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Chapter 1 Introduction 1.1 Explanation of an Environmental Assessment This Environmental Assessment (EA) is being prepared to comply with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969, as amended (42 U.S. Code [U.S.C] 4321), as implemented by Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) regulations (40 Code of Federal Regulations [CFR] 1500–1508), and policies of the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) and the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) as the lead federal agencies. The EA process provides steps and procedures to evaluate the potential social, economic, and environmental impacts of a Preferred Alternative while providing an opportunity for local, state, or federal agencies to provide input and/or comment through scoping, public information meetings, and/or a public hearing. The social, economic, and environmental considerations are evaluated and measured, as defined in the CEQ regulations, by their magnitude of impacts. 1.2 Location The proposed CBP housing is in Ajo, Arizona, in southwestern Arizona, approximately 40 miles north of the U.S.–Mexico international border and the Lukeville Port of Entry (POE). The Lukeville POE at Lukeville, Arizona, is situated on the U.S.–Mexico border in southwestern Arizona about 122 miles east of the San Luis POE at Yuma, Arizona, and 116 miles west of the Mariposa POE in Nogales, Arizona (Figure 1). Lukeville, Why (a small community between Lukeville and Ajo), and Ajo are unincorporated communities under the jurisdiction of Pima County, Arizona. Across the U.S.–Mexico border is the town of Sonoita, Sonora, Mexico. The communities of Lukeville, Why, and Ajo are served by Arizona State Route 85 (SR 85), which connects the metropolitan Phoenix area to the U.S.–Mexico border, and State Route 86, which connects the Tucson metropolitan area to the U.S.–Mexico border. Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Department of the Interior National Park Service, essentially surrounds Lukeville, and the Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge, under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), is in proximity to the communities of Lukeville, Why, and Ajo. The Barry M. Goldwater Gunnery Range, under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the U.S. Department of Defense Air Force, is north, east, and west of Ajo. The Tohono O’Odham Nation boundary is east of Why and Ajo. The Lukeville POE and supporting communities are isolated by distance from the major population centers of Tucson, Gila Bend, and Phoenix (Figure 2). 1.3 Background and Overview The POE facility in Lukeville and Ajo Station in Why employ approximately 280 total staff members. The Lukeville POE is known for its traffic entry into and from Mexico because of the Mexican resort town of Rocky Point, where U.S. citizens vacation year-round. The amount of non-commercial traffic makes this POE unique. The amount of non-commercial traffic has increased over the years, causing major inbound traffic delays from Mexico to the United States, with wait times of up to four hours. This problem used to exist only on holidays; now it has increased to four to five times a week. Environmental Assessment 1 Ajo Housing Development Project
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