M-X Environmental Technical Report - Selection of Suitable Locational Alternatives.
Abstract
This Environmental Technical Report describes the process and criteria used to identify suitable locational alternatives for further analysis in the M-X Deployment Area Section and Land Withdrawal/Acquisition EIS. During the screening process, which began in 1977, geotechnical, cultural, and environmental criteria narrowed the Continental United States, down to six suitable regions located in the Southwest. Refined criteria which considered military and operational factors were used to reevaluate those six regions. Of the six, only two were identified as having suitable land for M-X deployment. The first is the Great Basin region of Nevada/Utah roughly bounded by Las Vegas, Tonopah and Ely, Nevada and Delta, Utah. The second region is the portion of the High Plains in the vicinity of Clovis, New Mexico and Dalhart, Texas. Information collected to date indicates Nevada/Utah is the preferred area for M-X in MPS. Potential suitability zones for siting operating base complexes were identified for both siting regions concurrently with selection of the deployment area zones. Two operating bases (OB) are required to support the M-X system regardless of which deployment alternative is selected. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Dec 01, 1980
- Accession Number
- ADA095759
Entities
Organizations
- Henningson Durham Richardson