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SOCIOECONOMIC/SOCIOPOLITICAL ISSUES<br />

"Although the numbers <strong>of</strong> in-migrants are smaller, the potential for impacts in the<br />

Southeast maximum impact condition is quite similar to the potential in the Southwest site<br />

under maximum conditions. This is the case because the base population in the Southeast is<br />

roughly twice that in the Southwest site; therefore, the Southeast is capable <strong>of</strong> adsorbing<br />

greater population influx, other things being equal."<br />

It appears that the words "Southeast" and "Southwest" should be reversed, since if the<br />

number <strong>of</strong> in-migrants for site A is half the number <strong>of</strong> site B, and the number <strong>of</strong> in-migrants<br />

stated as a percent <strong>of</strong> each site's base population is the same for each site, then the base<br />

population <strong>of</strong> site B must be twice the base population <strong>of</strong> site A.<br />

The identical statement is repeated in other portions <strong>of</strong> the GEIS (pp. 3.1.120<br />

and 3.1.194) in referring to other estimates <strong>of</strong> the numbers <strong>of</strong> in-migrants associated with<br />

different types <strong>of</strong> waste management facilities. (113-EPA)<br />

Response<br />

The words "Southeast" and "Southwest" have been inadvertently reversed. The referenced<br />

statement on pages 3.1.129, 3.1.180, and 3.1.194 <strong>of</strong> the draft (Section 5.4 <strong>of</strong> final) should<br />

be read as follows:<br />

"Although the numbers <strong>of</strong> in-migrants are smaller, the potential for impacts in the<br />

Southeast maximum impact condition is quite similar to the potential in the Southwest site<br />

under maximum conditions. This is the case because the base population in the Southwest<br />

site is roughly twice that in the Southeast site; therefore, the Southwest is capable <strong>of</strong><br />

absorbing greater population influx, other things being equal."<br />

Because the Southwest regional population base is considerably smaller than at the<br />

other two sites, in-migration tends to be high under both expected and maximum impact condi-<br />

tions. The reason that in-migration is proportionately greater for the Southeast and Mid-<br />

west sites between expected and maximum conditions is due largely to a greater increase in<br />

secondary employment multipliers for these two sites, and the assumption that fewer jobs<br />

will be filled by regional unemployement, thereby reducing the effect <strong>of</strong> large differences<br />

in regional population size. The corrected wording <strong>of</strong> the above paragraph should not dimin-<br />

ish the conclusion that the Southwest site is most likely to experience the largest socio-<br />

economic impacts as defined in this analysis.<br />

Issue<br />

Several commenters noted that the Statement should expand on the discussion <strong>of</strong> non-<br />

technical (or sociopolitical) issues in the site selection process.<br />

Non-technical issues will dominate the site selection process by being the initial bar-<br />

rier which much be overcome before furter investigation is possible. Therefore, more<br />

detailed discussion <strong>of</strong> these various issues may be warranted to delineate all the possible<br />

options which are available to overcome these potential barriers. (7)

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