Test Area C-62 Final Programmatic Environmental Assessment

The Eglin Military Complex is a Department of Defense (DoD) Major Range Test Facility Base (MRTFB) that exists to support the DoD mission (Figure 1-1). Its primary function is to support research, development, test, and evaluation of conventional weapons and electronic systems. Its secondary functio...

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Main Authors: Beshore, Eric A, Briganti, Joseph F, Brown, William A, Daniels, Karen L, McBroom, Kevin B, Nemzoff, Eloise, O Steen, Diana, Rainer, Michael L
Format: Report
Language:English
Subjects:
AIR FORCE FACILITIES
AIR QUALITY
ALTERNATIVES
BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES
CHEMICALS
CULTURAL RESOURCES
DEBRIS
ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT
Environmental Health and Safety
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
EROSION
FONSI(FINDING OF NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT)
HABITATS
HYDROLOGY
Logistics, Military Facilities and Supplies
METEOROLOGY
MILITARY TRAINING
NOISE
PERMITS
PHYSICAL IMPACTS
RANGES(FACILITIES)
SOILS
TOPOGRAPHY
UNEXPLODED AMMUNITION
UXO(UNEXPLODED ORDNANCE)
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Summary:The Eglin Military Complex is a Department of Defense (DoD) Major Range Test Facility Base (MRTFB) that exists to support the DoD mission (Figure 1-1). Its primary function is to support research, development, test, and evaluation of conventional weapons and electronic systems. Its secondary function is to support training of operational units. Eglin range components include: 1) Test Areas/Sites 2) Interstitial Areas (areas beyond and between the test areas) 3) The Eglin Gulf Test Range 4) Airspace (over land and water) The Air Force Air Armament Center (AAC) has responsibility for the Eglin Military Complex and for all its users, which include DoD, other government agencies, foreign countries, and private companies. For range operations, AAC provides environmental analyses and necessary National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) documentation to ensure compliance with Air Force policy and applicable federal, state, and local environmental laws and regulations. AAC includes two wings and four directorates that collectively operate, manage, and support all activities on the Eglin Military Complex. AAC accomplishes its range operations through the 46th Test Wing with support from the 96th Air Base Wing. The 46th Test Wing Commander is responsible for day-to-day scheduling, executing, and maintaining of this national asset. The continued DoD utilization of the Eglin Military Complex requires flexible and unencumbered access to land ranges and airspace, which support all of Eglin s operations. Eglin controls airspace overlying 127,868 square miles (mi2), of which 2.5 percent (3,226 mi2) is over land and 97.5 percent (124,642 mi2) is over water as shown in Figure 1-1. The 46th Test Wing is analyzing the cumulative environmental impacts of all current and anticipated future operations conducted on Test Area (TA) C-62 (Figure 1-2) in this Programmatic Environmental Assessment.