Churchill County legal - 35787

NOTICE OF AVAILABILITY

FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT

for the Wildland Fire Management Plan at

Naval Air Station FALLON

Churchill COUNTY, Nevada

The United States Department of the Navy

(Navy) has released a Final Environmental

Assessment (EA) and Finding of No

Significant Impact (FONSI) for the

proposed implementation of a Wildland Fire

Management Plan (WFMP) at Naval Air

Station Fallon (including the Fallon Range

Training Complex) in Churchill County,

Nevada. The goals of the proposed WFMP

are to mitigate wildland fire hazards on NAS

Fallon assets and resources; enhance habitat

through preventative fuels treatments and

post-fire remediation; collect and analyze fire

data and implement adaptive management;

and build and strengthen interagency

cooperation. The WFMP also identifies

measures to minimize and address militarycaused

fires. Based on analysis presented

in the EA, which has been prepared in

accordance with the requirements of the

National Environmental Policy Act, the Navy

finds that the implementation of the Proposed

Action will not significantly impact the quality

of the human environment. Therefore, an

environmental impact statement is not

required. The EA prepared by the Navy is on

file and interested parties may obtain a copy

by downloading the EA from the Navy website

at https://cnrsw.cnic.navy.mil/Operationsand-

Management/Environmental-Support/

Public-Information-Access-to-Navy-Projects/.

A hard copy of the Final EA and FONSI is

available at the Churchill County Library, in

Fallon, Nevada. Electronic copies of this EA

and FONSI may also be obtained by written

request to NAVFAC SW, Attn: NAS Fallon

Wildland Fire Management Plan EA, NEPA

Project Manager (Code EV25.AP) Naval

Facilities Engineering Systems Command

Southwest 750 Pacific Highway (12th Floor,

Environmental) San Diego, CA 92132-5190.

Pub Dates: August 17, 24, 31, 2023

Ad # 35787