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| Coast Guard to discontinue use of Long Range Aids to Navigation (Loran-C) program Feb. 8 |
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MIAMI - The Coast Guard announced Thursday it will decommission the Long Range Aids to Navigation (Loran-C) program and terminate the Loran-C signal broadcast from Jupiter Inlet, Fla., Feb. 8. As a result of technological advances in the past 20 years, it has been determined Loran-C is no longer required as a maritime navigational tool. The final Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (PEIS) on the future of the nation's Loran-C program was announced by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on June 12, 2009. The PEIS considered five alternatives for the future of the Loran-C program and two environmentally preferable alternatives were identified. The first alternative is to take no action; the second alternative is to end or reduce Coast Guard management of the Loran-C program by decommissioning the program and terminating the North American Loran-C signal. The PEIS is required under the National Environmental Policy Act. As supported by the analysis in the PEIS, the Record of Decision supports and confirms the government decision to end or reduce the Coast Guard's management of the Loran-C program. Implementation of the proposed action through the preferred alternative is consistent with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's determination that continued public investment in the Loran-C program is not in the nation's best interest. The Record of Decision, PEIS and related materials may be viewed online at http://www.regulations.gov, docket number: USCG-2007-28460. |
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