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DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY
COMMANDER
U.S. FLEET FORCES COMMAND
1562 MITSCHER AVENUE SUITE 250
NORFOLK, VA 23551-2487
Ser N77
April 9, 2008
Ms. Chrys Baggett
North Carolina State Clearinghouse
Department of Administration
Raleigh, NC 27699
Dear Ms. Baggett:
U.S. Fleet Forces announces its intent to terminate the
Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for
introduction of F/A-18 E/F (Super Hornet) aircraft to the East
Coast of the United States and prepare an Environmental Impact
Statement to evaluate potential environmental consequences of
the Navy's Proposed Action to construct and operate an outlying
Landing Field (OLF). The proposed OLF would support Field
Carrier Landing Practice operations of carrier-based fixed-wing
aircraft squadrons stationed at, and transient to, Naval Air
Station Oceana, Virginia Beach, Virginia and Naval Station
Norfolk Chambers Field, Norfolk, Virginia.
Written statements may be mailed to: Commander, NAVFAC
Atlantic, 6506 Hampton Boulevard, Norfolk, Virginia 23508,
Attn: Code EV OLF Project Manager; or submitted via the project
web site at: http://www.OLFEIS.com.
All written comments must be postmarked by June 7, 2008.
Thank you for your interest in this project.
Enclosure: 1. OLF EIS Release Information

OUTLYING LANDING FIELD (OLF)
DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT (DEIS)
PUBLIC SLOPING INFORMATION
Introduction
U. S. Fleet Forces announces its intent to terminate the Draft Supplemental
EIS for introduction of F/A-18 E/F (Super Hornet) aircraft to the East Coast
of the United States and prepare an EIS to evaluate potential environmental
consequences of the Navy's Proposed Action to construct and operate an OLF.
Information and updates on the OLF DEIS will be available on the project
website at: http://www.OLFEIS.com.
This document integrates regulatory requirements of section (102)(2)(c) of
the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969; the Council on
Environmental Quality regulations implementing NEPA (40 Code of Federal
Regulations [CFR] 1500-1508); and Navy procedures for implementing NEPA (32
CFR 775).
Project Description
The Proposed Action is to construct and operate an OLF supporting Field
Carrier Landing Practice (FCLP) operations of carrier-based fixed-wing
aircraft squadrons stationed at, and transient to, Naval Air Station (NAS)
Oceana, Virginia Beach, Virginia and Naval Station (NS) Norfolk Chambers
Field, Norfolk, Virginia.
While Naval Auxiliary Landing Field, Fentress will continue providing
necessary support for FCLP and other training requirements, this landing
field alone cannot fully support training requirements of home-based and
transient aircraft from NAS Oc2ana and NS Norfolk Chambers Field. The
addition of a new OLF would ensure that year-round capacity exists to support
FCLP training requirements, provide the operational flexibility necessary to
respond to emergent national defense requirements, and optimize FCLP
training.
The Navy has worked with the leadership in the State of North Carolina and
the Commonwealth of Virginia to identify alternative site locations for the
OLF. Additional alternative site locations may be identified during the
scoping process. The five alternative site locations identified to date are:
(1) Cabin Point Site, located in Surry, Prince George, and Sussex counties,
Virginia; (2) Dory Site, located in Southampton and Sussex counties,
Virginia; (3) Mason Site, located in Sussex, and Southampton counties,
Virginia; (4) Sandbanks Site, located in Gates and Hertford counties, North
Carolina; and (5) Hale's Lake Site, located in Camden and Currituck counties,
North Carolina.
The Navy has also worked with the leadership from the State of North Carolina
and the Commonwealth of Virginia, as well as local communities, to explore
possible economic benefits to the community that could offset potential
impacts from the OLF.
Public Involvement
The Navy is initiating a scoping process to identify community concerns and
local issues that will be addressed in the EIS. Federal, state, and local
elected officials and agencies and interested persons are encouraged to
provide comments to the Navy to identify environmental concerns that should
be addressed in the DEIS. To be most helpful, scoping comments should
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clearly describe the specific issues or topics the DEIS should address.
During the scoping process, the Navy solicits input on other economic benefit
proposals.
Written comments may be submitted by:
1. Filling out a comment sheet and dropping it in the comment box at one
of the meetings listed below.
2. Mailing comments to:
Commander, NAVFAC Atlantic
6506 Hampton Boulevard
Norfolk, Virginia 23508
Attn: Code EV OLF Project Manager
3. Submitting comments via the project web site (ht.tp://www.OLFEIS.com)
Public scoping open houses will be held to receive written comments on
concerns that should be addressed in the EIS. Open houses will be held from
4:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. at the following locations:
Location Time Date
Surry Central High School

1675 Hollybush Road 4.00 p.m. to 9.00
April
28, 2008
.
p.m.
Dendron, Virginia 23839
J.E.J Moore Middle School

11455 Prince George Drive 4.00 p.m. to 9.00
April
29, 2008

Disputanta, Virginia .
p.m.
Sussex Central High School

21394 Sussex Drive 4:00 p.m. to 9:00
April
30, 2008
Sussex, Virginia p.m.
Southampton High School
23350 Southampton Parkway 4:00 p
to 9:0o May 1, 2008

Courtland, Virginia p
.m"
Gates County High School
088 US Highway 158 West 4:00 p.m. to 9:00 May 2, 2008
Gatesville, North Carolina p.m.
Camden County High School
103 US Highway 158 West 4:00 p.m. to 9:00 May 5, 2008
Camden, North Carolina p.
North Carolina Cooperative
Extension
Currituck County Center 4:00 p
to 9:00 May 6, 2008
120 Community Way p.m.
Barco, North Carolina
All comments must be postmarked (if mailed) or received no later than June 7,
2008.
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