The U.S. Air Force intends to refurbish up to 586 Minuteman III (MM III) Propulsion System Rocket Engine (PSRE) systems and replace components as necessary to extend the service life to the year 2020. The PSREs would be ground transported between three Air Force Base (AFB) wings, Hill AFB in Utah, the Freeport Center in Clearfield, Utah, the Survivability and Vulnerability Integration Center (SVIC) in Utah, and White Sands Testing Facility (WSTF) in New Mexico. The purpose of this Environmental Assessment (EA) is to review environmental impacts associated with the PSRE Life Extension Program (LEP). In the proposed action, receiving, disassembly, kit installation, final functional testing activities, post-firing activities, and post-firing component storage for the PSRE would be completed at Hill AFB and at a contractor s facility in Freeport Center by government personnel. Included in the proposed action is the refurbishment of the shipping and storage containers used to transport the PSRE. Shipping container refurbishment would occur at Hill AFB and would involve transport of the shipping containers from Building 2016 to Buildings 2014 and 847, where refurbishment would occur. As part of the proposed action, selected PSRE units in refurbished shipping containers would be transported to and from SVIC or WSTF for testing as required. The environmental impacts of the activities occurring at both SVIC and WSTF have been addressed separate from this EA, however the transportation to and from SVIC and WSTF, PSRE post-firing transportation, as well as certain post-firing activities completed at Buildings 2016 and 1804 at Hill AFB have been assessed.


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