Final FONSI and EA for hot cargo pad on Kirtland AFB - Kirtland Air ...

<strong>Final</strong> <strong>EA</strong> Addressing Construction, Operation, <strong>and</strong> Maintenance of a Hot Cargo Pad
cliff. Alternative Site 3 has been eliminated from further detailed analysis due to safety <strong>and</strong> security
issues that would make this alternative infeasible.
Alternative Site 4. Alternative Site 4 is southeast of Pad 5, <strong>and</strong> would abut an approximately 90-foot cliff
(into Tijeras Arroyo) to the south. This alternative’s location next to a cliff presents dangerous conditions
<strong>for</strong> operation of the proposed <strong>hot</strong> <strong>cargo</strong> <strong>pad</strong>, including movement of personnel; maneuvering of aircraft
within the <strong>pad</strong>; <strong>and</strong> placement of access roads, lighting, drainage, AT/FP measures, <strong>and</strong> associated
equipment on the perimeter of the <strong>pad</strong>. The presence of the cliff presents additional security issues <strong>for</strong>
personnel guarding the aircraft <strong>and</strong> <strong>pad</strong> due to potentially obstructed sightlines to locations below the
cliff. In addition, this alternative would be entirely within an ERP site (WP-26), which could present
additional construction costs due to infrastructure removal <strong>and</strong> remediation activities. Alternative Site 4
has been eliminated from further detailed analysis due to safety <strong>and</strong> security issues that would make this
alternative infeasible.
Kirtl<strong>and</strong> AFB, NM January 2011
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