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COMPTUEX/JTFEX EA/OEA Final Chapter 2Table 2.1-1. Ranges and Operating Areas of COMPTUEXs and JTFEXs (continued)Component Area Description COMPTUEX/JTFEX Activities NEPA DocumentationBob Stump TrainingRange Complex(BSTRC)Nevada Test andTraining Range(NTTR)Vandenberg AirForce Base (AFB)This component consists of: MCAS Yuma Chocolate Mountain AerialGunnery Range (CMAGR) Barry M. Goldwater Range,West (BMGR-W) Naval Air Facility (NAF) ElCentro Yuma Proving Ground (YPG)NTTR is part of Nellis AFBVandenberg AFB is home to theWestern Launch and Test Range(WLTR) and the West CoastOffshore Operating Area (WCOOA)COMPTUEX/JTFEX trainingactivities planned for execution onBSTRC include: Aircraft OperationsSupport (AIROPS), STRIKE, CloseAir Support (CAS), Urban CAS,Surge Operations, SPECWAROPS,and Combat Search and Rescue(CSAR)/Tactical Recovery of Aircraftand Personnel (TRAP), and DEMO.These activities are described inSection 2.3.COMPTUEX/JTFEX trainingactivities planned for execution atNTTR include: STRIKE andSPECWAROPS. These activities aredescribed in Section 2.3.COMPTUEX/JTFEX trainingactivities planned for execution atVandenberg AFB include: AIROPS,SPECWAROPS, and Command andControl (ASHORE). These activitiesare described in Section 2.3.COMPTUEX/JTFEX trainingactivities occurring at BSTRC havebeen analyzed under the EIS, YumaTraining Range Complex (1997), theSupplemental EIS (2001a), EA forInstallation of a 1,100 yard SniperRange at Camp Billy Machen(2003), and the EA for P-179Special Warfare Desert WarfareTraining Facility (2000).COMPTUEX/JTFEX trainingactivities occurring at NTTR havebeen analyzed under the followingNEPA documentation: ResourceManagement Plan (RMP)/ROD) forNTTR and EIS (2004); ExpeditionaryReadiness Training CourseExpansion, EA, Nellis Air ForceBase (2006); Finding of NoSignificant Impact. MilitaryOperations in Urban Terrain TrainingComplex (2202); United States Fishand Wildlife Service (USFWS)Amendment to the ProgrammaticBiological Opinion (BO) for Activitieson the South Range of Nellis AFB,NTTR, and the Nevada TrainingInitiative. Clark and LincolnCounties, Nevada (2004);Programmatic BO for Activities onthe South Range of Nellis AFB,NTTR, and the Nevada TrainingInitiative. Clark and LincolnCounties, Nevada (2003); BO on theReinitiation of Formal Consultationfor Continuing Current WeaponsTesting and Training on U.S.Department of the Air Force’sWeapons and Tactics Center RangeComplex (1997); and BO forContinuing Current WeaponsTesting/Training at the U.S.Department of the Air Force’sWeapons and Tactics Center RangeComplex (1994).COMPTUEX/JTFEX trainingactivities occurring at VandenbergAFB are considered routine trainingexercises and are documentedaccordingly via categoricalexclusions for each exercise.2-3 February 2007