Environmental Impact Statement: Peacekeeper Missile System Deactivation and Dismantlement
Abstract
The United States Air Force proposes to deactivate and dismantle up to 50 Peacekeeper Intercontinental Missile (ICBM) Launch Facilities (LF) and 5 Missile Alert Facilities (MAF) located within the deployment area north and east of Francis F. Warren Air Force Base (AFB), Wyoming. The need for deactivation and dismantlement of the Peacekeeper missile system is to comply with the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) II, as modified by the Helsinki Agreement of September 1997. The treaty ratification process is ongoing; the need to implement the Proposed Action would depend upon final ratification of the Treaty. This Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) was prepared in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) to analyze the potential environmental consequences of the Proposed Action, two Implementation Alternatives, and the No Action Alternative. The Implementation Alternatives involve two other options in the dismantlement process of the Proposed Action: Removal of the Hardened Intersite Cable System, and Mechanical Demolition of the Headworks. The No Action Alternative is to continue operation of the Peacekeeper missile system. This EIS addresses the potential environmental impacts that could result from activities that would occur under the proposed and alternative actions. Environmental resources evaluated include the local community (socioeconomics, environmental justice, transportation, and land use), hazardous materials and waste management (health and safety, hazardous materials, hazardous wastes, above ground and underground storage tanks, solid waste, and wastewater), and the natural environment (geological resources, water resources, air resources, noise, biological resources, and cultural resources). The potential cumulative effects of the Proposed Action on each of these resources also were evaluated. (46 tables, 30 figures, extensive refs.)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Dec 01, 2000
- Accession Number
- ADA414685
Entities
People
- Andrew Dalton
- Charles B. Schuler
- Joseph E. Milligan
- Mark A. Frank
- Thomas S. Smith
Organizations
- Air Force Space Command