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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 87 / Friday, May 7, 2021 / Notices
government-to-government basis in accordance with Executive Order 13175.
Schedule for the Decision-Making Process Following the scoping period announced in this Notice of Intent, and after consideration of all comments received during scoping, Coast Guard will prepare a Draft PEIS for the expansion and modernization of Base Seattle. Once the Draft PEIS is completed, it will be made available for a 45-day public review and comment period. Coast Guard will announce the availability of the Draft PEIS in the Federal Register and local media outlets. Coast Guard expects the Draft PEIS will be available for public review and comment in 2021. In meeting CEQ
regulations requiring EISs to be completed within 2 years the Coast Guard anticipates the Final PEIS would be available in 2022. Availability of the Final PEIS would be published in the Federal Register. If approved, land acquisition would be expected to occur soon after completion of this PEIS, with the first rehabilitation projects, construction projects, or both, expected to begin as early as 2022. Because construction details and designs are not available at this time, new information may become available after the completion of the PEIS. Should new information become available after the completion of the Draft or Final PEIS, supplemental NEPA documentation may be prepared in support of new information or changes in the Proposed Action considered under the PEIS.
Public Scoping Process The Notice of Intent initiates the scoping process, which guides the development of the PEIS. The Coast Guard is seeking comments on the potential environmental impacts that may result from the Proposed Action or preliminary Alternatives. The Coast Guard is also seeking input on relevant information, studies, or analyses of any kind concerning impacts potentially affecting the quality of the human environment as a result of the Proposed Action. NEPA requires federal agencies to consider environmental impacts that may result from a Proposed Action, to inform the public of potential impacts and alternatives, and to facilitate public involvement in the assessment process.
The PEIS would include, among other topics, discussions of the purpose and need for the Proposed Action, a description of alternatives, a description of the affected environment, and an evaluation of the environmental impact of the Proposed Action and alternatives.

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The Coast Guard intends to follow the CEQ regulations implementing NEPA
40 CFR 1500 et. seq. by scoping through public comments. Scoping, which is integral to the process for implementing NEPA, provides a process to ensure that 1 issues are identified early and properly studied; 2 issues of little significance do not consume substantial time and effort; 3 the Draft PEIS is thorough and balanced; and 4
delays caused by an inadequate PEIS are avoided.
Public scoping is a process for determining the scope of issues to be addressed in this PEIS and for identifying the issues related to the Proposed Action that may have a significant effect on the environment.
The scoping process begins with publication of this notice. The Coast Guard seeks to do the following during the scoping process:
Invite the participation of Federal, State, and local agencies, any affected Indian tribe, and other interested persons;
Consult with affected Federally Recognized Tribes on a government-togovernment basis in accordance with Executive Order 13175 and other policies. Native American concerns, including potential impacts on Treaty rights, Indian trust assets, and cultural resources, will be given appropriate consideration;
Determine the scope and the issues to be analyzed in depth in the PEIS;
Indicate any related environmental assessments or environmental impact statements that are not part of the PEIS;
Identify other relevant environmental review and consultation requirements, such as Coastal Zone Management Act consistency evaluations, and threatened and endangered species and habitat impacts;
and Indicate the relationship between timing of the environmental review and other aspects of the application process.
With this Notice of Intent, Federal, State, Tribal, and local agencies with jurisdiction or special expertise with respect to environmental issues in the project area are asked to formally cooperate with the Coast Guard in the preparation of the PEIS.
Once the scoping process is complete, Coast Guard will prepare a Draft PEIS
and will publish a Federal Register notice announcing its public availability. The public will be provided with an opportunity to review and comment on the Draft PEIS. After Coast Guard considers those comments, the Final PEIS will be prepared and its availability similarly announced to solicit public review and comment.

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Comments received during the Draft PEIS review period will be available in the public docket and made available in the Final PEIS.
Pursuant to the CEQ regulations, Coast Guard invites public participation in the NEPA process. This notice requests public participation in the scoping process, establishes a public comment period, and provides information on how to participate.
The 45-day public scoping period begins May 7, 2021 and ends June 21, 2021. Comments and related material submitted to the online docket via https www.regulations.gov/ must be received by the Coast Guard on or before June 21, 2021, and mailed submission, must be postmarked on or before that same date.
We encourage you to submit specific, timely, substantive, and relevant comments through the Federal portal at http www.regulations.gov, on the site provided when searching the above docket number or searching for Base Seattle PEIS. If comments cannot be submitted using http
www.regulations.gov, contact the Base Seattle Environmental Planning Program Manager at 5106375541 for additional help.
In submissions, please include the docket number for this Notice of Intent and provide reasoning for comments. To be considered timely, comments must be received on or before June 21, 2021
to be considered in the Draft PEIS.
Comments mailed to the contact above must be postmarked by June 21, 2021.
We will consider all substantive and relevant comments received during the comment period.
We accept anonymous comments.
Comments we post to https
www.regulations.gov will include any personal information you have provided. For more about privacy and submissions in response to this document, see DHSs eRulemaking System of Records notice 85 FR 14226, March 11, 2020.
We review all comments received, but we will only post comments that address the topic of the notice. We may choose not to post off-topic, inappropriate, or duplicate comments that we receive. Documents mentioned in this Notice of Intent as being available in the docket, and posted public comments, will be in the online docket at http www.regulations.gov and can be viewed by following that websites instructions.
Virtual Public Involvement Consistent with CEQs recently issued scoping regulation, 40 CFR 1501.9, the Coast Guard will host a web-based
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