{"content":[{"text":"mitigation to designate an Ecological Reserve Area (ERA) on Naval Munition Site (NAVMAG) and for \n the expansion of Orote Peninsula ERA. The ERA on NAVMAG and Orote Peninsula ERA expansion \n were proposed to mitigate for loss of native habitat from direct and indirect impacts of the preferred \n alternatives. To mitigate for loss of recovery habitat for the endangered Guam Micronesian kingfisher, the \n DON and the USFWS entered into a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) on June 11, 2015, which \n commits the DON to designate approximately 5,234 acres under the custody and control of the DoD in \n northern Guam to a status that will provide durable habitat protection needed to support recovery habitat \n and land management for the survival and recovery of the species. This designation and management \n commitment, together with other MOA provisions, the conservation measures and best management \n practices identified in the Final SEIS, and the terms and conditions in July 31, 2015 Biological Opinion \n issued by the USFWS, adequately mitigate for impacts to recovery habitat for the Guam Micronesian \n kingfisher resulting from implementation of the selected alternatives. This ROD was prepared in \n accordance with Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) Regulations for Implementing the Procedural \n Provisions of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), 40 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) \n §§ 1500–1508, and specifically, 40 CFR § 1505.2 (“Record of decision in cases requiring environmental \n impact statements”). \n FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Director, Joint Guam Program Office Forward, \n P.O. Box 153246, Santa Rita, Guam 96915. \n SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to 42 United States Code (U.S.C.) §§ 4321 et seq. \n (section 101 et seq. of NEPA), the regulations of the CEQ that implement NEPA procedures (40 CFR \n §§1500–1508), and applicable DoD and DON environmental regulations and instructions that implement \n these laws and regulations, the DON announces its decision to construct and operate a cantonment, family \n housing, a LFTRC, and associated infrastructure on Guam to support the relocation of a reconfigured and \n substantially reduced U.S. Marine Corps force to Guam than originally was addressed in the 2010 Final \n ROD. This decision will enable the DON to: (1) ensure that the relocated Marines are organized, trained, \n and equipped as mandated by 10 U.S.C. § 5063; (2) satisfy individual live-fire training requirements as \n described in the 2015 Final SEIS; and (3) establish an operational Marine Corps presence on Guam in \n accordance with the April 27, 2012, joint statement issued by the U.S.-Japan Security Consultative \n Committee (hereinafter the “2012 Roadmap Adjustments”). \n BACKGROUND: On September 30, 2010, the DON signed a ROD (75 Federal Register [FR] 60438) \n regarding the 2010 Final EIS for the Guam and Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) \n Military Relocation; Relocating Marines from Okinawa, Visiting Aircraft Carrier Berthing, and Army Air \n and Missile Defense Task Force. The 2010 ROD documented, in pertinent part, the DON’s decision to \n implement the preferred alternatives identified for the main cantonment area, aviation, and waterfront \n operations to support relocation of approximately 8,600 Marines and approximately 9,000 dependents to \n Guam. The 2010 ROD deferred a decision on the specific site for a LFTRC pending completion of the \n section 106 consultation process under the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) (16 U.S.C. § 470 \n et seq.). In March 2011, subsequent to issuance of the 2010 ROD, the DoD executed the Programmatic \n Agreement among the Department of Defense, the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, the Guam \n State Historic Preservation Officer, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands State \n Historic Preservation Officer Regarding the Military relocation to the Islands of Guam and Tinian (2011 \n Programmatic Agreement [PA]). The 2011 PA was developed in consultation with the Guam and CNMI \n State Historic Preservation Offices (SHPO), the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP), the \n National Park Service (NPS), other federal and Guam and CNMI agencies, and the public.","bbox":{"left":0.117686,"top":0.088655,"width":0.7651310000000001,"height":0.801592}},{"text":"Page | 2","bbox":{"left":0.471879,"top":0.936655,"width":0.05627500000000002,"height":0.018595000000000028}}],"images_bbox":[],"images_bbox_not_text_overlap":[]}