This Environmental Impact Statement has been prepared in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act to analyze the potential environmental consequences of the proposed F-22 beddown at Nellis AFB and the No-Action Alternative. The findings indicate the F-22 beddown would not adversely impact airspace management, air quality, safety, hazardous materials and waste, earth and water resources, biological resources, cultural resources, transportation, recreation and visual resources, socioeconomics, or land use. The F-22 beddown would result in increased noise. The proposed F-22 beddown would increase the number of people affected by aircraft noise greater than 65 DNL who live around Nellis AFB by about 6,250. An estimated 3,715 of these people are minorities and 2,665 are low income. Approximately 95 percent of these people live in areas zoned by Clark County for land uses compatible with noise levels of 65 DNL or greater. Noise levels of 65 DNL or greater under the Proposed Action would disproportionately affect minority and low-income populations according to environmental justice guidelines since the proportion of minority and low-income people within the affected area are higher than the proportion in the county. The Air Force will continue to employ noise abatement procedures to reduce noise effects in the surrounding communities and assist local officials who seek to establish or modify noise attenuation measures for residences. For Nellis Air Force Range and the encompassing NRC, flight and ordnance delivery activities proposed for the F-22s would have negligible changes to current conditions. There would be no perceptible change to subsonic noise levels. Sonic booms would increase by 4 to 6 per month within the Elgin and Coyote Military Operations Areas in the NRC, and by less than 1 per month in all other authorized airspace in the NRC.


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    Titel :

    F-22 Aircraft Force Development Evaluation and Weapons School Beddown, Final Environmental Impact Statement


    Erscheinungsdatum :

    1999


    Format / Umfang :

    96 pages


    Medientyp :

    Report


    Format :

    Keine Angabe


    Sprache :

    Englisch