological Assessment to the USFWS on September 10, 2012. The USAF received the Final Biological Opinion from the USFWS on July 1, 2013. On August 20, 2013, the USAF received a memo from the USFWS with three minor corrections to the Biological Opinion after signing. Interactions between the USAF and USFWS related to Section 7 consultation for actions on Tinian for this project are ongoing. The USAF submitted a memo to the USFWS on July 8, 2015 requesting concurrence with the may affect, not likely to adversely affect determination for nesting green and hawksbill sea turtles on Tinian. The USAF is awaiting concurrence from USFWS with this determination. Interactions between the USAF and NMFS related to Section 7 consultation for actions on Saipan and Tinian this project took place between October 3, 2012 and October 30, 2012. The USAF sent a letter to NMFS requesting formal concurrence with the not likely to adversely to affect determination for threatened and endangered marine species on October 3, 2012. The USAF received a letter from NMFS stating concurrence with the not likely to adversely affect determination for threatened and endangered marine species on October 30, 2012. Revised Draft Divert EIS Appendix B B-1 Request for Section 7 Early Consultation/Meeting July 7, 2011 Revised Draft Divert EIS Appendix B B-2 Response to Request for Section 7 Early Consultation/Meeting July 8, 2011 Revised Draft Divert EIS Appendix B B-3 USAF letter to NMFS Requesting Concurrence with Not Likely to Adversely to Affect Determination, October 3, 2012 Revised Draft Divert EIS Appendix B B-4 Revised Draft Divert EIS Appendix B B-5 Revised Draft Divert EIS Appendix B B-6 Revised Draft Divert EIS Appendix B B-7 Revised Draft Divert EIS Appendix B B-8 Revised Draft Divert EIS Appendix B B-9 NMFS Response Letter to USAF Stating Concurrence with the Not Likely to Adversely to Affect Determination, October 30, 2012 Revised Draft Divert EIS Appendix B B-10 Revised Draft Divert EIS Appendix B B-11 Revised Draft Divert EIS Appendix B B-12 Revised Draft Divert EIS Appendix B B-13 USAF Letter to USFWS Requesting Concurrence with the Not Likely to Adversely to Affect Determination for Nesting Green and Hawksbill Sea Turtles, July 8, 2015 Revised Draft Divert EIS Appendix B B-14 Revised Draft Divert EIS Appendix B B-15 Revised Draft Divert EIS Appendix B B-16 Revised Draft Divert EIS Appendix B B-17 Revised Draft Divert EIS Appendix B B-18 Revised Draft Divert EIS Appendix B B-19 Revised Draft Divert EIS Appendix B B-20 Revised Draft Divert EIS Appendix B B-21 Revised Draft Divert EIS Appendix B B-22 Revised Draft Divert EIS Appendix B B-23 Revised Draft Divert EIS Appendix B B-24 Revised Draft Divert EIS Appendix B B-25 Revised Draft Divert EIS Appendix B B-26 BIOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT FOR HEADQUARTERS PACIFIC AIR FORCES DIVERT ACTIVITIES AND EXERCISES IN SAIPAN HEADQUARTERS, PACIFIC AIR FORCES JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, HAWAI‘I AUGUST 2012 Revised Draft Divert EIS Appendix B B-27 ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS ac acre AFB Air Force Base BA Biological Assessment BEAR Basic Expeditionary Airfield Resources cm centimeter CNMI Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands dBA A-weighted decibel DNL Day-Night Average Sound Level DOD Department of Defense EIS Environmental Impact Statement ESA Endangered Species Act F.R. Federal Register GSN Saipan International Airport (Federal Aviation Authority international airport code) ha hectare lb pound kg kilogram km kilometers mi miles m meters PACAF Pacific Air Forces SUMB Saipan Upland Mitigation Bank USAF U.S. Air Force U.S.C. U.S. Code USFWS U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Revised Draft Divert EIS Appendix B B-28 BIOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT FOR HEADQUARTERS PACIFIC AIR FORCES DIVERT ACTIVITIES AND EXERCISES IN SAIPAN HEADQUARTERS PACIFIC AIR FORCES (PACAF) JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, HAWAI‘I 96853-5233 AUGUST 2012 Revised Draft Divert EIS Appendix B B-29 Revised Draft Divert EIS Appendix B B-30 Biological Assessment for Divert Activities and Exercises BIOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT FOR PACIFIC AIR FORCE DIVERT ACTIVITIES AND EXERCISES IN SAIPAN TABLE OF CONTENTS ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS ......................................................... INSIDE FRONT COVER 1. INTRODUCTION .......................................................................................................................... 1-1 1.1 SCOPE OF DOCUMENT AND PROJECT ...................................................................................... 1-2 1.2 PROTECTED SPECIES ADDRESSED .......................................................................................... 1-2 1.3 CONSULTATION HISTORY ....................................................................................................... 1-3 2. PROJECT DESCRIPTION AND ACTION AREA.................................................................... 2-1 2.1 CONSTRUCTION ...................................................................................................................... 2-1 2.2 IMPLEMENTATION .................................................................................................................. 2-8 2.3 ACTION AREA ....................................................................................................................... 2-12 2.4 IMPACT MINIMIZATION AND CONSERVATION MEASURES ................................................... 2-13 3. STATUS OF THREATENED AND ENDANGERED SPECIES ON SAIPAN ....................... 3-1 3.1 NIGHTINGALE REED-WARBLER ............................................................................................. 3-1 3.2 MARIANA COMMON MOORHEN ............................................................................................. 3-2 3.3 MARIANA SWIFTLET ............................................................................................................... 3-3 3.4 GREEN SEA TURTLE ............................................................................................................... 3-4 4. ENVIRONMENTAL BASELINE ................................................................................................ 4-1 4.1 VEGETATION........................................................................................................................... 4-2 4.2 WILDLIFE ................................................................................................................................ 4-4 4.3 SURVEYS FOR NIGHTINGALE REED-WARBLERS .................................................................... 4-6 4.4 SURVEYS FOR COMMON MOORHENS ..................................................................................... 4-6 5. EFFECTS OF THE ACTION ....................................................................................................... 5-1 5.1 NIGHTINGALE REED-WARBLER ............................................................................................. 5-1 5.1.1 Impacts During Construction ...................................................................................

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