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
Storm Water Systems. Construction of the proposed <strong>hot</strong> <strong>cargo</strong> <strong>pad</strong> would require ground disturbance as
heavy equipment would clear, grade, <strong>and</strong> contour l<strong>and</strong> surfaces. These activities would temporarily
disrupt natural <strong>and</strong> man-made storm water drainage methods, increase sedimentation in runoff, <strong>and</strong>
increase the potential <strong>for</strong> storm water runoff to erode soil during construction activities. Soil erosion <strong>and</strong>
sediment production would be minimized during the construction period by following erosion- <strong>and</strong>
sediment-control plans, <strong>and</strong> by using construction BMPs that would minimize ground surface disturbance
<strong>and</strong> attempt to provide adequate temporary storm water management techniques.
The construction of the proposed <strong>hot</strong> <strong>cargo</strong> <strong>pad</strong> <strong>and</strong> the associated taxiways, vehicle parking areas,
personnel shelters, <strong>and</strong> storage sheds could add as much as approximately 11 acres (4.2 acres <strong>for</strong> the
proposed <strong>hot</strong> <strong>cargo</strong> <strong>pad</strong> <strong>and</strong> approximately 7 acres <strong>for</strong> the new taxiway) of new impervious service at the
area of the Proposed Action. This increase in impervious surface would reduce the amount of surface
area <strong>for</strong> storm water to permeate into the ground <strong>and</strong> increase the amount of storm water runoff.
Long-term storm water management techniques, which might include the use of pipes, channels, culverts,
<strong>and</strong> impoundment basins, would be implemented to reduce <strong>and</strong> control the volume of storm water runoff.
The Proposed Action would result in adverse effects on storm water systems; however, with appropriate
BMPs, these effects would be expected to be less than significant.
Communications Systems. Because the proposed <strong>hot</strong> <strong>cargo</strong> <strong>pad</strong> <strong>and</strong> the existing <strong>hot</strong> <strong>cargo</strong> <strong>pad</strong> (Pad 5)
would not be used simultaneously <strong>and</strong> the volume of <strong>hot</strong> <strong>cargo</strong> traffic at Kirtl<strong>and</strong> AFB would remain
unchanged, no net increase in communication dem<strong>and</strong> would be expected from the implementation of the
Proposed Action. The Proposed Action would not impact the communication systems of Kirtl<strong>and</strong> AFB.
Solid Waste Management. The implementation of the Proposed Action would generate minimal
quantities of construction waste. Nonhazardous construction waste, such as asphalt, concrete, wood, <strong>and</strong>
nonrecyclable metals, would be transported to the Kirtl<strong>and</strong> AFB l<strong>and</strong>fill <strong>for</strong> disposal. Receptacles would
be provided <strong>for</strong> municipal solid waste generated by worker activity. Municipal solid waste would be
transported to the Rio Rancho L<strong>and</strong>fill, because the Kirtl<strong>and</strong> AFB l<strong>and</strong>fill accepts only nonhazardous
construction <strong>and</strong> demolition waste.
To reduce the amount of l<strong>and</strong>fill waste, materials that could be recycled or reused would be diverted from
l<strong>and</strong>fills to the greatest extent possible. Cardboard wastes would be recycled as a function of the Kirtl<strong>and</strong>
AFB Qualified Recycling Program. Miscellaneous salvageable metals would be transported to the
Defense Reutilization <strong>and</strong> Marketing Office <strong>for</strong> recycling or reuse. Clean fill material, ground up asphalt,
<strong>and</strong> broken-up cement would be diverted from l<strong>and</strong>fills <strong>and</strong> reused whenever possible.
Following the implementation of the Proposed Action, the amount of solid waste generated at Kirtl<strong>and</strong>
AFB would not increase due to the operation <strong>and</strong> maintenance of the proposed <strong>hot</strong> <strong>cargo</strong> <strong>pad</strong>. There<strong>for</strong>e,
the Proposed Action would result in adverse effects on solid waste resources.
4.9.2.2 No Action Alternative
The No Action Alternative would result in continuation of the existing conditions of infrastructure
resources, as discussed in Section 3.9.2. No additional effects on infrastructure resources would be
expected as a result of the Proposed Action not being implemented.
Kirtl<strong>and</strong> AFB, NM January 2011
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