# Notice of Public Hearings for the Enhanced Training in Idaho Proposal, Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho

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## Record

- **Collection:** Federal Register
- **Document type:** Notice
- **Published:** May 2, 1997
- **Citation:** 62 FR 24089

## Text

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Air Force

Notice of Public Hearings for the Enhanced Training in Idaho
Proposal, Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho

The Bureau of Land Management (Department of the Interior) and the
United States Air Force (Department of Defense) will convene public
hearings in accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act
(FLPMA) and its associated regulations for public land withdrawals. The
public will be given an opportunity to participate in informal
discussions and/or provide statements in a public forum.
The Air Force proposes to develop a 12,000-acre tactical air-to-
ground training range, 5 no-drop targets, 30 electronic emitter sites,
and an associated road network, all of which would be located on
federal and State of Idaho school endowment lands. For use of the
federal lands, the Air Force proposes to obtain a withdrawal under the
Engle Act and FLPMA for the larger portions and to obtain rights-of-way
from the Bureau of Land Management for the smaller portions. For use of
the state school endowment lands, the Air Force proposes to enter into
lease agreements with the State of Idaho. Three alternatives are being
considered for the 12,000-acre withdrawal. The alternatives include the
same basic elements, varying in the locations of the tactical air-to-
ground training range, the locations of the no-drop target areas, and
the reconfiguration and expansion of the airspace. The No-Action
alternative involves use of existing local and remote range assets at
current levels.
The public hearings will be publicized in the local media and are
scheduled from 6-10 pm for the following dates and locations:
June 3, 1997 (Tuesday) Mountain Home High School Auxiliary Gym and
foyer, Mountain Home, ID.
June 4, 1997 (Wednesday) Grandview Elementary School Gym and foyer,
Grandview, ID.
June 5, 1997(Thursday) College of Southern Idaho, Shilz Building
Rooms 117 & 118, Twin Falls, ID.
June 6, 1997 (Friday) Three Creek School House, Three Creek, ID.
June 9, 1997 (Monday) Duck Valley Reservation Headquarters, Owyhee,
NV.
June 12-13, 1997 (Thursday and Friday) Boise State University,
Jordan Ballrooms B & C, Boise, ID.
Written comments on the proposal may be submitted at the hearings
or directed to U.S. Air Force/Bureau of Land Management, PO Box 329,
Boise, ID 83702-0329. For telephone inquiries, please contact Captain
Melissa Miller, Chief, 366th Wing Public Affairs, (208) 828-
6800.
Carolyn A. Lunsford,
Air Force Federal Register Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 97-11495 Filed 5-2-97; 8:45 am]
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