Final Environmental Assessment for Proposed Multi-Purpose Machine Gun Range at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst (JB MDL), New Jersey
Abstract
The U.S. Army proposes to construct, operate, and maintain a MPMGR on JB MDL in the Dix Range Area. The proposed action is to construct, operate, and maintain a MPMGR designed to train individual soldiers in the basic machine gun live-fire training tasks they require to sustain combat proficiency. The range will feature four (4) firing lanes reaching to a distance of 1,500 meters, and fully automated targets to a distance of 1,000 meters. Operation of the range would involve both day and night time firing approximately 3-4 days per week. Alternative 1, the Preferred Alternative, is to construct, operate, and maintain a MPMGR in the 178 acre Times Square at JB MDL Dix Range Area. Alternative 2, the Competing Build Alternative, is to construct, operate, and maintain a MPMGR in the 160 acre area between Range 39 and the Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Range at JB MDL Dix Range Area. The No-Action Alternative (Alternative 3) a new MPMGR would not be constructed and the existing substandard MPMGR at Range 11 would continue to be used. A total of seven locations were examined utilizing a series of applicable environmental and operational screening criteria in order to discern a facility location. As discussed in section 2.4 of the EA, five of the seven potential sites were eliminated from further consideration as not providing a practicable alternative because these alternatives either failed to meet the site selection screening criteria and/or failed to meet the purpose and need requirements for this project.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 01, 2015
- Accession Number
- ADA627332
Entities
People
- Alex Carroll
- Brian P. Sariano
- Douglas Hasemann
- Ellis R. Tozour
- Joseph J. Schwartz
- Joseph Rhyner
- Laura Garrett
- Madison Kramer
- Mohamed Agnaou
- Phil Perhamus
Organizations
- United States Air Force