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Environmental Information

Ballistic Missile Defense Final Programmatic
Environmental Impact Statement (PEIS) Sections

MDA Environmental Mission:

As a Federal agency, the MDA is required by the National Environmental Protection Act (NEPA) to consider the environmental impact on the surrounding communities and their environs, through analysis contained in environmental-related documents of Program mission. The MDA makes it possible for the public to understand and to be informed of MDA's mission activities by publishing NEPA-compliance reports, such as Environmental Assessments (EAs), Environmental Impact Statements (EIs), and other pertinent documents.

New Documents:

- BMDS FPEIS ROD 4-8-08

- ROD FR NOA 4-23-08

- GMD VAFB SEA 7-25-08

- ABL Debris Management VAFB FEA 7-01-08

Program	Title / Description
ABL	ABL SEIS ROD - Airborne Laser (ABL) Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (FSEIS) 6-1-03 - Record of Decision (ROD) 8-12-03 ABL EA Airborne Laser Debris Management Vandenberg AFB Environmental Assessment 12-1-07 Airborne Laser Debris Management Vandenberg AFB Final Environmental Assessment 7-1-08
BMDS	BMDS FPEIS Missile Defense Agency, Ballistic Missile Defense System Final Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement, 1-5-07 - EPA Federal Register Notice - NOA of Final PEIS - DoD Federal Register Notice - NOA of Final PEIS - Volume 1 - BMDS Final PEIS - Volume 2 - Appendices A-J - Volume 3 - Appendices K-N - Record of Decision (ROD) 4-8-08 - ROD (4-8-08) Federal Register NOA 4-23-08
GMD	GMD ETR EIS NOI Notice of Intent (NOI) of GMD Extended Test Range EIS 3-28-02 GMD ETR FEIS Ground-Based Midcourse Defense Extended Test Range FINAL Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) - 7-1-03 - Notice of Availability - Executive Summary - Cover thru Chapter 2 - Purpose and Need, Description of Proposed Action - Chapter 3 - Affected Environment - Chapter 4 - Environmental Consequences - Chapter 5-7 - List of Preparers, Glossary, Public Scoping Process - Chapter 8 - Draft EIS Comments and Responses - Email Comments to Draft EIS - Public Hearing Comments to Draft EIS - Oral Comments to Draft EIS - Chapter 9 - Appendices GMD ETR ROD Record of Decision (ROD) to Establish a Ground-Based Midcourse Defense Extended Test Range 8-13-03 GMD IDOC ROD Record of Decision (ROD) to Establish GMD Initial Defensive Operations Capability (IDOC) for Fort Greely, Alaska 4-25-03 GMD IDOC EA GMD Initial Defensive Operations Capability (IDOC) at Vandenberg AFB Environmental Assessment 8-23-03 GMD IDOC EA FONSI Ground-Based Midcourse Defense (GMD) Initial Defensive Operations Capability at Vandenberg AFB Environmental Assessment Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) 10-22-03 and Errata Sheet GMD MDS Test Bed ROD and MMP Record of Decision for Site Preparation Activities at the Missile Defense System (MDS) Test Bed at Fort Greely, Alaska 8-9-01 - Mitigation Monitoring Plan 8-1-01 GMD NMD FEIS NOA NMD Final Environmental Impact Notice of Availability Published 12-15-00 GMD NMD DEPL FEIS National Missile Defense Deployment Final Environmental Impact Statement 7-1-00 GMD RIDT #2 FSEA Relocatable In-flight Interceptor Communications System Data Terminal #2 Final Supplemental Environmental Assessment 11-28-07 GMD SBX EA and FONSI Ground-Based Midcourse Defense (GMD), Sea-Based X-Band Radar (SBX) Placement and Operation, Adak, Alaska Environmental Assessment (EA) 10-1-05 and Final Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) 10-19-05 - Part 1 - Part 2 - Part 3 GMD VAFB SEA Vandenberg AFB Diverse Communications System Supplemental Environmental Assessment (SEA) 7-25-08 GMD VOC EA NOA Notice of Availability (NOA) of the Ground-Based Midcourse Defense (GMD) Validation of Operational Concept (VOC) Environmental Assessment 3-15-02 - Cover thru Contents - Chapter 1 - Purpose and Need - Chapter 2 - Description of Proposed Action and Alternatives - Chapter 3 - Affected Environment - Chapter 4 - Environmental Consequences - Chapter 5-7 - References, Preparers, Agencies and Individuals Contacted - Appendices A-C and Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) GMD VOC SEA Ground-Based Midcourse Defense (GMD) Validation of Operational Concept (VOC) Supplemental EA 12-12-02 - Cover, Transmittal Letter. Draft Finding of No Significant Impact, Documentation Page, Executive Summary, Acronyms, Contents - Chapter 1 - Purpose and Need - Chapter 2 - Description of Proposed Actions and Alternatives - Chapter 3 - Affected Environment - Chapter 4 - Environmental Consequences - Chapter 5 - References - Chapter 6 - List of Preparers - Chapter 7 - Agencies and Individuals Contacted - Appendix A: Distribution List - Appendix B: Correspondence (Part 1) - Appendix B: Correspondence (Part 2)
Kodiak	Kodiak Launch Complex Environmental Assessment (EA) 5-1-96
LETHALITY	VGT EA FONSI Vertical Gun Test Environmental Assessment 5-18-04 and - Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) 5-21-04
MM III	Minuteman III Propulsion Replacement Program, Hill AFB Environmental Assessment (EA) 8-1-01
ORB / SUB-ORB	Orbital / Sub-Orbital Program Environmental Assessment Final (FEA) 7-1-06
PATRIOT	PATRIOT EA Environmental Assessment of the BMDO Cooperative-Engagement-Capability (CEC) / PATRIOT Interoperability Test 7-1-00
PMRF	PMRF FEIS Pacific Missile Range Facility Enhanced Capability Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) 12-1-98 - Vol. 1 - Vol. 2 Comments and Responses; Public Hearing Transcripts - Vol. 3 Consultation Comments and Responses
SENSORS	AN/TPY-2 Radar Record of Environmental Consideration (REC) - Cleared for public release 8-10-07 AN/TPY-2 RADAR Deployment REC 5-24-07
TARGETS	Alternate Boost Vehicle (ABV) Verification Tests Environmental Assessment (EA) 8-14-02 Courtland Target Assembly Facility (TAF) EA FONSI - Environmental Assessment 10-01-06 - Finding of No Significant Impact 11-02-06 Flexible Target Family (FTF) EA and FONSI - Environmental Assessment 10-01-07 - Finding of No Significant Impact 11-22-07 Liquid Propellant Targets Environmental Assessment (EA) 5-23-02 Liquid Propellant Missile (LPM) Site Preparation and Launch Environmental Assessment (EA) 7-25-02 Strategic Target System (STARS) Program Environmental Assessment (EA) 7-1-90
TEST RESOURCES	Mobile Launch Platform EA and FONSI Mobile Launch Platform Environmental Assessment 6-28-04 and Finding of No Significant Impact 7-12-04 Mobile Sensors EA and FONSI MDA Final Mobile Sensors Environmental Assessment (EA) 9-26-05 and Final Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) 10-03-05
THAAD	Theater High Altitude Area Defense Pacific Test Flights Environmental Assessment (EA) 12-20-02
TMD ETR	Theater Missile Defense Extended Test Range Environmental Impact Statement Final (FEIS) 11-1-94
USAKA	USAKA FSEIS Proposed Actions at U.S. Army Kwajalein Atoll (USAKA) Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) 12-1-93 - Vol. 1 - Vol. 2 Responses to Comments - Vol. 3 Kajin Majol - Marshallese Translation of Executive Summary and Vol. 2
WAKE	Wake Island EA Wake Island EA 1-1-94 Wake Island FSEA Wake Island Launch Center (WILC) Final Supplemental EA (FSEA) 10-1-99 Wake Island FSEA, FONSI Wake Island Final Supplemental Environmental Assessment 2-1-07 and - Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) 4-9-07
WSMR	White Sands Missile Range Range-Wide Environmental Impact Statement Final (FEIS) 1-1-98

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It is the policy of the United States to deploy as soon as is technologically possible an effective National Missile Defense system capable of defending the territory of the United States against limited ballistic missile attack (whether accidental, unauthorized, or deliberate) with funding subject to the annual authorization of appropriations and the annual appropriation of funds for National Missile Defense.

— National Missile Defense
Act of 1999 (Public Law 106-38)