TABLE OF CONTENTS
SECTION 5: ENVIRONMENTAL CONSEQUENCES
5.1 INTRODUCTION..............................................................................................................................................5-1
5.1.1 Resource Evaluation Categories .........................................................................................................5-1
5.1.2 Definition of Key Terms .......................................................................................................................5-2
5.1.3 Impact Analysis Process......................................................................................................................5-4
5.2 NO ACTION ALTERNATIVE............................................................................................................................5-5
5.3 DISPOSAL ALTERNATIVES..........................................................................................................................5-13
5.3.1 Introduction........................................................................................................................................5-13
5.3.2 Land Use ...........................................................................................................................................5-14
5.3.3 Air Quality ..........................................................................................................................................5-15
5.3.4 Noise..................................................................................................................................................5-16
5.3.5 Water Resources...............................................................................................................................5-16
5.3.6 Geology .............................................................................................................................................5-18
5.3.7 Infrastructure......................................................................................................................................5-19
5.3.8 Ordnance and Explosives..................................................................................................................5-21
5.3.9 Hazardous and Toxic Materials .........................................................................................................5-23
5.3.10 Permits and Regulatory Authorizations .............................................................................................5-25
5.3.11 Biological Resources.........................................................................................................................5-26
5.3.12 Cultural Resources ............................................................................................................................5-30
5.3.13 Sociological Resources .....................................................................................................................5-31
5.3.14 Economic Development.....................................................................................................................5-31
5.3.15 Quality of Life.....................................................................................................................................5-32
5.3.16 Installation Agreements.....................................................................................................................5-32
5.3.17 Preferred Disposal Alternative...........................................................................................................5-32
5.4 REUSE ALTERNATIVES ...............................................................................................................................5-33
5.4.1 Introduction........................................................................................................................................5-33
5.4.2 Land Use ...........................................................................................................................................5-33
5.4.3 Air Quality ..........................................................................................................................................5-34
5.4.4 Noise..................................................................................................................................................5-38
5.4.5 Water Resources...............................................................................................................................5-39
5.4.6 Geology .............................................................................................................................................5-41
5.4.7 Infrastructure......................................................................................................................................5-42
5.4.8 Ordnance and Explosives..................................................................................................................5-48
5.4.9 Hazardous and Toxic Materials .........................................................................................................5-50
5.4.10 Permits and Regulatory Authorizations .............................................................................................5-51
5.4.11 Biological Resources.........................................................................................................................5-51
5.4.12 Cultural Resources ............................................................................................................................5-57
5.4.13 Sociological Resources .....................................................................................................................5-57
5.4.14 Economic Development.....................................................................................................................5-58
5.4.15 Quality of Life.....................................................................................................................................5-63
5.4.16 Installation Agreements.....................................................................................................................5-64
5.5 CUMULATIVE IMPACT - NO ACTION, DISPOSAL AND REUSE ALTERNATIVES......................................5-65
5.5.1 Introduction........................................................................................................................................5-65
5.5.2 Summary of Past and Present, and Reasonably Foreseeable Future Actions..................................5-65
5.5.3 No Action Alternative - Cumulative Impacts ......................................................................................5-68
5.5.4 Encumbered and Unencumbered Disposal - Cumulative Impacts....................................................5-68
5.5.5 Disposal and Reuse - Cumulative Impacts........................................................................................5-68
5.5.5.1 MHIR Encumbered Disposal Alternative..............................................................................5-69
5.5.5.2 MIR Encumbered Disposal Alternative................................................................................5-79
5.5.5.3 MLIR Encumbered Disposal Alternative..............................................................................5-81
5.6 MITIGATION SUMMARY................................................................................................................................5-85
5.7 ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE SUMMARY......................................................................................................5-89
5.8 CLEAN AIR ACT CONFORMITY ...................................................................................................................5-91
5.9 UNAVOIDABLE ADVERSE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS ...........................................................................5-93
5.10 IRREVERSIBLE OR IRRETRIEVABLE COMMITMENTS OF RESOURCES.................................................5-95
5.11 SHORT-TERM USES OF MAN’S ENVIRONMENT AND MAINTENANCE AND
ENHANCEMENT OF LONG-TERM PRODUCTIVITY....................................................................................5-97
