Generic Environmental Impact Statement. Air Force Low Altitude Flying Operations. Preliminary Draft. Volume 3

Abstract

The case study airspaces were analyzed in considerable depth to identify the nature and magnitude of the environmental impacts on resources sensitive to the Air Force's low altitude flying operations. Site visits by environmental professionals representing appropriate disciplines, interviews with knowledgeable public officials and representatives of private groups, and appropriate secondary data were used. Findings from generic resource assessments also were incorporated in the case studies, as necessary. As a result, the case studies provide useful information about actual site-specific impacts the result from the Air Force's low altitude flying. The noise environments for the case study MOAs and RAs were described using the Ldnmr metric as flight operations could be modeled similar to military training route type activity. Table A.2 indicates the presence or absence of a resource under each case study airspace.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1990
Accession Number
ADA268417

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Department of the Air Force

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Cyber

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Birds
  • Eutrophication
  • Habitats
  • Health Services
  • Poultry
  • Wildlife

Readers

  • Acoustics.
  • Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) of Proposed Air Force Base Actions.
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • Space