Download or read book Environmental Impact Analysis Process Deployment Area Selection and Land Withdrawal Acquisition DEIS Chapter V Appendices written by DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE WASHINGTON DC. and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 167 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This paper describes the process used to select reasonable basing areas for M-X, concentrating on recent evaluations which led to the selection of two potential basing areas of further study. The selection process began in 1977 with consideration of the entire continental United States. This initial work surveyed basing needs, screened possible areas for M-X deployment, and finally identified six potential basing areas for deployment of M-X in Multiple Protective Shelters (MPS). Maps and descriptions of these areas are included in Appendix A. Previous criteria were augmented with military and operational considerations in order to identify which, if any, of the six potential basing areas were unreasonable to pursue.

Download or read book Environmental Impact Analysis Process Deployment Area Selection and Land Withdrawal Acquisition DEIS Chapter II Comparative Analysis of Alternatives written by DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE WASHINGTON DC. and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This chapter identifies all reasonable alternatives and objectively presents the project effects and environmental consequences of the Proposed Action and each alternative. The process by which alternative deployment areas and configurations were derived is presented first, followed by the projected construction and operation resource requirements for the Proposed Action and each alternative. The future conditions within the alternative deployment areas under no project, or no deployment decision at this time, are summarized for each key resource. The scoping process identified key resources in both natural and human environments. In response to the public and agency comments, each resource is evaluated for each alternative and appropriate mitigations are discussed. The analysis covers significant environmental characteristics that could be substantially affected by system deployment. The interdisciplinary analysis identifies potential mitigation conflicts. This detailed resource-by-resource analysis defines the issues and permits reviewers to evaluate the comparative merits of the Proposed Action and each alternative for each significantly affected resource. At the conclusion of the resource analysis for the Proposed Action, the available data, results of analyses performed, and scientific judgment were used to rank, where possible, each alternative relative to the resource under consideration. (Author).

Download or read book Environmental Impact Analysis Process Deployment Area Selection and Land Withdrawal Acquisition DEIS Chapter IV Part III Environmental Consequences to the Study Regions and Operating Base Vicinities written by DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE WASHINGTON DC. and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The M-X program would require electrical power and fuels of various forms supplied on both a relatively short term (2-5 years) for construction needs and a longer term (about 30 years) for operational requirements. At a time of diminishing energy supplies and increasing competition for energy, including gasoline, the potential effect of the project on energy resources must be considered. Possible effects on electrical power resources include increased power generation plant operation with the attending potential impacts on air quality, water consumption, wastewater generation, and disposal of fuelgas scrubbing sludges, and ash. Power transmission and distribution systems may have to be built in order to provide service to remote areas or to be upgraded to meet increased demands. The associated right-of-way acquisition and maintenance may preclude the use of affected land for other purposes. New lines and substations could have an adverse visual and aesthetic impact. Finally, the extensive cable plowing or trenching required for installation of the underground cables for power distribution to the clusters would have a temporary disruptive effect. (Author).

Download or read book Environmental Impact Analysis Process Deployment Area Selection and Land Withdrawal Acquisition DEIS Chapter III Part I Affected Environment written by DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE WASHINGTON DC. and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 375 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Geotechnically suitable land for the deployment of M-X in the Nevada/Utah region is shown in gray in Figure 3.1-1. Those areas in which there is currently most interest are shown in black. Geotechnically suitable land in the Texas/New Mexico region is shown in Figure 3.1-2. Environmental study area boundaries extend beyond the geotechnical limits. The extent to which environmental study areas exceeded the geotechnical limits varies according to the discipline under study. (Author).

