F-22 Plus-Up Environmental Assessment - Joint Base Elmendorf ...

F-22 Plus-Up Environmental Assessment
2.0 Description of the Proposed Action and Alternatives
negatively affect the overall consolidation of F-22 combat aircraft and Air Force operational
flexibility (see Section 1.0).
2.5 Environmental Impact Analysis Process
The Environmental Impact Analysis Process, in compliance with NEPA guidance, includes
public and agency review of information pertinent to the Proposed Action, and provides a full
and fair discussion of potential consequences to the natural and human environment. A Notice
of Intent (NOI) to prepare an EA was published in the Anchorage Daily News, the Mat-Su
Valley Frontiersman, and the Eagle River Star December 19 to 27, 2010. Public and agency
inputs to the environmental analysis of the proposed F-22 plus-up were requested. Interagency
and Intergovernmental Coordination for
Environmental Planning (IICEP) letters were sent and
responses received through January 2011.
Government-to-government communication with
potentially affected Alaska Native groups were
conducted between December 2010 and February 2011.
2.5.1 EA Organization
This EA is organized into the following chapters and
appendices. Chapter 1.0 describes the purpose and
need of the proposal to beddown the additional six
primary and one backup F-22 aircraft at JBER. A
description of the Proposed Action and the No Action
Alternative is provided in Chapter 2.0. Finally, Chapter
2.0 provides a comparative summary of the effects of
the Proposed Action and No Action Alternative with
respect to the various environmental resources.
Chapter 3.0 describes the existing conditions both at
JBER-Elmendorf and within the Alaskan training
airspace. Chapter 4.0 overlays the Chapter 2 Proposed
Action on the Chapter 3 baseline conditions to produce
the environmental consequences at JBER-Elmendorf
and within the Alaskan training airspace. Chapter 5.0
presents a cumulative analysis, considers the
relationship between short-term uses and long-term
productivity identified for the resources affected, and
summarizes the irreversible and irretrievable
commitment of resources if the Proposed Action were
implemented. References cited in the EA, lists of
individuals and organizations contacted during the
preparation of the EA, and a list of the document
preparers is included after Chapter 5.0.
F-22 Plus-Up EA
Executive Summary
Chapter 1.0 Purpose and Need for F-22 Plus-
Up at JBER
1.1 Background
1.2 Purpose of F-22 Plus-Up at JBER
1.3 Need for F-22 Plus-Up at JBER
Chapter 2.0 Description of Proposed Action
and Alternatives
2.1 Proposed Action Elements Affecting
JBER-Elmendorf
2.2 Proposed Action Elements Affecting
Alaskan Airspace
2.3 Alternatives Considered But Not Carried
Forward
2.4 No Action Alternative
2.5 Environmental Impact Analysis Process
2.6 Regulatory Compliance
2.7 Environmental Comparison of the
Proposed Action No Action Alternative
Chapter 3.0 Affected Environment
3.1 Airspace Management and Air Traffic
Control
3.2 Noise
3.3 Safety
3.4 Air Quality
3.5 Hazardous Materials and Waste
Management
3.6 Biological Resources
3.7 Cultural Resources
3.8 Land Use, Transportation, and
Recreation
3.9 Socioeconomics
3.10 Environmental Justice
Chapter 4.0 Environmental Consequences
4.1 Airspace Management
4.2 Noise
4.3 Safety
4.4 Air Quality
4.5 Hazardous Materials and Waste
Management
4.6 Biological Resources
4.7 Cultural Resources
4.8 Land Use, Transportation, and
Recreation
4.9 Socioeconomics
4.10 Environmental Justice
Chapter 5.0 Cumulative Impacts
5.1 Cumulative Effects Analysis
5.2 Other Environmental Considerations
References
List of Preparers
Appendices
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