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Final Supplemental Environmental Assessment/Overseas Environmental Assessment for Ice Exercise 2024
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2024
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By United States. Navy. ...
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Alternative Title:Supplemental Environmental Assessment/Overseas Environmental Assessment for the Ice Exercise Program
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Description:The United States (U.S.) Department of the Navy (Navy) prepared this Supplemental Environmental Assessment (EA)/Overseas Environmental Assessment (OEA) in compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and Executive Order 12114, Department of Defense regulations found at 32 Code of Federal Regulations Part 187, Department of Defense Directive 6050.7, and the Chief of Naval Operations Instruction 5090.1E and its accompanying manual (M-5090.1). This Supplemental EA/OEA evaluates the potential impact to the environment from an Ice Exercise (ICEX) Program. The need for the Proposed Action is to prepare forces capable of extended operations and warfighting in the Arctic, in accordance with Title 10 United States Code (U.S.C.) § 8062, and to support the aims of the Arctic Research and Policy Act (15 U.S.C. §§ 4101 et seq.). The purpose of the Navy’s Proposed Action is to conduct realistic training and testing in an Arctic environment, and if resources are available, to gather data on environmental conditions and technology suitability in an Arctic environment. This Supplemental EA/OEA evaluates two alternatives: the No Action Alternative and the Proposed Action. In this Supplemental EA/OEA, the Navy analyzed potential impacts to the environment that could result from the No Action Alternative or the Proposed Action. The only resources evaluated were marine mammals because all other resources were fully analyzed in the previous programmatic ICEX EA/OEA, which was written in 2021 for ICEX activities in 2022. The analysis and activities in that programmatic EA/OEA are still relevant to the planned 2024 activities.
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