Download or read book Environmental Impact Analysis Process Deployment Area Selection and Land Withdrawal Acquisition DEIS Chapter IV Part II Environmental Consequences to the Study Regions and Operating Base Vicinities written by DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE WASHINGTON DC. and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Deployment of the M-X system in sparsely populated areas of the southwestern United States will produce rapid, large-scale changes in the character of the human environment of these deployment regions. Effective operation of the M-X system requires a deployment region containing relatively few human inhabitants. Yet construction and operation of the system will result in the introduction of large numbers of people into the rural, thinly-settled deployment region. This rapid growth in population resulting from the large labor and materials demands of the project will cause significant changes in the economic and social structures of the rural deployment areas. In some cases, M-X deployment would transform deployment-region communities from slow-growing or declining communities of a few thousand population or smaller into active regional population centers of 20,000 persons or more. This would be the case for the communities adjacent to the M-X operating bases. Other areas would undergo a decade of 'boom-bust' construction growth similar to that caused by energy developments throughout the western United States. The economic, social, and local government impacts of M-X deployment have been estimated quantitatively using a series of inter-related models and computational algorithms. The direct economic effects on the regions are estimated from a given set of M-X project characteristics such as direct employment and material requirements. The indirect economic effects on the M-X are estimated using country-level interindustry-type models and the best available baseline projections for the localities studied. (Author).

Download or read book Draft Environmental Impact Statement MX Deployment Area Selection and Land Withdrawal Acquisition DEIS Volume V Appendices written by AIR FORCE SYSTEMS COMMAND WASHINGTON DC. and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THIS PAPER DESCRIBED THE PROCESS USED TO SELECT REASONABLE BASING AREAS FOR M-X, concentrating on recent evaluations which led to the selection of two potential basing areas for further study. The selection process began in 1977 with consideration of the entire continental United States. This initial work surveyed basing needs, screened possible areas for M-X deployment, and finally identified six potential basing areas for deployment of M-X in Multiple Protective shelters MPS). Maps and descriptions of these areas are included. Previous criteria were augmented with military and operational considerations in order to identify which, if any, of the six potential basing areas were unreasonable to pursue.

Download or read book Environmental Impact Analysis Process Deployment Area Selection and Land Withdrawal Acquisition DEIS Chapter III Part II Affected Environment written by DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE WASHINGTON DC. and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Proposed Action and eight alternatives present deployment systems featuring full deployment of 200 missiles in Nevada/Utah or Texas/New Mexico, and split basing deployment of approximately one-half the missiles in Nevada/Utah and one-half in Texas/New Mexico. The Proposed Action and alternatives each require two operating base (OB) complexes. Base site locations under study are in the vicinity of Ely and Coyote Spring Valley, Nevada; Beryl, Milford, and Delta, Utah; Clovis, New Mexico; and Dalhart, Texas. (Author).

Download or read book Environmental Impact Analysis Process Deployment Area Selection and Land Withdrawal Acquisition DEIS Chapter I Program Overview written by DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE WASHINGTON DC. and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 97 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Soviet missile developments are making our land-based intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) increasingly vulnerable. To improve deterrence against hostile actions against the United States, the U.S. Air Force proposes to deploy 200 mobile M-X missiles in a survivable multiple protective shelter (MPS) basing mode. The system will include two operating bases, 4,600 shelters, approximately 8,500 miles of roads, and related support facilities, operated and maintained by about 13,000 people. The first 10 missiles are to be operational by mid-1986, and the system is to be fully operational by the end of 1989. Major decisions to be made are selection of a deployment area or areas and two operating base locations from areas identified as suitable in Nevada, Utah, Texas, and New Mexico. Land withdrawal/acquisition could begin in 1981 and construction of initial facilities in 1982. (Author).

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Download or read book Draft Environmental Impact Statement MX Deployment Area Selection and Land Withdrawal Acquisition DEIS Volume IV Part II Environmental Consequences to the Study Regions and Operating Base Vicinities written by AIR FORCE SYSTEMS COMMAND WASHINGTON DC. and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The economic, social, and local government impacts of M-X deployment have been estimated quantitatively using a series of interrelated models and computational algorithms. The direct economic effects on the regions are estimated from a given set of M-X project characteristics such as direct employment and material requirements. The indirect economic effects of M-X then are estimated using county-level interindustry-type models and the best available baseline projections for the localities studied. (Author).

