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Final Environmental Assessment (EA) for U.S. Coast Guard Construction of a Remote Fixed Facility (RFF) South Padre Island, Cameron County, Texas  

The U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) is proposing to construct, operate and maintain a Remote Fixed Facility (RFF) communications tower on Coast Guard-owned land at the USCG Station South Padre Island, TX and adjacent to the 1923 USCG Station Port Isabel Building.  The Coast Guard has historically used this property for Long Range Aid to Navigation (LORAN) beacon towers (constructed in 1945 and 1968) and a National Distress and Response System (NDRS) tower; all these towers have been removed. The current project would consist of a 400-ft tall tower (413-ft when including the direction-finding antenna and lightning rod).  The tower will be painted and lighted per FAA regulations. Additionally, a 12-ft by 28-ft elevated steel platform containing an equipment shelter, an emergency back-up generator, a 500-gallon propane fuel tank, and a 2-ft by 4-ft long ice bridge (to support the transmission lines from the tower) is included.  Also, short electrical and telecommunication trenches would be excavated to connect to existing nearby local utility services.  The compound would be paved with crushed limestone and surrounded by an 8-ft tall chain link fence topped with three-strand barbed wire.  An Environmental Assessment (EA) has been prepared which analyzes the effects of construction and operations.

Environmental Assessment for the U.S. Coast Guard Search and Rescue / Navigation Remote Fixed Facility on Saipan, Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas  

The United States Coast Guard (USCG) has proposed the construction of a Rescue 21 Search and Rescue (SAR) / Navigation Remote Fixed Communication Facility at Mt. Tapochau, Saipan. The proposed communication facility at Mt. Tapochau would consist of a communication tower, communication equipment shelter, back-up generator, and all necessary electronic equipment and utilities associated with receiving and transmitting radio signals within the relevant service area. The site would occupy an area of about 2700 square feet in the compound and approximately 3300 square feet for an access road. This facility will provide coverage in areas where none currently exists.  An Environmental Assessment (EA) has been prepared which describes the Proposed Action, the No-Action Alternative, as well as the possible effects on the surrounding environment.

Environmental Assessment For US Coast Guard Rescue 21 Communication Site In Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, Alaska

The U.S. Coast Guard and the National Park Service are proposing to permit, construct, operate, and maintain search and rescue communication facilities in the Deception Hills area of the Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve.  An Environmental Assessment (EA) has been prepared which analyzes the effects of construction and the eventual operation and annual maintenance that would be performed. The proposed construction consists of a communication facility in the Preserve portion of the Park just to the southeast of Dry Bay.  A microwave link at Yakutat will provide line-of-sight communication with the existing U.S. Coast Guard communication system.   This facility will provide new and improved coverage of the Fairweather Banks area of the Gulf of Alaska.

Environmental Assessment for Proposed U.S. Coast Guard Communications Sites at Middle Cape and Akhiok, Kodiak Island, Alaska

The U.S. Coast Guard and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service are proposing to permit, construct, operate, and maintain search and rescue communication facilities in the Middle Cape area of the Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge. An Environmental Assessment (EA) has been prepared which analyzes the effects of construction and the eventual operation and annual maintenance that would be performed. The proposed construction consists of a communications facility in the Middle Cape area in the southwest corner of Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge (KNWR) and a microwave repeater at Twin Peaks approximately 35 miles south-southwest of the Middle Cape site to provide line-of-sight communication via microwave with existing communications facilities at the village of Akhiok. The Twin Peaks repeater facility is required because topography blocks line-of-sight microwave communication from the Middle Cape site to Akhiok. Minor modifications are also proposed for the existing communications link facility at Akhiok.

Final Environmental Assessment (FEA) for Construction of Remote Fixed Facility (RFF)
Buxton, Dare County, North Carolina

The U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) has prepared a Final Environmental Assessment (FEA) that evaluated the potential environmental impacts resulting from the construction of a remote fixed facility (RFF) communications tower and associated equipment on Coast Guard-administered property on Cape Hatteras in Dare County, North Carolina. The USCG proposes to replace an existing USCG-owned 425-foot-tall guyed communications tower with a new 525-foot-tall guyed tower. The FEA has been prepared to describe the Proposed Action, the No Action Alternative, and two Alternative Actions; describe the natural, cultural, and socioeconomic resources located in the project area; evaluate the potential impacts of the alternatives on natural, cultural, and socioeconomic resources; and address agency and public comments received on the project. Based on the FEA, the USCG concluded that the project will have no significant impact on the human environment and has issued a Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI).

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