Mission Compatibility Evaluation Process

Section 358 of the Ike Skelton National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011 required the Department of Defense (DoD) to designate a senior official and a lead organization to serve as a clearinghouse for the coordination of DoD review of applications filed with the Secretary of Transportation. Applications referred to the DoD involve proposals for the construction of structures that may affect navigable air space. Section 358 requires DoD to issue procedures for addressing the impacts of those structures on military operations and determining if they pose an unacceptable risk to the national security of the United States. Section 358 requires the establishment of a comprehensive strategy for addressing military impacts of renewable energy projects and other energy projects and annual reports to Congress; these requirements are not part of this rule and will be addressed separately. Nor does this rule deal with other proposal review processes not included in section 358, such as those applied by the Bureau of Land Management, Department of the Interior.