Download or read book Environmental Impact Analysis Process Affected environment written by United States. Dept. of the Air Force and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 666 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Deployment Area Selection and Land Withdrawal acquisition DEIS Environmental consequences to the study regions and operating base vicinities written by and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: V.1. Program overview -- v.2. Comparative analysis of alternatives -- v.3. Affected environment, 2 parts -- v.4. Environmental consequences to the study regions and operating base vicinities, 3 parts -- v.5. Appendices.

Download or read book Deployment Area Selection and Land Withdrawal Acquisition Chapter 4 M X MPS M X Multiple Protective Shelter Volume 1 Environmental Consequences to the Study Regions and Operating Base Vicinities written by HENNINGSON DURHAM AND RICHARDSON SANTA BARBARA CA. and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On October 2, 1981, the President announced his decision to cancel the M-X Multiple Protective Shelter (MPS) basing system. The Air Force was, at that time, working to prepare a Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for the MPS site selection process. This preliminary FEIS captures the environmental data and the analysis in the document that was nearing completion when the President decided to deploy the M-X system in a different manner. Areas under consideration were in Nevada, Utah, and New Mexico and Texas. Topics covered in this volume include: Quality of Life; and Natural Environment--Water and air resources, Erosion, Mining and geology, Native vegetation, Pronghorn, Sage grouse/Lesser prairie chicken, Bighorn sheep, Protected species, (Desert tortoise, Utah prairie dog, Rare plants and Aquatic species), and Wilderness.

Download or read book Deployment Area Selection and Land Withdrawal Acquisition Chapter 4 M X MPS M X Multiple Protective Shelter Volume 2 Environmental Consequences to the Study Regions and Operating Base Vicinities written by HENNINGSON DURHAM AND RICHARDSON SANTA BARBARA CA. and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 607 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On October 2, 1981, the President announced his decision to cancel the M-X Multiple Protective Shelter (MPS) basing system. The Air Force was, at that time, working to prepare a Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for the MPS site selection process. This preliminary FEIS captures the environmental data and the analysis in the document that was nearing completion when the President decided to deploy the M-X system in a different manner. Areas studied included Nevada, Utah, New Mexico and Texas. Topics covered in this volume include: Human Environment--Employment and labor force, Earnings, Population, Housing, Public Finance, Community infrastructure, Educational services, Health services personnel, Public safety, Urban land use, Transportation, Energy, and Land ownership.

Download or read book Deployment Area Selection and Land Withdrawal Acquisition M X MPS M X Multiple Protective Shelter Environmental Technical Report Construction written by HENNINGSON DURHAM AND RICHARDSON SANTA BARBARA CA. and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The M-X system would directly affect the area in which it is constructed and cause many indirect impacts on the environment. To evaluate these indirect impacts, it is necessary to determine specifically what the construction effects are, and when, where, and to what extent they occur. This report identifies the environmental effects caused directly by construction of the system. Indirect environmental impacts are described in the FEIS and detailed in other ETRs. Major effects due to construction are the requirements for land, water, materials, and personnel, as well as the location, timing, and magnitude of each of these resource requirements. The proposed and alternative systems are described in Section 2 of this ETR. Section 3 describes, in more detail, each of the individual components which must be constructed. The sequencing of construction of the various parts of the system is contained in Section 4. Section 5 describes the method of construction of each of the components. The impacts and their possible mitigations are discussed in Section 6. The overall project effects, evaluated in terms of land and material resources required, are similar for each of the alternatives. Appendices A through E present a system layout, a construction plan and schedule, and a breakdown of the construction resources for the Proposed Action and each alternative. Appendix F presents a discussion of the latest design of the M-X system facilities as it relates to the Proposed Action, and compares this latest design to that used in this FEIS for analysis. Appendix G presents the background and documentation for the construction manpower estimates made by Task Force I and Task Force II.