Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact: Military Family Housing Privatization

Abstract

The United States Air Force (Air Force) proposes to privatize MFH in order to provide a feasible way to accelerate housing improvements to (1) provide adequate housing for military families, and (2) achieve the objectives of the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) Planning Guidance. The OSD Planning Guidance requires all Services to "revitalize, divest through privatization, or demolish inadequate housing on or before 2010." Vance AFB has 230 MFH units located on the installation, which is one more unit than the Housing Requirements and Marketing Analysis (HRMA) requirement of 229 units. Of the 230 units, 54 were demolished in 2004 and replacements are completing construction. The remaining 176 units were constructed in the late 1950s, early 1960s, and are considered inadequate. Sufficient Military Construction (MILCON) funding is not available for the necessary renovation of these 176 units. Due to the scope of renovations that would be required renovation costs are projected to exceed 70% of replacement costs. Air Force guidelines prohibit renovation if renovation costs exceed 70% of replacement costs. Based on an in-depth analysis of the housing requirements and needs at Vance AFB, AETC determined that privatization of MFH would be the most cost-effective and efficient means to provide adequate housing for military families. The following biophysical resources were identified for study in this EA: noise, air quality, earth resources, water resources, infrastructure and utilities, hazardous materials and wastes, biological resources, cultural resources, land use, and socioeconomic resources. The Proposed Action would have no impact on land use, minority or low-income communities, cultural resources hazardous materials usage, wastewater generation, potable water usage, and electricity and natural gas consumption.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2006
Accession Number
ADA633637

Entities

People

  • Amanda Corson
  • Jaya Zyman-ponebshek
  • Philip Ponebshek
  • Rajiv Patel
  • Shannon Hoover

Organizations

  • URS Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Birds
  • Business Administration
  • Cells
  • Chemistry
  • Environment
  • Environmental Protection
  • Habitats
  • Health Services
  • Material Degradation Processes
  • Materials Processing
  • Materials Science
  • Materials Testing
  • Medical Personnel
  • Water Resources
  • Wildlife

Readers

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  • Life Cycle Cost Analysis
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Technology Areas

  • Biotechnology