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Chapter 3 ⎯ Affected EnvironmentRequirements for electrical power at DTA are met through a combination of power supplied by theGolden Valley Electric Association and on-post generators run by Army personnel. The output fromthese sources is sufficient to meet the demand for USARAK without crimping public services.3.2.14 FACILITIESThis section summarizes the real estate, existing facilities, public services, infrastructure, and utilitiesfor the Army installations within the ROI in Alaska.3.2.14.1 Fort RichardsonThis section describes the Army real property and facilities at FRA. The topics addressed include realestate, facilities, public services, and infrastructure and utilities for water supply, wastewater treatment,communications, and solid waste collection and disposal.Real EstateFRA includes a total of 61,376 acres of federal land. Existing land use boundaries are defined for themajor land use categories identified in the USACE’s Master Planning Instructions (USARAK 2004).FRA includes 54,416 acres of land designated as range and training land. In addition, 2,828 acres aredesignated as miscellaneous; 2,091 as maintenance; 339 acres as transportation; 563 combined acresfor housing, community, and installation support; and 901 acres of outdoor recreation (USARAK1999a,b,c). The land use categories have been established as the framework for future land use decisions.The FRA central post is dominated by the cantonment area, as well as several training ranges. Thesouthern part of the post has few roads or trails in part because of the mountainous terrain of southernFRA. The ROWs on FRA include the Alaska Railroad and the Glenn Highway as well as powertransmission lines.FacilitiesFacilities at FRA include buildings and improvements, such as housing, community support facilities,installation support facilities, and training and range facilities. Community facilities include shopping,banking, educational and recreation activities to police, fire protection and health care facilities. Installationsupport facilities include range maintenance, vehicle maintenance, administrative support,and supply and storage facilities.The cantonment area includes utility corridors, roadsides, railroad ROWs, borrow pits, woodcuttingareas, small arms ranges, firing points, landing zones, and other developed areas. The cantonmentarea also has eight individual supply/storage areas (three large and five small) exist within the extendedmain cantonment area. Two of the large areas are used for ammunition storage. The otherlarge area contains facilities for general-purpose storage, cold storage, deployment equipment storage,and general shipping/receiving.The overall condition of impact areas at the FRA training ranges is good. Preliminary findings fromPalazzo et al. (2002) found minimal contamination from explosive residues and heavy metals becauseof munitions firing into Washington and Delta Creek impact areas at DTA.Preliminary results indicate that no contaminants are migrating outside of impact areas in surface water,groundwater, soils, or in plant uptake (Palazzo et al. 2002). Physical impacts from high explosivemunitions have resulted in cratering within some areas.February 2008 3–133 2/25th SBCT Final EIS