Draft Finding of No Significant Lowry Air Force Base Realignment. Environmental Assessment for Lowry Air Force Base Realignment

Draft Finding of No Significant Lowry Air Force Base Realignment. Environmental Assessment for Lowry Air Force Base Realignment
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Release: 1989
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The Base Closure Act, Public Law 100-526, directs the Secretary of Defense to close and realign all military installations recommended by the Commission on Base Realignment and Closure. As a result of the Commission's recommendations, Lowry Air Force Base, Colorado, will absorb an additional training mission due to the closure of Chanute Air Force Base in Illinois. This Environmental Assessment has been conducted in order to comply with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969 (Public Law 91-190), which requires Federal agencies to evaluate and disclose the environmental impacts of a proposed Federal action. The EA was prepared in accordance with the Council on Environmental Quality's Regulations for Implementing the Procedural Provisions of NEPA (40 CFR 1500-1508) and Air Force Regulation 19-2, Environmental Impact Analysis Process. Procedural requirements of other pertinent environmental legislation, including the Endangered Species Act, the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act, and the National Historic Preservation Act, are also addressed and compliance status is documented. Only the effects of the additional mission at Lowry AFB are addressed in this assessment. The effects of the closure of Chanute AFB are being addressed in a separate document. As provided for in the Base Closure Act, the need, purpose, or reason for the realignment does not have to be addressed in the NEPA document. Therefore, the purpose of the action is addressed only to the extent necessary for an understanding of the proposed project. A detailed description of the project is presented in the next section, Alternatives Including the Proposed Action.

Draft Environmental Assessment

Draft Environmental Assessment
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Distributed for a 30-day public comment period ending January 5, 2016. Draft environmental assessment reporting a FINDING OF NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT for general construction plans on Buckley Air Force Base for the period from 2015-2020.

Preparation of Environmental Assessment and Probable Finding of No Significant Impact for Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, Realignment

Preparation of Environmental Assessment and Probable Finding of No Significant Impact for Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, Realignment
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Total Pages: 55
Release: 1989
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This Environmental Assessment was prepared by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Tulsa District in response to a request by the U.S. Air Force. The action to be assessed involves a troop realignment at Sheppard AFB, Wichita Falls, Texas. Approximately 2,300 military personnel will be transferred to that base over an approximate three year period. Approximately $88,000,000 worth of construction will be required to accommodate the realignment requirements. Impacts will be generated by the construction activity and subsequently by the increased population and training activities. An estimated peak population increase of approximately 4,800 persons is expected in the third year of implementation. This will then decline slightly approximately 4,600 persons whose presence is attributable to the implementation of this action.

Draft Environmental Assessment: Travis Air Force Base Burke Property Housing

Draft Environmental Assessment: Travis Air Force Base Burke Property Housing
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Release: 1999
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In support of previously reviewed, approved, and implemented Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) actions, Travis Air Force Base (AFB) proposes to construct military family housing on the 101-acre Burke Property on the north side of the base. The use of the property for that purpose was previously reviewed and approved along with the other BRAC actions in an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS), from which this Environmental Assessment (EA) is tiered (40 CFR 1502.20). To meet the BRAC-related housing needs, a design for the construction of 281 units has been developed and is evaluated in this EA. A 226-unit alter- native that could minimally satisfy Air Force policies is also considered, along with No Action, in this EA. This EA focuses on Site Contamination, Biological Resources, and Cultural Resources. For other resource and issue areas, impacts and, where appropriate, mitigation measures associated with the construction of housing on the Burke Property were adequately described in the BRAC ElS and Record of Decision (ROD) (USAF 1994a, b). This EA finds that there are no potentially significant areas of site contamination or cultural resources on the site. With respect to Biological Resources, the 281-unit design would eliminate 2.81 acres of wetland and aquatic habitats, including some areas that may support threatened and endangered species. The 226-unit alternative would eliminate 1.18 acre of wetland and aquatic habitats while avoiding wetlands that may support threatened and endangered species. This EA identifies mitigation measures that, subject to further discussion with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, would mitigate these impacts to less than significance. Other potential short- and long-term impacts associated with the construction and use of housing in proximity to wetland and aquatic habitats on the site would be mitigated to insignificance through measures described in this EA.