In September 2016, the Department of the Air Force (DAF) completed the Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for Divert Activities and Exercises. The Record of Decision (ROD) was signed December 7, 2016, which announced the DAF decision to select the Modified Tinian Alternative, and specifically the North Option, as a future Divert location. Documents related to the development of the 2016 Final Divert Activities and Exercises EIS and ROD are available for review below.

Record of Decision - Divert Activities and Exercises

The ROD was signed on December 7th, 2016 EST/December 8th 2016 ChST.

 Record of Decision (ROD)

Divert Activities and Exercises Final EIS

The DAF announced the availability of the Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for Divert Activities and Exercises, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, in the Federal Register on 23 September 2016 EDT/24 September 2016 ChST. The Final EIS is available for download by clicking the links below.

 Final EIS Volume I - Cover through Section 2

 Final EIS Volume I - Section 3 through Section 4

 Final EIS Volume I - Section 5 through Section 8

 Final EIS Volume II - Cover through Appendix C

 Final EIS Volume II - Appendix D

 Final EIS Volume II - Appendix E through Appendix F

 Final EIS Volume II - Appendix G

Divert Activities and Exercises Revised Draft EIS

The public review period for the Revised Draft EIS ended on December 15, 2015 (ChST)/December 14, 2015 (EST).

 Executive Summary- Revised Draft Divert Activities and Exercises EIS

 Revised Draft EIS- Volume I- Cover through Section 8

 Revised Draft EIS- Volume II- Appendices

To accelerate download times, smaller Revised Draft EIS files are also available below.

 Revised Draft EIS - Cover through Section 2

 Revised Draft EIS - Section 3 through Section 4

 Revised Draft EIS - Section 5 through Section 8

 Revised Draft EIS - Appendices Cover through Appendix C

 Revised Draft EIS - Appendix D

 Revised Draft EIS - Appendix E through Appendix F

 Revised Draft EIS - Appendix G

Divert Activities and Exercises Revised Draft EIS NEPA Meeting Materials

Meeting materials presented and made available at the NEPA Public Meetings for the Revised Draft EIS on November 4, 2015 ChST and November 5, 2015 ChST are available for download below.

 Revised Draft EIS Fact Sheet

 KC-135 Comparison Fact Sheet

 Posters from the Public Meetings for the Revised Draft EIS

Divert Activities and Exercises Revised Draft EIS Notice of Availability (NOA)

The NOA for the Revised Draft EIS was published in the Federal Register on October 17, 2015 (ChST)/October 16, 2015 (EST). It is available for download below.

 2015 Revised Draft EIS Notice of Availability (NOA)

Documents Incorporated by Reference into the 2015 Divert Activities and Exercises Revised Draft EIS

The following documents are incorporated by reference into the Divert Activities and Exercises Draft EIS and are available for download and review below.

 Mariana Islands Range Complex (MIRC) EIS/Overseas Environmental Impact Statement (OEIS)- Volume 1 of 3

 MIRC EIS/OEIS- Volume 2 of 3

 MIRC EIS/OEIS- Volume 3 of 3

 Mariana Islands Training and Testing (MITT) EIS/OEIS- Volume 1 of 3

 MITT EIS/OEIS- Volume 2 of 3

 MITT EIS/OEIS- Volume 3 of 3

 Environmental Impact Statement, Establishment and Operation of an Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance and Strike (ISR/Strike) Capability, Andersen Air Force Base, Guam

 

Divert Activities and Exercises Draft EIS Archive

Materials related to development of the 2012 Divert Activities and Exercises Draft EIS are available for review by clicking the drop-down menus below.

The Notice of Availability (NOA) for the Draft EIS was published in the Federal Register on June 8, 2012. It is available for download below.

The Notice of Intent (NOI) to prepare an EIS was published in the Federal Register on September 27, 2011. It is available for download below.